Baghdad

Earlier in the day, a planeload of U.N. weapons inspectors left Baghdad aboard a flight to Cyprus, joining the exodus of diplomats, aid workers and other foreigners.

今天早些时候，联合国武器核查人乘坐飞机离开巴格达抵达塞浦路斯，之前已经有大批的外交官，援助人及其他外交人士抵达塞浦路斯。

US soldier walks past cartoon characters Tom and Jerry painted on the wall of a shop during a patrol in southwestern Baghdad's Amil district September 26, 2008.

英国路透社评选出的年度影像之一：08年的9月26日，在伊东南部城市巴格达阿米尔区巡逻的美军士兵。旁边的墙上是美国经典卡通形象汤姆。

The network says unknown gunmen in Baghdad attacked the vehicle carrying cameraman Alaa Uldeen Aziz and soundman Saif Laith Yousuf as they were returning home from work late Thursday.

家电视台说，巴格达身分不明的枪手星期四傍晚在摄影师阿齐兹录音师尤素夫下班回家途中袭击了他们的车辆。

Police say the gunmen, dressed in Iraqi army uniforms and driving army-type vehicles, broke into the home of the Batta tribal chief on the outskirts of Baghdad early Wednesday.

警方说，身穿伊军服的枪手驾驶军用型车辆，星期三早晨闯入这名巴塔部族首领在巴格达城外的家中。