2011年10月5日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan not worth the cost, many US veterans say (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:33 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Like much of the rest of the country, a substantial number of American veterans of war in Iraq and Afghanistan don’t think the 10-year effort has been worth the cost.

Iraq troop talks stuck on issue of immunity (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2007 file photo, U.S. army soldiers from Blackfoot Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, run to take defensive positions during a firefight on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah, Iraq. Iraqi leaders said Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 they need U.S. military trainers to stay beyond a year-end deadline for American forces to leave but that the troops should not be granted immunity from prosecution. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, File)AP - The question of whether American troops who stay in Iraq to train Iraqi forces would have immunity from local prosecution is shaping up to be the most contentious issue as the two countries try to hammer out an agreement on whether to keep a small training force here next year.

U.S. reviews Iraq warning on immunity for troops (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States on Wednesday played down an apparent split with Iraq over legal protections for U.S. troops at the heart of talks on keeping them in the country beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal.

Bahrain: Retrial for medics sentenced in protests (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:37 AM PDT

Bahraini riot police pass Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in front of the headquarters of the main Shiite opposition political society in Manama, Bahrain, decorated with images of opposition activists in banners calling for freedom for jailed leaders, 'our pride and dignity.' Authorities heavy presence prevented a planned human chain protest near the Al-Wefaq offices against lengthy sentences imposed on doctors and activists. Police vehicles regularly are splattered with paint bombs . (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - Bahrain appeared to buckle under international pressure Wednesday by ordering a retrial for 20 medical personnel sentenced to prison who were accused of backing anti-government protests and attempting to overthrow the ruling system in the Gulf kingdom.

Many U.S. veterans say Iraq, Afghan wars not worth it (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 06:24 AM PDT

Reuters - A third of U.S. military veterans who have served in the armed forces since the September 11, 2001, attacks think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, a poll released on Wednesday showed.

Iraq bombing and robbery leave 3 dead (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:27 AM PDT

A man sits next to his damaged car at the scene of a car bomb attack in a town just outside Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. The car bomb exploded Friday near a Shiite mosque where mourners had gathered for a funeral, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. The mosque as well as a nearby holy Shiite shrine. (AP Photo / Khalid Mohammed)AP - Police officials say two separate attacks in central Iraq have killed three people and injured 13.

Poll: 1 in 3 vets sees Iraq, Afghan wars as wastes (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:48 AM PDT

Graphic highlights Pew poll responses to questions on the militaryAP - One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think that after 10 years of combat America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on its own problems, according to an opinion survey released Wednesday.

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