2011年7月9日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Disabled Iraq war veteran falls to death from rollercoaster (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 01:48 PM PDT

Reuters - A disabled war veteran fell to his death from a 208-foot-tall rollercoaster late on Friday afternoon, tragically ending his miraculous return to normal post-war life.

Iraq veteran killed in fall from roller coaster (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 12:14 PM PDT

A veteran who lost both legs in Iraq died at an amusement park in upstate New York after he fell from a 208-foot roller coaster, local press reported.(DARIEN LAKE THEME PARK RESORT)AFP - A veteran who lost both legs in Iraq died at an amusement park in upstate New York after he fell from a 208-foot roller coaster, local press reported on Saturday.


Iraq blocs to take two more weeks on U.S. troop issue (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 08:46 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's fractious political blocs will take two more weeks to decide whether U.S. troops should extend their stay in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Saturday.

Iraq 'to decide on continued US military presence' (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:38 AM PDT

US soldiers attend a joint US-Iraqi service exercise in Basmaya base, south of Baghdad on June 2011. Iraq's political parties will decide within two weeks what their position is on the possibility of US troops remaining in the country beyond the end of 2011(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq's political parties will decide within two weeks what their position is on the possibility of US troops remaining in the country beyond the end of 2011, President Jalal Talabani said on Saturday.


Iraq militants refuse to hand over Briton (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 03:07 AM PDT

Members of an Iraqi anti-terror unit stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad, January 2011. A Shiite militant group in Iraq said that it would not hand over a British bodyguard it abducted four years ago, in a statement worded to suggest Alan McMenemy remains alive.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - A Shiite militant group in Iraq said on Saturday that it would not hand over a British bodyguard it abducted four years ago, in a statement worded to suggest Alan McMenemy remains alive.


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