2011年11月16日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


UK Iraq Inquiry report delayed (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:15 PM PST

AP - Britain's Iraq Inquiry said Wednesday it must delay its final report by at least six months because of negotiations regarding classified documents.

Landmines hamper Iraq oil boom, delay investment (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 07:05 AM PST

A policeman scans for landmines near the Rumaila oil field in Basra Province, 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Baghdad, May 10, 2010. REUTERS/Atef HassanReuters - In Iraq's vast southern desert, red sandbags stretch along roadsides to warn of the danger from Saddam-era landmines that litter the prized Rumaila oilfield. White ones signal areas safe to walk or drive.


Iraq's Kirkuk faces uncertainty without U.S. troops (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 06:37 AM PST

Reuters - In Iraq's northern oil city Kirkuk, home to a volatile mix of Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen, politicians and residents fear a possible explosion of ethnic conflict when American troops leave.

Bomb kills 2 Iranian religious pilgrims in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 02:12 AM PST

This handout photo provided by Franz Gayl  shows Gayl in 2006 as a civilian science adviser in Iraq in 2006. Military whistleblowers might want to save their breath. The Pentagon inspector general, the internal watchdog for the Defense Department, hardly ever sides with service members who complain that they were punished for reporting wrongdoing, according to a review of cases by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Franz Gayl)AP - Iraqi officials say two Iranian pilgrims visiting Shiite shrines in Iraq were killed when a bomb went off next to a minibus they were traveling in.


Did U.S. troops bring democracy? Iraqis have doubts (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:56 AM PST

Reuters - Sitting in a barber shop in Baghdad's Shi'ite Sadr City slum, three friends agreed after a long and hard argument that U.S. forces brought democracy to Iraq.
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