2011年12月26日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Sadr bloc calls for early elections in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:44 PM PST

Reuters - The head of the political bloc of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Monday for new elections in Iraq after the biggest crisis in a year saw Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki move against two senior Sunni rivals.

Sadrists call for new elections in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:46 AM PST

File - In this June 5, 2004 file photo, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, left, steps from an office building in Najaf, Iraq. The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday Dec.26 2011 for the dissolution of Iraq's parliament and new elections in another move that could escalate the country's growing sectarian crisis. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for the dissolution of Iraq's parliament and new elections in another move that could escalate the country's growing sectarian crisis.

Suicide bomber kills 7 outside Iraq ministry (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:20 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announces a new new home financing package for Illinois veterans in military families at a news conference in Chicago. As younger military veterans stream back into Illinois from Iraq and Afghanistan, Illinois faces a challenge as it tries to make them more of a priority in a time of desperately tight budgets. The state has been increasing the amount it spends on veterans services in recent years. But the bulk of that money is spent on older veterans while many younger soldiers and National Guard troops are returning to a difficult economy looking for help with jobs and training. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green,File)Reuters - At least seven people were killed when a suicide car bomber hit Iraq's interior ministry on Monday in the latest attack since a crisis erupted between the Shi'ite-led government and Sunni leaders a week ago.

Iraq agrees to move Iran exiles; rockets hit camp (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 01:41 AM PST

AP - The United Nations and the Iraqi government agreed to relocate several thousand Iranian exiles living in a camp in northeastern Iraq, potentially averting a showdown with its residents. The dissidents, who have not said whether they would agree to move, reported a rocket attack on the camp.

Mortars hit Iranian dissident camp in Iraq: Iraqi army (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2011 05:12 PM PST

Reuters - Two mortars hit an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq just days after Baghdad extended a year-end deadline for the camp to be closed as the U.N. negotiated resettlement of 3,000 residents there, the Iraqi military said Sunday.

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