2012年1月17日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq vet charged with killing 4 California transients (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST

Reuters - An Iraq war veteran accused of knifing four homeless men to death, stabbing them each dozens of times in a bloody killing spree that rattled Orange County, California, was charged on Tuesday with murder.

Iraq's Sunni-backed Cabinet ministers suspended (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 12:11 PM PST

Police and forensic investigators stand next to the body of a man who was killed by unidentified gunmen in Culiacan, Mexico, Tuesday Jan. 16, 2012. The man was later identified as Salih Abadulaziz Sahbaz, 35, a Canadian citizen born in Iraq. He was also carrying a U.S. passport and about two thousand dollars in local currency, according to police. (AP Photo/El Debate de Culiacan, Luis Perez)AP - Iraq's Shiite-dominated Cabinet suspended boycotting Sunni-backed ministers Tuesday, an official said, deepening a sectarian conflict of politics and violence that has raised fears of civil war in Iraq now that U.S. troops are gone.


Iraq militia says to keep weapons, citing instability (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 10:18 AM PST

Reuters - A Shi'ite militia that fought U.S. troops in Iraq said Tuesday it will not lay down its arms immediately despite the departure of American forces.
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