2011年11月17日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Witness: suspect wanted to fight Americans in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 01:33 PM PST

AP - An American in prison for training at a terrorist camp in Somalia testified Thursday that a fellow American accused of plotting to help al-Qaida told him that he would fight U.S. soldiers in Iraq, if given the chance.

Iraq executes Tunisian over Shiite shrine attack (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 07:18 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2006 file photo, Iraqis gather at the ruins of the al-Askari mosque in Samarra, Iraq. A Tunisian man convicted of the 2006 bombing of a revered Shiite shrine that set off the worst of Iraq's sectarian violence has been executed, a senior Iraqi official said. Deputy Justice Minister Busho Ibrahim said that Yusri Fakhir, who was convicted early this year of the bombing, was executed Wednesday Nov. 17, 2011 in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - Iraq executed a Tunisian man convicted of the 2006 bombing of a revered Shiite shrine that set off the worst of the country's sectarian violence, a senior Iraqi official said Thursday.


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