2011年8月16日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

US court rejects appeal in Iraq rape, slaying (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:46 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals panel has upheld the conviction of a former U.S. soldier serving five consecutive life sentences for killing an Iraqi family while he was on active duty in Iraq.

General: Iran-backed militants biggest Iraq threat (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:26 PM PDT

Residents gather at the site of bomb attacks in Kut, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Baghdad, August 15, 2011. REUTERS/Jaafer AbedAP - Iranian-backed militias present the most dangerous security threat for Iraq, outpacing al-Qaida-linked terrorists who have been blamed for the spike in violence there, a senior U.S. military officer said Tuesday.

7 pulled from Iraqi mosque, killed execution-style (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:21 PM PDT

Victims lie injured at a hospital after a car bomb in Kut, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Bomb blasts ripped through more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday morning, killing scores of people most of them in the southern city of Kut in a wave of violence that shattered what had been a relatively peaceful holy month of Ramadan. The violence struck from the northern city of Kirkuk to the capital of Baghdad to the southern Shiite cities of Najaf, Kut and Karbala, and emphasized the persistent ability of insurgents to wreak havoc at a time when Iraqi officials are weighing whether they are able to protect the country without the assistance of American troops. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Gunmen wearing military uniforms pulled seven people from a Sunni mosque south of Baghdad and then shot and killed them execution-style, officials said Tuesday, raising the death toll to 70 in Iraq's deadliest day this year.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,474 (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:12 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at least 4,474 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Rise in Iraqi C-sections worries doctors (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:07 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug 4, 2011, an Iraqi woman carries her child as she walks at the maternity hospital sponsored by the Iraq Red Crescent Society in Baghdad, Iraq. Cesarean sections have jumped in Iraq in recent years, a trend that worries Iraqi health officials who say private hospitals trying to make money are pushing women into unnecessary surgeries with potentially serious consequences. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Cesarean sections have jumped in Iraq in recent years — accounting for 79 percent of births at private hospitals — worrying health officials who say doctors are pushing women into unnecessary surgeries with potentially serious consequences in order to make more money.

Iraq's bloodiest day revives al Qaeda fears (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 07:55 AM PDT

Residents gather at the site of bomb attacks in Kut, 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Baghdad, August 15, 2011. REUTERS/Jaafer AbedReuters - Iraq's bloodiest day this year delivered a deadly reminder to the government and departing U.S. troops that al Qaeda affiliates can still stage complex, coordinated attacks and test security forces with widespread destruction.

Arab drama stirs sectarian debate in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:31 AM PDT

Reuters - An Iraqi lawmakers' move to ban a television drama about events leading up to the historic split in Islam into Sunni and Shi'ite sects lays bare the fears of anything that could ignite sectarian tensions as U.S. troops prepare to leave.

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