2011年12月24日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Last combat troops out of Iraq back at Fort Hood (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 01:00 PM PST

U.S. Army 1st Cavalry 3rd Brigade soldiers march onto the parade grounds upon their return home from deployment in Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at Fort Hood, Texas. These 3rd Brigade troops were in the last convoy to leave Iraq. (AP Photo/Erich Schlegel)AP - 1st Sgt. Scott Dawson has spent several Christmases overseas during four deployments to Iraq, but he arrived home for this holiday Saturday — and he and his family hope it's for good.


Iraq Sunni leader says charges could reignite sectarian war (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 12:49 PM PST

Reuters - Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, wanted on charges he led death squads, called the case a plot to destroy opponents of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that could reignite the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07.

Iraq PM chides Sunni sections pushing for autonomy (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 10:22 AM PST

Iraqi security forces gather the scene of a car bomb attack in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A wave of bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning killing and wounding hundreds of people, Iraqi officials said, in the worst violence Iraq has seen for months. The bloodbath comes just days after American forces left the country. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraq's prime minister warned Saturday that efforts to create an autonomous Sunni region within Iraq would divide the country and lead to "rivers of blood."


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