2011年12月22日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

U.S. intelligence warned of strife after Iraq pullout (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 05:01 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. intelligence agencies warned that security gains in Iraq could degenerate into sectarian violence after a troop pullout that some officials say left the United States with little leverage in a country it occupied for nearly nine years.

Bombs rock Baghdad, raising fears of sectarian war (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 02:49 PM PST

Iraqi security forces inspect a crater caused by a car bomb attack in the neighborhood of Karrada in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A series of blasts Thursday morning in Baghdad killing and wounding scores of people in a coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc across the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A terrifying wave of bombs tore through mostly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 69 people and evoking fears that Iraq could dissolve into a new round of sectarian violence now that American troops have left.

Iraq pullout a "signature failure" for Obama: Romney (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:18 PM PST

Reuters - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Thursday attacked U.S. President Barack Obama for a "signature failure" to keep some troops in Iraq to prevent the country falling back into sectarian conflict.

White House: Attacks won't derail Iraq's progress (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:04 PM PST

Reuters - The United States condemned a wave of bombings on Thursday that killed at least 72 people in Iraq, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to voice support for his efforts to calm sectarian tension, the White House said.

Shi'ites targeted as Baghdad blasts kill 72 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:55 AM PST

In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 photo, the U.S. flag is reflected behind names of those from Howard County killed during the Korean War in Kokomo, Ind. The names are on display at the Howard County Veteran's Memorial at Darrough Chapel Park. In the wake of the Dec. 2011 departure of the last U.S. troops from Iraq, this Midwestern town joins hundreds of others across the nation that will be wrestling with the legacy of a nearly nine-year war. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Reuters - A wave of bombings killed at least 72 people in Baghdad Thursday, the first attacks since Iraq's Shi'ite-led government was engulfed in a crisis that risks fracturing the country along sectarian and ethnic lines.

White House condemns bombings in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:50 AM PST

In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 photo, the U.S. flag is reflected behind names of those from Howard County killed during the Korean War in Kokomo, Ind. The names are on display at the Howard County Veteran's Memorial at Darrough Chapel Park. In the wake of the Dec. 2011 departure of the last U.S. troops from Iraq, this Midwestern town joins hundreds of others across the nation that will be wrestling with the legacy of a nearly nine-year war. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)AP - The White House is condemning the wave of deadly bombings in Iraq, and says such attempts to derail progress in the country will fail.

(AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:06 AM PST

AP - Iraqi officials: Death toll in Baghdad blasts rises to 65 with evening explosion near cafe.

Washington Flails as Chaos Threatens Iraq: Will Iran Stoke or Douse the Fires? (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:10 AM PST

Time.com - The question that may determine whether or not Iraq descends into sectarian confrontation may be this: What does Iran want right now?

2011 "Year of the Tyrant," 2012 ominous for Syria, Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 07:56 AM PST

Reuters - It all began with a slap and a slur hurled at a poor vegetable seller by a policewoman in a provincial Tunisian city. Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in a protest that ignited a chain of fires across the Arab world. Twelve months after his death, he would scarcely recognize the region he knew.

Doc wounded in Iraq speaks out about combat trauma (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:41 AM PST

In this Dec. 14, 2011 photo, Dr. Ken Lee performs acupuncture on Gus Sorenson, a paralyzed patient at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center. Lee was nearly killed by a suicide bomb attack in Iraq in 2004. Now Wisconsin's National Guard’s chief medical officer, he is using his unique experience — as a doctor, patient and combat veteran — to call attention to the effects of combat trauma that will be with veterans for years to come. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)AP - Dr. Ken Lee lives every day with reminders of a suicide car bombing: a crescent-shaped scar on his temple, thumbs that don't work correctly, constant headaches, and legs and arms that always feel like they're on fire.

Anti-Iraq Pro-Libya Presidential Doctrine (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 09:43 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | As a U.S. citizen, I have the right to voice my opinion in opposition or support of the government. That is one of the great aspects of being an American. Other countries are not as fortunate. Iraq was not as fortunate. Now Libya.

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