2012年1月20日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Marine's Iraq killings trial resumes in California (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:00 PM PST

AP - A major war crimes trial resumed Friday after lawyers worked on unspecified negotiations for two days, with the prosecution showing outtakes of a "60 Minutes" interview in which a Marine squad leader charged with killing unarmed Iraqis says he felt no emotion and "was essentially like a machine."

Trial of accused Haditha ringleader resumes without plea deal (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:21 PM PST

Reuters - The court-martial of a U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a 2005 massacre of civilians in the Iraqi city of Haditha resumed on Friday without a plea deal, suggesting that court-sanctioned negotiations toward such an agreement had stalled.

Body of UK hostage turned over to embassy in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:45 PM PST

AP - The body of a British hostage kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 has been turned over to the U.K. Embassy in Baghdad, officials said Friday.

Top Iraqi Shiite cleric urges end to crisis (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 12:00 PM PST

Ayad Allawi, the leader of Iraq's main Sunni-backed and former Prime Minister, right, gestures as Iraq's Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi looks on during a meeting for the main Sunni-backed bloc in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. Allawi says the war-ravaged country needs new leaders to prevent it from disintegrating along sectarian lines. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraqi authorities detained a senior Sunni official on terrorism charges Friday, even as an aide to the country's most prominent Shiite cleric urged politicians on both sides of the sectarian divide to end an escalating political crisis.


Saddam musician jailed for Australian burglaries (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:45 PM PST

AP - A wedding musician who once served as a music teacher to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been jailed in Australia for burglarizing the homes of two women.
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