2011年8月26日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


On Irene, Will Obama Fare Better than Bush? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:31 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | When historians look back at what turned the national tide against President George W. Bush, they will say that while Democrats disliked his decision to invade Iraq (though Democrats were disinclined to like him in the first place), the thing that turned the nation against him was his handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Hundreds demonstrate in DC for Iranian group (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 10:35 AM PDT

AP - Hundreds of people are demonstrating in Washington to demand that an Iranian opposition group formerly allied with Saddam Hussein's Iraq be removed from the U.S. list of terrorist organizations.

Iraqi officials say rockets land in Iraq, not Kuwait (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:17 AM PDT

Reuters - Three rockets fired in Iraq's southern oil port city of Basra landed inside Iraq and were not aimed at Kuwait or the disputed Mubarak port, an Iraqi official said on Friday.

Iraq: How not to overthrow a dictator (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2003 file photo, Iraqi men wave from a truck as they leave the center of Basra, Iraq. For Iraqis who eight years ago lived through the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam, the amazing scenes now unfolding of Libyans parading through Tripoli defiantly ripping up posters of Moammar Gadhafi are eerily familiar. But they also know how their tale of triumph quickly unraveled. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)AP - Iraqis who lived through the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein see eerie similarities in the scenes of Libyans parading through Tripoli ripping up posters of Moammar Gadhafi. But Iraqis also saw looting, bloodshed and bombings in the days and years since.


Three rockets hit area near Kuwait-Iraq border: report (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 06:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Three rockets have hit the border area between Kuwait and Iraq, Al Arabiya TV reported early on Friday quoting diplomatic sources.
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