2012年2月7日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


U.S. eyes cuts to Iraq embassy after troops exit (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:48 PM PST

FILE - In this March 27, 2010 file photo, Ayad Allawi, the leader of Iraq's main Sunni-backed bloc and former prime minister speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. An official from the bloc said its ministers have ended their boycott of the Cabinet Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)Reuters - The U.S. government is looking to cut the size of its embassy in Iraq, by far its largest and most expensive mission, months after the last American troops withdrew, U.S. officials said Tuesday.


Iraq's Sunni-backed ministers return to Cabinet (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:09 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2012 file photo, Ayad Allawi, the leader of Iraq's main Sunni-backed bloc and former prime minister, right, gestures as Iraq's Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi looks on during a meeting of their bloc in Baghdad, Iraq. An official from the bloc said its ministers have ended their boycott of the Cabinet Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - Ministers from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc ended their boycott of the Cabinet on Tuesday, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation that has been mired in a security and political crisis since the U.S. completed its military withdrawal from the country.


Haditha Marine's lawyers call Anonymous "cowards" after hack (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:33 PM PST

Reuters - Lawyers for a U.S. Marine court-martialed for his role in killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha slammed the international hacking collective Anonymous as "cowards" on Monday after they knocked out the firm's website and published internal e-mails on the web.
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