2011年10月19日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Turkey launches incursion into Iraq (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:15 PM PDT

In this Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 photo provided by the Presidential Press Service, Turkish President Abdullah Gul speaks with soldiers in a military post in Hakkari, Turkey as he visits Turkish troops at the border with Iraq. Gul and top army commanders visited troops Friday and Saturday the day after Turkey's foreign minister that Iraq should move to prevent Kurdish attacks on his country from Iraqi soil as the two countries renewed their commitment to fight the rebels. (AP Photo/Murat Cetinmuhurdar, Presidential Press Service)AP - Turkish soldiers, air force bombers and helicopter gunships launched an incursion into northern Iraq on Wednesday, hours after Kurdish rebels killed 24 soldiers and wounded 18 in attacks along the border.


As U.S. withdraws, Baghdad eyes checkpoints (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 07:10 AM PDT

An Iraqi policeman uses a scanning device to inspect vehicles passing through a checkpoint in Baghdad September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - Miles of blast walls and hundreds of checkpoints for years have made Baghdad a safer place -- but also a frustrating maze of delays and hassles for residents of the Iraqi capital.


PKK kills 24 Turkish troops, Ankara hits back (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 11:03 AM PDT

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the latest attacks against the Turkish military, in central Ankara October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Umit BektasReuters - Turkey launched air and ground assaults on Kurdish militants in Iraq, vowing to exact "great revenge" after 24 Turkish soldiers were killed on Wednesday in one of the deadliest Kurdish attacks in years.


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