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ISESCO condemns aggressions against iraqi people
ISESCO, a Rabat-based affiliate of the Organization of the Islamic conference, has strongly condemned the coalition-led military campaign waged against the Iraqi Populations.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 4/10/2004

Al-dari announces hunger strike, al-Seistani calls for halting blood-shed; one minister, two governing council members resigned
Protests inside the governing council and the government in Iraq against the bloodshed committed by the occupation forces in the Iraqi cities were escalated yesterday with the announcement of the resignation of one minister and suspending the membership of two members in the council, amid other threats to take similar actions.
Iraq, Politics, 4/10/2004

Bremer: al-Sumeid'ei a minister for the interior, al-Rubei an advisor for national security
The American administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, said yesterday he had appointed member of the governing council Sami al-Sumeida'ei as a new minister of the interior and his colleague Muwaffaq al-Rubei as an advisor for national securty.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/10/2004

Women, children and the elderly evacute it fleeing the fighting; Falouja burried its martyrs; a governing council mediation
The people of Falouja yesterday burried their dead in a fooball playground, while hundreds of Sheikhs, women and children left the city of fears of the fighting which continued in it despite mediation made by members of the governing council which did not succeed in halting the American military operations against the city.
Iraq-USA, Military, 4/10/2004

Two Americans, one British were killed, occupation restores back al-Kout, al-Sader warns his enemy Bush: Withdrawal or revolution
The Shiite Clergy Muqtada al-Sader yesterday called on his " enemy," the US President George Bush, to withdraw his forces from Iraq or to face a real revolution, at a time when the American occupation forces announced control of most areas of al-Kout quarters which said it will restore all of it today, while two Americans were killed in Baghdad in armed attacks.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/10/2004

Two demonstrations in Damascus and al-Azhar al-Jihad: Iraq's incidents are like the uprising of 1987
The "Islamic Jihad" movement in Palestine described the fighting taking place in Iraq as "a real uprising similar to that which took place in Palestine in 1987," while the Jordanian King Abdullah II ordered "urgent aid" to Falouja. In Egypt, hundreds of worshippers demonstrated in al-Azhar mosque and demanded "opening the door for al-Jihad and opening the borders between Egypt and Palestine." A demonstration was also held in Damascus.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 4/10/2004

The US practices in Iraq deplored by Arab circles
Arab and Foreign newspapers on Friday condemned the American brutal practices in Iraq that claimed the lives of hundreds saying that these practices contradict principles of the Human Rights.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 4/10/2004

Powell on CNN: Iraqi people want and deserve democracy
The United States and its coalition allies, despite the current flare-up in insurgency, will not be deterred in its mission of helping the Iraqi people achieve the peace and democracy they deserve, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an April 9 CNN interview.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/10/2004

Four Italians, two Americans join the list of kidnapped, Japan will not be subjected.. al-Sader deplores the operation
Japan said yesterday it will not be subjected to the demands made by the kidnappers of three of its citizens in Iraq who threated on Thursday of burning them alive in case Tokyo will not withdraw its forces from the country.
Iraq, Politics, 4/10/2004

Washington lifts banned weapons sales embargo to Iraq
The US yesterday lifted the embargo it used to impose since a long time on the exports of the banned military equipment to to Iraq on the occasion of the first anniversary of the fall of the city of Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/10/2004

A Sunni- Shiite Unity in solidarity with al-Falouja, five Americans were killed occupation: we have lost control on Kout; al-Najaf and central Karbala
The American forces yesterday admitted it had lost control in al-Najaf, al-Kout and the central parts of Karbala which has become under the control of supporters of Muqtada al-Sader and continued their attacks against the isolated city of al-Falouja where firece fighting took place and resulted in killing five Americans.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2004

Two from Jerusalem, 3 Japanese, 8 Koreans, One British are kidnapped, the wave of kidnapping foreigners in Iraq
In a development which is the first of its kind in Iraq, armed groups yesterday, in separate operations kidnapped two persons from Jerusalem, one of them carries an Israeli passport, three Japanese and threatened to burn them alive within three days unless Tokyo withdraws its forces from Iraq, in addition to one British and 8 Southern Koreans one of them had fled while the other 7 were released later.
Iraq, Military, 4/9/2004

Independent: Saddam Hussein is in Qatar
The British daily the "Independent" said yesterday that the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is held in an American base in Qatar, rather than in Iraq.
Iraq-Qatar, Politics, 4/8/2004

Nine Americans were wounded, occupation bombards a mosque; 40 killed
The American forces in Iraq targeted a mosque and resulted in killing more than 40 persons, at a time the American army announced that it continued its advancement into the city of Faluja amid fierce fighting and is now controlling " 25% of it."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/8/2004

Occupation: al-Sader is involved in three cases
A legal advisor for the American occupation forces in Iraq said yesterday he suspects the Shiite Clergy Muqtada al-Sader to have been involved in three cases, two of them relate to killing crimes.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/7/2004

al-Sader resorts to al-Najaf. Confrontations extent to al-Kout, al-Amjara and al-Nasereyah, 26 Iraqi killed, 12 American soldiers killed
The American occupation forces yesterday committed what some called a massacre in al-Falouja, which has been isolated from the outer world since three days. The massacre resulted in killing 26 Iraqis and wounding 30 most of them are children and women. The answer was quick and 12 American soldiers were killed in a large scale night attack against the American forces position in the nearby al-Ramadi city.
Iraq-USA, Military, 4/7/2004

Washington: occupation cost is USD 4 billion per month
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/7/2004

Iran warns its citizens from traveling to Iraq
Iraq-Iran, Local, 4/7/2004

Syria releases persons demonstrated during the war on Iraq
The Syrian authorities last Thursday released 7 Syrians who took part in April 2003 in a demonstration in Darayya city near Damascus during the war on Iraq.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 4/6/2004

Continued confrontations in Iraq, up to 61 killed and 341 wounded Occupation: a warrant against al-Sader
The American occupation forces have declared Muqtada al-Sader as an outlaw and disclosed a warrant of arrest against him in a step that would increase tension and clashes which were escalated yesterday resulting in killing 61 Iraqis, 8 Americans and wounding 341 Iraqis as a new outcome for two days of clashes.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/6/2004

American forces intensify their operations to detain al-Sader
The American president George W. Bush has stressed he will not permit the Shiite leader Muqtada al- Sader to resort to force in withstanding the current democratic process in Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/6/2004

Moratinos: World work mechanism in Iraqi should be changed
Iraq-Spain, Politics, 4/6/2004

Singapore ends its military presence in Iraq
Iraq-Singapore, Politics, 4/6/2004

Bloody confrontations in al-Najaf transferred to Baghdad, Basra
Supporters of the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader said that American forces broke into the office of al-Sader in al-Sader city in Baghdad. Sheikh Abdul Hadi al-Darraji, the representative of the office in Baghdad, said that two persons were killed at least and other 7 wounded in the confrontations which took place during the breaking in operation.
Iraq, Politics, 4/5/2004


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