2012年1月27日星期五

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq War veteran accused of posing as Ore. officer (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST

AP - Eugene Police Officer Dan Baker drove a blue SUV and set off sirens to clear cars in front of him at traffic lights. He pulled over motorists — though it's unclear if he ever gave out tickets. And when he stopped by a youth shelter as a volunteer, he came in full uniform.

Mayor Bloomberg: No NYC parade for Iraq War vets (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:21 PM PST

AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there will be no city parade for Iraq War veterans in the foreseeable future because of objections voiced by military officials.

St. Louis hosts 1st big parade on Iraq War's end (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:17 PM PST

Niliah Banks, foreground, works with other students in her fifth grade class at Ross Elementary create hand-made signs Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Creve Coeur, Mo. The signs will be used when St. Louis hosts a 'Welcome Home the Heroes from Iraq Day' on Jan. 28 with a noontime parade through downtown to welcome veterans of the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations.


Suicide bomber kills 33 at Shiite funeral in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 11:38 AM PST

People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A suicide car bomber struck a Shiite funeral procession Friday, killing 33 people as suspected al-Qaida militants stepped up apparent efforts to provoke a counterattack by Shiite militias on Sunnis that could pave the way toward open sectarian warfare now that U.S. troops have left Iraq.


Suicide bomber kills 31 in Baghdad attack (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:44 AM PST

Relatives of Saif Ali, 46, who was killed in a car bomb attack, take his body for burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis including six policemen who were guarding the march, police said, in the latest brazen attack since the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)Reuters - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled taxi near a Shi'ite funeral procession in Baghdad on Friday, killing 31 people and bringing the death toll from violence since an Iraqi political crisis erupted in December to more than 400.


(AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:01 AM PST

AP - Iraqi officials say a suicide attack on a Baghdad Shiite district has killed 26 people.
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