2011年12月11日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Analysis: As U.S. leaves, Iraqi forces still under construction (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 08:07 AM PST

Reuters - Nearly nine years after the United States threw out Saddam Hussein and dissolved his feared security machine, Iraq's rebuilt military is a long way from matching up with regional powers like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 09:01 PM PST

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

Iraq: A war of muddled goals, painful sacrifice (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 09:01 PM PST

FILE - In this March 20, 2003 file photo, smoke rises from the Trade Ministry in Baghdad after it was hit by a missile during US-led forces attacks. In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective now is simply to get out — and leave behind a country where democracy has at least a chance, where Iran does not dominate and where conditions may not be good but 'good enough.' (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)AP - In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world.

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