2012年1月13日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraqi woman, 111, sworn in as US citizen (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 02:40 PM PST

Warina Zaya Bashou, 111, recites the oath of allegiance administered by the Hon. David Lawson during her ceremony to become a United States citizen at her home in Sterling Heights, Mich., Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokeswoman Marilu Cabrera says Bashou was born in 1900 in Iraq and will be the second-oldest person on record to be naturalized. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - An Iraqi native has become a U.S. citizen at age 111.


Court to review Okla. soldier's Iraq murder appeal (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 02:18 PM PST

AP - A military court has agreed to review an appeal for a new trial by an Oklahoma soldier convicted of murdering an unarmed Iraqi prison detainee after interrogating him at gunpoint.

AP Interview: Iraq official calls for PM's removal (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 11:54 AM PST

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Al-Mutlaq called Friday for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down and warned that the country's festering political crisis risks sparking a wider regional conflict. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's Sunni deputy premier called Friday for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down and warned that the country's festering political crisis risks sparking a wider sectarian conflict in the region.


GOP Candidates Debate Sending Troops Back to Iraq (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 11:01 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - According to a November Gallup poll, three out of every four Americans support President Barack Obama's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq. That said, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry made a bold proclamation at the second New Hampshire debate when he asserted that he would currently send troops back to Iraq.
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