October, 2008

• 5 October

  British commander says war in Afghanistan cannot be won

  LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s commander in Afghanistan has said the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the Sunday Times reported.

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• 5 October

  Bomber strikes during U.S. raid in Iraq, 11 killed

  MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Eleven Iraqis were killed on Sunday during a U.S. raid on a home in northern Iraq in which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among civilians inside, the U.S. military said.

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• 5 October

  EU Georgia monitors see sign of Russian pullback

  TBILISI (Reuters) – EU ceasefire monitors in Georgia reported the dismantling of a Russian checkpoint near breakaway South Ossetia on Sunday, saying it was the “first open sign” of a promised Russian troop pullback by October 10.

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• 5 October

  Egyptian foreign minister visits Iraq

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and promised to reopen an embassy in Baghdad soon, the latest sign that fellow Arab nations are slowly restoring ties.

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• 5 October

  U.S. not vying with Russia over Central Asia: Rice

  ASTANA (Reuters) – The United States is not trying to poach Russia’s allies in Central Asia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday during a visit to oil-rich Kazakhstan.

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• 5 October

  Baghdad museum treasures still locked from view

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In Iraq’s national museum a frieze shows Assyrian King Sargon II, who ruled an empire from what is now northern Iraq, storming a rampart as soldiers pile decapitated heads before him.

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• 5 October

  Two U.S. helicopters collide in Baghdad

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters collided while landing at an American combat outpost in northern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

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• 5 October

  Russian warships prepare to pass Gibraltar

  Russia’s navy is gearing up to pass through the straits of Gibraltar.The four warships – including the nuclear-powered Russian heavy cruiser Peter the Great – will stop off in Libya before heading to Venezuela.

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• 5 October

  Suicide bomber strikes in Mosul

  Eleven people have been killed as a suicide bomber blew himself up during an American raid in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military says.

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• 5 October

  Frequent Quakes Hit Southern Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Three earthquakes measuring 4, 3.3 and 3.4 on the Richter scale, respectively, jolted different areas in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan on Saturday.

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