2011年8月9日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Soldier's mental state concerning before shootings (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:14 PM PDT

AP - An Army chaplain testified Tuesday that he'd been worried for weeks about the deteriorating mental state of a soldier now accused of fatally shooting five service members at a U.S. combat stress clinic in Iraq.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,473 (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 09:18 AM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at least 4,473 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to a count by The Associated Press.

Al-Sadr warns US forces to leave Iraq (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 04:03 AM PDT

U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class David Hedge from Bealeton, Va., left, and fellow soldiers from 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment rush to a Blackhawk helicopter after a an operation to disrupt weapons smuggling in Istaqlal, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - A powerful anti-American Shiite cleric called Tuesday on U.S. troops in Iraq to leave the country and go back to their families or risk more attacks.


Western style clashes with old bureaucracy in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 03:56 AM PDT

Reuters - After fighting for more than a year to get paid for reconstructing a government building in Baghdad, Iraqi businessman Abu-Deema says he is throwing in the towel and packing up for a market where he won't drown in bureaucracy.
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