2011年9月17日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq tries to quell tensions over pilgrim killings (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's government tried to defuse tensions on Saturday over the killing of 22 mainly Shi'ite pilgrims in the Sunni Anbar province, meeting tribal leaders and releasing men suspected of carrying out the attack.

4 suspects freed in Iraqi bus massacre (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 11:41 AM 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 - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki tried on Saturday to ease sectarian tensions over a bus massacre that killed 22 Shiite pilgrims, as authorities released four suspects in the execution-style slayings.


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