2011年7月7日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iran sends more weapons to militants in Iraq: US (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Hightened security is seen on the streets of the Iraqi capital Baghdad in May 2011. Iran is stepping up its support for Shiite militants in Iraq, supplying them with more sophisticated weapons, the top US military officer said Thursday.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iran is stepping up its support for Shiite militants in Iraq, supplying them with more sophisticated weapons, the top US military officer said Thursday.

Mullen: More lethal Iranian weapons entering Iraq (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:29 PM PDT

A military Honor Guard carries the flag-draped casket of U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew R. Gallagher of Falmouth, at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, July 7, 2011. Gallagher was serving in support of Operation New Dawn in Iraq and died of non-combat related injuries. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Weapons flowing from Iran into Iraq are becoming more lethal and sophisticated, the top U.S. military officer said Thursday as Washington and Baghdad negotiate over whether American troops will remain in the country beyond the end of the year.

Any force deal with Iraq must address Iran: Mullen (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Iran is directly supporting extremist Shi'ite groups that are killing U.S. troops in Iraq and any agreement to keep American forces there beyond the end of the year would have to address the problem, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday.

US, Iraq negotiating possible post-2011 US force: Mullen (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:12 PM PDT

The United States and Iraq are discussing the possibility of keeping some American forces in the country beyond a deadline at the end of this year, Admiral Mike Mullen, pictured in June 2011, said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - The United States and Iraq are negotiating the possibility of keeping some US forces in the country beyond a December 31 deadline for withdrawal, the US military's top officer said Thursday.

Baghdad roadside bomb kills 2 US soldiers (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:08 PM PDT

U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) (L) and Representative Russ Carnahan (D-MO) hold a hearing of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on violence against residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington July 7, 2011. In April, the settlement, the Iraqi base of an Iranian opposition group that Washington officially considers a terrorist group, was the scene of clashes between residents and Iraqi security forces, during which 34 people were killed, according to a U.N. investigation. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)AP - A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers Thursday outside the main American military base in Baghdad in what U.S. officials said appeared to be another attack by Shiite militias hoping to drive U.S. troops out of Iraq.

Iraqi PM Maliki criticises Sunni secession talk (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a conference about national reconciliation at the National Theatre in Baghdad June 7, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Secession by any group in Iraq will lead to bloodshed, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday.

Iraq arrests 'Qaeda killers' after rape of girl, 7 (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:11 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier patrols the streets of Baghdad in May 2011. Iraqi authorities have arrested seven alleged members of an Al-Qaeda cell suspected of raping a seven-year-old girl and involved in many murders, a Baghdad security spokesman said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraqi authorities have arrested seven alleged members of an Al-Qaeda cell suspected of raping a seven-year-old girl and involved in many murders, a Baghdad security spokesman said on Thursday.

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