2012年2月29日星期三

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Obama salutes Iraq war vets at White House dinner (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:48 PM PST

AP - With a formal dinner for the few, President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the many.

US offers Iranian group path off of terror list (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:29 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration on Wednesday offered an Iranian opposition group a path to get off of a U.S. terrorism blacklist, a move that would end years of high-profile campaigning from the Mujahadin-e-Khalq and infuriate Iran.

MEK status on blacklist hinges on Iraq camp closure (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:41 PM PST

Reuters - The United States said on Wednesday the Mujahadin-e Khalq's help in closing its Camp Ashraf base in Iraq will influence whether the Iranian dissident group is dropped from a U.S. terrorism blacklist.

Troops from Iraq, Afghanistan to be honored in DC (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:45 AM PST

AP - It took almost 60 years for World War II veterans to get a monument in Washington. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened less than a decade after their war ended. Now with the Iraq war just over, and Afghanistan continuing, there are already plans to honor those veterans in a new National Mall tribute in the works.

US Muslim study finds jump in American mosques (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:02 AM PST

AP - The number of American mosques has increased dramatically in the last decade despite post 9/11 protests aimed at Muslim houses of worship, according to a new study. The new Islamic centers serve Muslims who moved into the suburbs and newer immigrants from Africa, Iraq and elsewhere.

Iraqi officials: Car bomb kills 4 in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:57 PM PST

Soldiers march during their graduation ceremony at a military base in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, February 29, 2012. More than 1,000 soldiers graduated after two month of training, an Iraqi army source said.  REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY)AP - Iraqi officials say a car bomb on a main street in a shopping area in southeastern Baghdad has killed four people.


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