2011年10月27日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:05 PM PDT

ADDS ID OF INJURED PROTESTER - Occupy Wall Street protesters help 24-year-old Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen as he lays on the ground bleeding from a head wound Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Olsen was critically injured by an object that struck him in the head during the chaotic conflict. He suffered a fractured skull while marching with other protesters attempting to reestablish a presence in the area of the disbanded camp, said Dottie Guy, of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)AP - The Iraq War veteran injured during a clash between police and anti-Wall Street protesters wasn't taking part in the demonstrations out of economic want.


Wounded veteran improving as protesters urge strike (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen, a former U.S. Marine and Iraq war veteran, is carried away after being injured during a demonstration in Oakland, California October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jay FinneburghReuters - An Iraq war veteran badly wounded in clashes between protesters and police was upgraded to fair condition on Thursday morning as activists called for a general strike against the Bay Area city.


Officials: Twin bombs kill 18 in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Iraqi Army soldiers detain a man after security forces found weapons and explosives in his home in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A twin bombing killed 18 people Thursday in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad — the deadliest attack to rock Iraq since President Barack Obama declared the full withdrawal of U.S. forces at the end of the year.


Bomb blasts kill 18 in Iraqi capital: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 11:44 AM PDT

Army Reserve veteran Peter Trost (R) walks past exhibits with his wife Courtney and daughter Kailea (obscured) during a job fair at Tellabs in Naperville, Illinois October 27, 2011. Trost has been unemployed since returning from Iraq in July 2010 and is looking for a job as an equipment operator or truck driver. The job fair was only open to current and former service men and women and their families. REUTERS/Frank Polich (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT MILITARY)Reuters - Two bombs exploded on a busy commercial street in a Shi'ite neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than three dozen others, police and hospital sources said.


(AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:23 AM PDT

AP - Iraqi police, heath officials: 18 people killed in twin bombings in Baghdad.

Injured vet's uncle appalled by police action (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:48 AM PDT

AP - An uncle of an Iraq War veteran injured when anti-Wall Street protesters clashed with police in Oakland, Calif., said he was appalled by officers' action.

Tunisia frees former Libyan prime minister: lawyer (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:56 AM PDT

Reuters - A Tunisian court has freed former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi despite an extradition request from Libyan authorities, his lawyer said on Thursday.

UN pays out another $1 billion from Iraqi oil fund (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:19 AM PDT

AP - A U.N. panel has approved another $1 billion in compensation payments for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

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

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:25 AM PDT

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

Oakland protesters hold late-night march (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:23 AM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, 24-year-old Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen lays on the ground bleeding from a head wound after being struck by a by a projectile during an Occupy Wall Street protest in Oakland, Calif. Olsen suffered a fractured skull while marching with other protesters attempting to reestablish a presence in the area of the disbanded camp, said Dottie Guy, of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. Police Chief Howard Jordan says an internal review board and local prosecutors have been asked to determine if officers on the scene used excessive force. (AP Photo/Jay Finneburgh)AP - Anti-Wall Street protesters filled a street with a late-night march Wednesday and Oakland's police chief pledged a vigorous investigation into an earlier clash between police and protesters that left an Iraq War veteran in critical condition with a fractured skull.


Wounding of war veteran rallies Oakland protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:27 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. REUTERS/Jay FinneburghReuters - Doctors in Oakland, California, struggled on Wednesday to save the life of an Iraq war veteran who became a rallying cry for the Occupy Wall Street movement after he was badly wounded in clashes between protesters and police.


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