2011年9月16日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

AP Exclusive: Iraqi girl recounts bus massacre (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Tabarak Thaer speaks on the phone in the holy city of Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Tabarak is a survivor of a hijacking Monday Sept. 12, 2011 in Iraq's Sunni-dominated western Anbar province that left 22 Shiite pilgrims dead. The passengers were from Karbala and were headed to the Sayyida Zainab shrine in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - The trip was intended to give Tabarak Thaer a glimpse of the world beyond Iraq's violence and misery. Instead, it brought the 10-year-old face to face with terror when insurgents boarded the bus she was riding, forced the male passengers off, and killed them.

`Next Iranian move' awaited on jailed Americans (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 09:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011 file photo, US hikers Shane Bauer, left, and Josh Fattal, attend their trail in Iran. An Iranian court on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, set bail of $500,000 each for two American men arrested more than two years ago and convicted on spy-related charges, clearing the way for their release a year after a similar bail-for-freedom arrangement for the third member of the group, their defense attorney said. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - An international effort to free two Americans jailed in Tehran as spies is "waiting for the next Iranian move" on whether its hard-line judiciary will clear the way for payment of $1 million in exchange for their release, Iraq's foreign minister said Friday.

Shiite cleric's followers protest shortages (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 06:22 AM PDT

Followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr chant slogans during a rally demanding better public services, food supplies and more jobs in nationwide protests to pressure their government, in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - An anti-American cleric galvanized thousands of followers to rally Friday for more jobs and government aid in demonstrations that showed his support among Shiites, who are vital supporters of Iraq's political leaders.

Turkey "may act with Iran against PKK in Iraq" (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:44 AM PDT

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference with Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf at the Prime Minister's building in Cairo September 13, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has signaled that Turkey could launch a joint operation with Iran against Kurdish militants' main base in northern Iraq, according to reports in Turkish newspapers on Friday.

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