2011年9月22日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


U.S. says won't ignore Iran-backed attacks in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 03:09 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States will not "sit idly by" while its forces are harmed by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, the top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, said on Thursday.

Bomb at Iraqi pilgrim restaurant kills 4, wounds 17 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates left, shakes hands with Iraq War veteran Anthony Odierno, representing Wounded Warrior Project, after receiving the Liberty Medal during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 in Philadelphia. Since 1989, the Liberty Medal has been given annually to individuals or organizations whose actions strive to bring liberty to people worldwide. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Reuters - A suicide bomber blew up a minibus in front of a restaurant used by Shi'ite pilgrims in the Iraqi town of Haswa on Thursday, killing four people and wounding 17 others, security sources said.


Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:11 PM PDT

AP - Moammar Gadhafi's former prime minister is arrested in Tunisia, as Libya's new rulers and NATO warn the fugitive leader and his loyalists that they are running out of places to hide. Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was arrested overnight with two other people after they were found without visas in the southern town of Tameghza, near Tunisia's border with Algeria, The three were appearing in court to face charges of illegal entry into Tunisia.

Officials: Bomb kills 2 near Iraq mosque (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates left, shakes hands with Iraq War veteran Anthony Odierno, representing Wounded Warrior Project, after receiving the Liberty Medal during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 in Philadelphia. Since 1989, the Liberty Medal has been given annually to individuals or organizations whose actions strive to bring liberty to people worldwide. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - A car bomb that exploded outside a restaurant in a southern Iraqi town Thursday evening killed a 5-year-old girl and her father, who were among a group of Shiite pilgrims from Baghdad, officials said.


Iran displays missiles on anniversary of Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:49 AM PDT

AP - Iran is marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the Iraq-Iran war with a military parade and a display of the country's steadily growing arsenal of short and medium range ballistic missiles.

Mullen: Pakistan intel behind attack on US embassy (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:32 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta looks on at left as Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - The top U.S. military officer on Thursday accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of supporting Haqqani fighters in planning and conducting last week's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.


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