2011年10月29日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


More Occupy events planned around Calif. (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 02:01 PM PDT

Filmmaker Michael Moore addresses several hundred Occupy Oakland protesters outside City Hall in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Moore urged the protesters to continue demonstrating against what they see as a growing disparity between rich and poor. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - More Wall Street protests were planned around California on Saturday, including in Oakland, where police and demonstrators faced off earlier this week in a clash during which an Iraq War veteran was injured.


Iraqi PM: 615 detained in anti-Baathist sweep (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:19 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. Photo taken October 27. REUTERS/Frank Polich (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT MILITARY)AP - Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that 615 people have been detained in a security sweep targeting members of the former ruling Baath party.


Iraq PM criticises autonomy move by local province (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday criticized local officials for claiming autonomy in Salahuddin province and said former members of Saddam Hussein's banned Baath Party wanted to use the area as a safe haven.

Libyan Islamists urge NTC to stop executions in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:49 AM PDT

Reuters - Libyan Islamists who helped overthrow Muammar Gaddafi urged the country's new leaders Saturday to appeal to Baghdad to halt the execution of Libyans jailed in Iraq.
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