2011年8月17日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Reports: Turkish jets bomb PKK bases in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo released by CBS, host David Letterman is shown on the set of the 'Late Show with David Letterman, in New York. A frequent poster on a jihadist website has threatened David Letterman, urging Muslim followers to 'cut the tongue' of the late-night host because of a joke made by the comic on his late-night CBS show. The poster, who identified himself as Umar al-Basrawi, was reacting to something Letterman said after the U.S. military said on June 5 that a drone strike in Pakistan had killed al Qaida leader Ilyas Kashmiri. (AP Photo/CBS, Heather Wines) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; NO ARCHIVE; NORTH AMERICAN USE ONLYAP - Turkish jets launched air raids on suspected Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq on Wednesday, Turkish and Kurdish media reported, hours after eight soldiers and a village guard were killed in an ambush by the autonomy-seeking guerrillas.


Turkish warplanes attack PKK targets in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Turkey sent warplanes to attack Kurdish targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday, military sources said, hours after a rebel attack in southeast Turkey killed a dozen soldiers.

Biggest threat to Iraq? Iran-backed militias, not Al Qaeda, US official says (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 03:12 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On the heels one of the deadliest weeks of the year in Iraq, a senior US military official says Iranian-backed militias, not Al Qaeda in Iraq, pose the gravest threat to the country’s future.
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