2011年12月6日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


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

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:54 AM PST

AP - As of Tuesday, Dec. 6, 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.

Despite attacks, pilgrims in Iraq mark holy day (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:07 AM PST

Iraqi Shiite Muslims cut themselves with swords during Muharram, marking the anniversary of the 7th century death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's founding prophet, Muhammad in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraqi police boosted security as hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims converged Tuesday on the holy city of Karbala for a 10-day religious ritual that regularly draws deadly attacks by Sunni extremists.


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