2011年10月26日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq war vet injured during Oakland protests (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Occupy Wall Street protesters run from tear gas deployed by police at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)AP - The clash between Oakland police and Occupy Wall Street protesters left a Marine veteran who completed two Iraq tours in critical condition Wednesday after he was struck by a police projectile, a veterans' group said.


GOP senators, Lieberman press for Iraq hearing (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:19 PM PDT

AP - Twelve members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are pressing for a hearing on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq by year's end.

Will the Iraq Withdrawal Impact the Election? (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:15 PM PDT

Time.com - The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012

Iraq war veteran in critical condition after Oakland clashes (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:40 PM PDT

Pedestrians walk past a burning trash bin during an Reuters - An Iraq war veteran was in critical condition on Wednesday with injuries sustained during economic protests on the streets of Oakland on Tuesday night, a hospital spokesman said.


Bombs in Iraq's Mosul kill five, injure 22: police (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:02 AM PDT

Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen, a former U.S. Marine and Iraq war veteran, lies on the street after being injured during a demonstration in Oakland, California October 25, 2011. Occupy Wall Street organizers said Olsen was hit in the head by a tear gas canister fired by police during a confrontation near downtown Oakland. A spokesman for Highland General Hospital confirmed that Olsen was being treated for injuries sustained during the protest and was listed in critical condition. He could not confirm whether Olsen had been struck by a tear gas canister.  REUTERS/Jay Finneburgh   (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters - At least five people were killed, including three Iraqi soldiers, and another 22 wounded when two car bombs and a roadside bomb exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, hospital and police sources said.


Car bombs in northern Iraqi city kill 5 people (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen, a former U.S. Marine and Iraq war veteran, lies on the street after being injured during a demonstration in Oakland, California October 25, 2011. Occupy Wall Street organizers said Olsen was hit in the head by a tear gas canister fired by police during a confrontation near downtown Oakland. A spokesman for Highland General Hospital confirmed that Olsen was being treated for injuries sustained during the protest and was listed in critical condition. He could not confirm whether Olsen had been struck by a tear gas canister.  REUTERS/Jay Finneburgh   (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - Iraqi officials say two car bombs have exploded in the northern city of Mosul, killing five people and wounding 18.


How 'Made in USA' parts wound up in Iraqi bombs; US indicts Iranian ring (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:50 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Federal agents have broken up a Tehran-based ring that smuggled radio frequency modules to Iran that later turned up in 16 unexploded roadside bombs in Iraq targeting US forces.
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