2011年11月22日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


U.S. hands over detainees to Iraq, with one exception (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. officials in Iraq have handed over to the Iraqi government all detainees in their custody as the Obama administration prepares to withdraw, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, with the exception of one high profile prisoner.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,485 (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:38 PM PST

AP - As of Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, at least 4,485 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Symbolic trial convicts Bush, Blair for Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 08:20 AM PST

AP - A tribunal formed by Malaysia's former leader has convicted former President George W. Bush and Britain's ex-prime minister Tony Blair at a symbolic trial for "crimes against peace" in Iraq.

Iraq: US hands over detainees save Hezbollah agent (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 07:31 AM PST

A U.S. army soldier attends a live fire exercise outside Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Iraqi government is preparing its security forces to take over security responsibility in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd Austin the top American general in Iraq said Monday that al-Qaida and other insurgent groups might seek to strengthen their operations after American forces leave at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The U.S. handed over all of the remaining detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq Tuesday, except for a Lebanese Hezbollah commander linked to the death of four American troops, Iraqi and American officials said.


UK court backs Iraqis' bid for inquiry into abuse (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 03:40 AM PST

AP - Britain's Court of Appeal on Tuesday backed a bid by more than 100 Iraqi civilians to force a public inquiry into claims they were abused by British troops.
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