2011年11月23日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Why the Bush and Blair Convictions Will Not Be Recognized (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 03:36 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | In what's considered by most to be little more than symbolism, former U.S. President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair have been convicted of war crimes by a Malaysian court for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The "Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War" [sic] charged that both men knowingly ordered the invasion of Iraq, under a false pretext of former dictator Saddam Hussein having stockpiled weapons of mass destruction.

Iraqi military to get around 700 U.S. trainers: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 07:55 AM PST

Reuters - About 700 U.S. mostly civilian trainers will help Iraqi security forces when American troops leave, Iraqi and U.S. officials say, far less than the several thousand troops and contractors once under discussion between Baghdad and Washington.
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