2011年12月2日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq says PM possible target in Green Zone bomb (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 02:40 PM PST

Reuters - Iraqi authorities said on Friday a rare attack inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone this week was carried out by a suicide bomber in a car and may have targeted the country's prime minister.

Official: Green Zone bombing was targeting Iraq PM (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 01:14 PM PST

United States Air Force Tech Sgt. John Mascolo, and his dog Ajax (L) await a helicopter pickup with Staff Sgt. Manny Garcia, and his dog Jimmy, outside Forward Operating Base Normandy in Iraq in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters December 2, 2011. As U.S. troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, many are coming home with mental and emotional damage brought on by war, and not just the human soldiers. Canine PTSD symptoms are very similar to symptoms humans experience, Colonel Kelly Mann said, including startled reaction to loud noises, panic attacks, sleep problems and loss of social ability. REUTERS/R.E. Adorno-Courtesy of United States Air Force Working Dog Squadron-341st Training Sqaudron/Handout (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ANIMALS) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - An explosion earlier this week in the Green Zone, a protected area in the center of the Iraqi capital, was an assassination attempt against the Iraqi prime minister, an Iraqi spokesman said.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:49 AM PST

AP - _U.S. deaths as of Nov. 30, 2011: 4,485.

Icon of US military now in Iraqi hands (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:17 AM PST

U.S. soldiers leaving Al Faw palace at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is swiftly shrinking, after a special ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden thanked U.S. and Iraqi troops for sacrifices that he said allowed for the end of the nearly nine-year-long war, even as attacks around the country killed 20 people, underscoring the security challenges Iraq still faces. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Inside palace walls built by Saddam Hussein, U.S. generals plotted the war's course, tracked the mounting death toll and swore in new American citizens under gaudy glass chandeliers.

U.S. hands main war base, Saddam palaces back to Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:23 AM PST

A U.S. soldier looks on inside Saddam Hussein's former bedroom at Al-Faw palace within Victory Base Compound in Baghdad November 7, 2011. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - The U.S. military passed a milestone in its pending withdrawal from Iraq on Friday, vacating its vast main base near Baghdad airport that once housed the American war operations hub and hosted a captive Saddam Hussein before his execution.

Biden brings down curtain on US Iraq operations (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:18 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Top American and Iraqi leaders today marked the end of the US military presence in Iraq, after a costly war that brought down a tyrant, but also left a trail of destruction of 4,500 American lives, and many, many more Iraqis killed.

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