2011年10月16日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi Kurds rally over right to raise Kurdish flag (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 09:44 AM PDT

Iraqi Kurds carry the Kurdish region's flags in Khanaqin, 90 miles (140 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. Thousands of Iraqi Kurds demonstrated in this northern city Sunday to demand the right to raise the Kurdish region's flag over government buildings. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - Thousands of Iraqi Kurds demonstrated in this northern city Sunday to demand the right to raise the Kurdish region's flag over government buildings.

Analysis: Iraq U.S. troop deal drifts over immunity (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks at a ceremony to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed at Um al-Qura mosque in Baghdad February 15, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Just weeks before U.S. troops plan to leave Iraq, the country's political elite and Washington are at odds over whether American soldiers stay as trainers: Baghdad rejects any legal immunity for U.S. soldiers and Washington says that means no deal.

APNewsBreak: US drops keeping troops in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 03:11 AM PDT

A U.S. Army soldier places a sign outside a base exchange after its closure at Camp Victory Base Complex that is set to close in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement between Washington and Baghdad. Some 41,000 U.S. troops are scheduled to clear out along with their equipment. It's still unclear if the U.S. military will keep several thousand troops in Iraq as leaders weigh whether staunch political opposition in both nations is worth the risk. The uncertainty has been a logistical nightmare for American commanders, who could be asked at the last minute to keep some equipment and manpower back but for now must push ahead in case the withdrawal plan stands. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press has learned. The decision to pull out fully by January will effectively end more than eight years of U.S. involvement in the Iraq war, despite ongoing concerns about its security forces and the potential for instability.

No decision yet on future troop presence in Iraq: U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 05:26 PM PDT

Reuters - The Obama administration denied a news report on Saturday it had made a final decision to pull almost all U.S. troops out of Iraq by a year-end withdrawal deadline.

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