2011年11月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


The daily struggle of Iraq's widows of war (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:56 AM PST

A widow works on a sewing machine at her house in Baghdad's Sadr city October 23, 2011. REUTERS/Kareem RaheemReuters - Halima Dakhil lost her husband in the sectarian slaughter that engulfed Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003 and now spends her days tearful and scared, knowing her $250 monthly wage won't pay the rent and feed five children.


Huge U.S. air base returned to Iraqi control (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 02:01 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. military has handed over to the Iraqi government its 2nd largest Iraq base, a joint army and air force complex that housed some 36,000 American troops and contractors at the peak of the war, U.S. officials said.
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