2011年12月31日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi leader celebrates US withdrawal as new dawn (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:54 AM PST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to his supporters in Baghdad, Iraq. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. Iraq's prime minister says the end of the American military presence in Iraq is a new dawn for his country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's prime minister hailed the end of the American military presence in Iraq as a new dawn for his country and urged Iraqis to preserve the unity of a nation still under attack by insurgents and beset by sectarian divisions.


Iraq celebrates U.S. withdrawal (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:49 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki declared a new dawn on Saturday as Iraq celebrated the departure of American troops at a ceremony held amid tight security and without Maliki's key political rivals.

Gunmen kill five Iraq Sunni militia: police (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:23 AM PST

Iraqi security forces salute during a ceremony at Al-Shaab stadium complex in Baghdad, December 31, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)Reuters - Gunmen carrying silenced weapons attacked a checkpoint manned by government-backed Sunni militiamen and killed all five of them in the restive Iraqi province of Diyala, security officials said on Saturday.


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