2011年11月4日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Obama to host Iraq's Maliki before troop pullout (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:59 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 - President Barack Obama will host Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the White House on December 12, the White House said on Friday, just weeks before the last American troops are slated to leave the country.


Iraqi PM to visit White House in December (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:47 AM PDT

A medallion from the recent Marine Corps Marathon hangs over the tombstone of U.S. Army Spc. Dylan J. Johnson, 20, of Tulsa, Okla ., at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Johnson who was supporting Operation New Dawn died June 26th, in Diyala province of Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.  He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The White House says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (NOO'-ree ahl-MAHL'-ih-kee) will visit Washington next month, just as President Barack Obama prepares to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq after more than eight years of war.


US military: American service member dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:16 AM PDT

A medallion from the recent Marine Corps Marathon hangs over the tombstone of U.S. Army Spc. Dylan J. Johnson, 20, of Tulsa, Okla ., at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Johnson who was supporting Operation New Dawn died June 26th, in Diyala province of Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.  He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The U.S. military says an American service member has been killed while conducting military operations in northern Iraq.


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