2011年11月7日星期一

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Hajj junket: Iraqis stew as officials go to hajj (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:04 PM PST

This aerial image made from a helicopter shows Muslim pilgrims moving around the Kaaba, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2.5 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)AP - The Muslim pilgrimage of hajj is a moment of equality before God, with millions massed at Islam's most revered sites asking for forgiveness of sins. Of course, some are more equal than others.

Iraqi governor escapes assassination (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:50 AM PST

In this Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 photo, an Iraqi woman who is about to depart on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca says goodbye to her relative in Baghdad, Iraq. For most Muslims around the world, performing the holy pilgrimage called the hajj is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity requiring years of waiting, scrimping money, and a little luck. lawmaker or government official. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The governor of Iraq's largest Sunni province escaped an assassination attempt Monday on a highway in a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad.

U.S. empties biggest Iraq base, takes Saddam's toilet (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:38 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. military is vacating Saddam Hussein's ornate palaces at its war headquarters in Baghdad and will turn the property over to Iraq next month, but Saddam's prison toilet is leaving with the Americans.

Iranian influence seeping into Iraq (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:53 AM PST

In this Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 photo, Iranian sweets and food products are displayed in a shop in Baghdad, Iraq. Iran's presence is already visible in Iraq, from the droves of pilgrims at Shiite holy sites to the brands of yoghurt and jams on grocery shelves. But now Iraqis are bracing for a potential escalation of Persian influence as the U.S. military leaves at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iran's presence is already visible in Iraq, from the droves of pilgrims at Shiite holy sites to the brands of yoghurt and jams on grocery shelves. But now Iraqis are bracing for a potential escalation of Persian influence as the U.S. military leaves at the end of the year.

Insight: Has Iran ended Israel's Begin Doctrine? (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 02:54 AM PST

Israeli soldiers role-playing as mock victims lie on the ground during a drill simulating a missile attack in Holon, near Tel Aviv, in this November 3, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Nir Elias/FilesReuters - Menachem Begin did not pull his punches. In 1981, as work neared completion on an Iraqi nuclear reactor that Israel believed would produce plutonium for warheads, the Israeli prime minister dispatched eight F-16 bombers to destroy the plant. Begin later said that the raid was proof his country would "under no circumstances allow the enemy to develop weapons of mass-destruction against our people".

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