2011年8月29日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Turkish military: Up to 160 Kurdish rebels killed (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 08:38 AM PDT

AP - Turkey's military said Monday that its air strikes and artillery fire on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq have killed an estimated 145 to 160 guerrillas and wounded as many as 100.

UN envoy disputes Iraq's PM on Iranian exiles (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 07:17 AM PDT

AP - The departing head of the U.N. mission in Iraq on Monday bluntly disputed Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's account of their farewell meeting, saying he did not embrace the government's efforts to deport a group of Iranian exiles by the end of the year.

Bomber of Baghdad mosque disguised self as beggar (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 03:58 AM PDT

The damaged interior of the Um al-Qura mosque is seen after a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing dozens during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war five years ago. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The suicide bomber who killed 29 people at Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque disguised himself as an injured beggar and attended prayers there for nearly a week, a senior religious figure said Monday.


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