2012年1月19日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Marine's trial in Iraq killings interrupted (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 02:58 PM PST

FILE - In this March 22, 2010 file photo, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich arrives for a pretrial hearing at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in San Diego County, Calif.  A squad mate of Wuterich, a Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians testified that if he had to do it again, he would have called in an air strike to destroy a home where the group gunned down six people.(AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - Court proceedings were stalled for a second day Thursday in the military trial of a major Iraq war crimes case after a military judge told lawyers to explore their options.


Scenarios: Can Iraq survive its own politics? (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 01:04 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq's political crisis shows no sign of easing a month after the Shi'ite-led government sought the arrest of a Sunni vice president, triggering fears that Iraq, without the buffer of U.S. troops, could return to sectarian conflict.
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