2011年9月26日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq signs deal to buy 18 F-16 warplanes (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:52 PM PDT

A three ship formation of F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany fly over southern Europe in this handout from 2000. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/HandoutReuters - Iraq has signed a contract to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 warplanes to bolster its air force, an adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday.


Senior finance official assassinated in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:39 PM PDT

(L-R) Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, the two U.S. hikers released from detention in Iran, deliver a statement at a news conference in New York September 25, 2011. Two Americans convicted in Iran of spying and jailed mainly in isolation for more than two years arrived in New York on Sunday, saying they were innocent and had been held hostage simply because of their nationality. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer -- who were arrested with their friend Sarah Shourd while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border in July 2009 -- were freed on Wednesday after Oman paid bail of $1 million. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Baghdad gunmen assassinated a senior finance ministry official and wounded a senior judge, while a roadside bomb in northern Iraq killed three people Monday, officials said.


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