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Bremer desolves the Iraqi army
The US administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer has announced the desolution of the armed Iraqi forces, the ministry of information, and other security structures, used to belong to Saddam Hussein regime, according to one of Bremer's main aides.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2003

Chalabi considers lifting sanctions as a perpetuation of Iraq's occupation
Reactions have continued on the UN Security Council resolution providing for lifting economic sanctions imposed on Iraq since 13 years.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2003

Syria approved UN security council resolution on lifting Iraq sanctions
Syria's voting in favor of the resolution doesn't mean at all a change in its position that has opposed the war which Syria has considered as illegal
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/24/2003

Egypt is holding contacts with all those concerned with Iraq
"Egypt is currently holding calm and intensive talks with the different parties concerned with Iraq," Egypt's Political Presidential Adviser said Friday.
Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 5/24/2003

Arab Journalists Union calls for coalition forces withdrawal from Iraq
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 5/23/2003

Security Council approves interim arrangements, UN role in Iraq, lifts sanctions
The United Nations Security Council today adopted a new resolution on Iraq granting wide interim governing powers to the United States and its coalition partners, including a role for a UN Special Representative working with this provisional authority, and lifting sanctions imposed almost 13 years ago following the invasion of Kuwait.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 5/23/2003

Two Iraqis killed in attack on Americans, orders for Baathists to surrender
The American occupation authorities in Iraq yesterday ordered officials of the Baath party totaling 10,000 to surrender themselves immediately within the framework of measures aiming at eliminating the former regime of Saddam Hussein.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/23/2003

British forces to help in Baghdad the US establish security
History repeats itself back when the British forces with the support of the newly founded Jordanian army in 1941 toppled the Iraqi prime minister, then, Rasheed Aali al-Keilani who stood against the crown prince of the Iraqi throne, prince Abdul Illah Bin Ali.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/23/2003

Syria did not take part in the UN voting because of time limit
The assistant for Syria's representative at the UN Security Council Faisal Miqdad said yesterday that his country did not take part in the voting session on the US resolution concerning the post war on Iraq because of the short time available to study it.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/23/2003

New batch of Syrian aid for Iraq
Syria-Iraq, Local, 5/22/2003

Bremer: national conference in July, before interim authority;Iraqi soldiers demonstrate; US businessman: war was for oil
The US administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, said that the expected national conference from which an Interim Iraqi authority is expected to emerge will not be held before mid July contrary to what he had announced on the possibility of convening it in June.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/22/2003

NTV: Jalal al-Talibani proposed to give shelter to Saddam Hussein's wife and daughters
The chairman of the Kurdistani National Federation in Iraq Jalal al-Talibani announced yesterday in Iraq in an interview with the Turkish NTV channel that he had proposed to the wife and daughters of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to receive and host them.
Iraq, Politics, 5/22/2003

Iraqi interim administration to draw constitution; elections in two years, occupation will deliver authority only to an elected government
The Anglo- American occupation administration of Iraq announced yesterday its determination for form an interim Iraqi administration, that stems from a national conference decided to be held by the end of June or July. The basic mission of this interim administration is to draw a new constitution to the country, stressing that the authority will be only transferred to an "elected government," but this administration to be not formed before one to two years.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/21/2003

Occupation abrogates Iraqi intelligence: the media, interior and defense employees sacked
The chairman of the committee which runs the affairs of the Iraqi foreign ministry, Muhammad Amin Ahmad, said that his ministry received American instructions state to sack the employees of the ministries of information, defense and the interior and to abrogate the general intelligence department, while the occupation administration continued to rule out former officials from the Iraqi administrations.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/21/2003

Politician: Lt. Gen. Al-Khazraji is in Iraq
Ahmad al-Khazraji, son of the former leader of the Iraqi armed forces Lt. Gen. Nizar al-Khazraji stressed yesterday that his father, who fled in March from Denmark where he was in custody, is now in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/21/2003

Morocco donates 200 tons of food to Iraq
Morocco donated Iraq 200 tons of food, worth some US$ 216,000, to be shipped by the UN World Food Program (PAM), part of its efforts to meet the Iraqi populations' needs, the UN news center said Tuesday.
Morocco-Iraq, Local, 5/21/2003

AL to probe mass graves in Iraq- Moussa
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 5/20/2003

A border crossing opened between Iraq and Syria for trade
One member of the former Iraqi opposition in exile Mashaan al-Jabbouri and the leaders of the Iraqi al-Watan ( homeland) party yesterday opened one border crossing between Syria and Iraq for "trade and commodity."
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 5/20/2003

Voting for lifting UN sanctions off Iraq tomorrow
The US has stressed yesterday its rejection of an Iraqi government in Baghdad, rather to be confined to an interim authority that stems from a national conference expected to be held in June, under the pretext that the Iraqi groups which were formed under its auspices in what is known as "the council of 7" lacks people's representation because it was "not elected" by the people.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/20/2003

Bremer denies intention to postpone forming an interim government in Iraq
The chairman of the American civil administration in Iraq, Paul Bermer, has denies news that Washington intends to transfer the authority of an Iraqi Interim government as decided during the few coming weeks. He said that these news are groundless.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/19/2003

Iran- Iraq exchange remains of 128 soldiers
Iraq and Iran yesterday exchanged, under the supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross the remains of 128 soldiers killed during the Iraqi- Iranian war which lasted between 1980- 1988.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/19/2003

Al-Assad- Qathafi hold telephone talks
Libya-Iraq, Politics, 5/19/2003

A Kuwaiti plane in Iraq for the first time since 1990
Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 5/19/2003

Ahmad Hassan al-Baker statue toppled
Iraqis, chanting joyfully, yesterday toppled a statue for the former Iraqi President Ahmad Hassan al-Baker who ruled Iraq directly before Saddam Hussein and the last symbol of the rule of the Iraqi Baath Party which lasted for 35 years.
Iraq, Politics, 5/19/2003


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