2012年1月10日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Squad mate testifies in Marine's Iraq deaths trial (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:58 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2007 file 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 in the town of Haditha, including unarmed women and children.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - A former squad mate of a Marine implicated in the deaths of 19 Iraqis testified Tuesday that after a roadside bombing, the group raced to nearby homes, firing rounds and tossing grenades for 45 minutes, even though he said the Marines did not take gunfire, come across a single insurgent or find a weapon.


The Last American Service Member Killed in Iraq (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:55 PM PST

Time.com - On November 14th, two weeks before he was supposed to go home, Spc. David Emanuel Hickman became the last American service member to be killed in Iraq

Latest Iraq attacks kill 10, including schoolboys (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:13 AM PST

A man is seen through smashed windscreen of a damaged vehicle, inspect the scene of a car bomb attack at a predominantly Sunni area in western Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Three car bombs exploded Monday evening in the Iraqi capital, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Three schoolboys were among at least 10 people killed in Iraq on Tuesday, extending a wave of bloody attacks that have rocked the country since American troops pulled out.


Shi'ites brave crisis, bombs for Iraq pilgrimage (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:07 AM PST

Reuters - Tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims are pouring into Iraq's holy city of Kerbala, despite having become the main targets of a bombing campaign that followed the withdrawal of U.S. troops last month.
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