2012年1月5日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Scores killed in Iraq bombings targeting Shiites (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:34 PM PST

People inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Kazimiyah in the north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Wave of explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods on Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis, police said, and intensifying fears that insurgents are stepping up attacks after the U.S. troop withdrawal that was completed last month. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - An apparently coordinated wave of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least 78 people in Iraq on Thursday, the second large-scale assault by militants since U.S. forces pulled out last month.


Police suspect Army vet in shooting of six officers (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:10 PM PST

Investigators stand next to evidence markers in front of the house (R) of Matthew Stewart, who was shot and injured by Ogden police during a drug raid, in Ogden, Utah January 5, 2012. REUTERS/George FreyReuters - Six police officers were shot, one of them fatally, when a gunman said to be a U.S. Army veteran opened fire on them as they served a drug-related search warrant in Utah, authorities said on Thursday.


Iraq Shi'ite militia says ready to lay down weapons (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:14 AM PST

Reuters - The leader of a Shi'ite militia which carried out some of the most prominent attacks on foreigners during the Iraq war, said the group will lay down its weapons and is prepared to join the political process.

Bombs target Iraqi Shi'ites, kill at least 73 (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 09:18 AM PST

People inspect dead bodies at the scene of a bomb attack near Nasiriyah, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Wave of explosions struck Shiite neighborhoods on Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis and intensifying fears that insurgents are stepping up attacks after the U.S. troop withdrawal that was completed last month. (AP Photo)Reuters - Bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 73 people and wounded scores on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, raising fears of an increase in sectarian strife.


(AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 05:18 AM PST

AP - Prosecutor demands death for Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, his security chief for killing protesters.

Last defendant in Iraq war case to stand trial (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:09 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2007 photo, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich arrives for his Article 32 Investigation Hearing at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in San Diego County. Wuterich, the last defendant in the biggest and lengthiest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war is expected to stand trial this week,  more than six years after his squad killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including unarmed women and children.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, FILE)AP - More than six years after Frank Wuterich led a squad that killed 24 Iraqis, including women and children, the 31-year-old Marine staff sergeant will stand trial on Friday.


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