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Iraqi defense minister: elections will be incomplete without Sunni participation
the Iraqi defense minister Hazem al-Shalan said that the Iraqi elections will be incomplete without the participation of the Sunnis who call for postponing the elections. Al-Shalan questioned in an interview with the Iraqi TV "is it logical that the Iraqi constitutions will be formulated just by one social strata?"
Iraq, Politics, 1/15/2005

British circles: US policy is a failure in Iraq
British writer and analyst, John Maples, has warned against further deterioration of the situation in the Middle East unless the US. President George W. Bush's administration change its policies in the region.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 1/15/2005

Ansar al-Islam statement claims responsibility for al-Seistani representative
A statement by Ansar al-Islam group in Iraq alleged in a statement on the Internet it had assassinated Mamhoud al-Madaeini the representative of Ayatullah Ali al-Seistani, while the Muslim Scholars Commission condemned the incident and described it as a criminal act.
Iraq, Military, 1/15/2005

Continued killing in Iraq
Gunmen assassinated Abdul Karim Jasem al-Obeidi, the official for the election center in al-A'mel quarters to the west of Baghdad on Thursday evening.
Iraq, Military, 1/15/2005

Al-Shara: news against Syria over Iraq are misleading
"Syria is interested in Iraq's future and security because it is part of Syria's security and what some media is saying of misinformation is fiction as it is baseless," al-Shara told a joint news conference with Italian counterpart Gianfranco Fini.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 1/14/2005

Aides for Seistani assassinated, seven Iraqis killed in Baghdad
Al-Seistani office in al-Najaf said that the gunmen attacked Sheikh Mahmoud al-Madeini on Wednesday evening and killed him with his son and four of his guards. Halim al- Afghani, another assistant for al-Seistanu was also found killed.
Iraq, Military, 1/14/2005

Three American soldiers killed in Iraq, Powell fears expansion of resistance
The statement said that the two soldiers were killed on Thursday while carrying out peace and stability missions in the governorate, giving no further details. The statement explained it does not want to disclose information that gunmen would make use of
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/14/2005

Iraqi group calls on American soldiers to join it
In a remarkable development for methods pursued by fighters in Iraq, an armed group calling itself the "Islamic Jihad in Iraq" urged the American soldiers to drop their weapons and to fight against the US with it.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/14/2005

Iraq produces 2.4 million barrels of oil daily
The Iraqi minister of oil Thamer al-Ghadban said in a press conference on Thursday that Iraq's average production of oil reaches 2.4 million barrels daily and this will be increased if what he called "destruction attacks" are halted.
Iraq, Economics, 1/14/2005

Mubarak receives Iraqi Foreign Minister
Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/14/2005

Security conditions deteriorated in Iraq, government cling to elections date
The Interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi said that the deteriorated security conditions in the country might prevent the elections in certain areas.
Iraq, Politics, 1/13/2005

Continued series of killings in Iraq
Armed conflicts and booby trapped cars series continued in various parts of the Iraqi cities and this resulted in killing and wounding of many people, while preparations are underway for the Iraqi elections due on January 30th.
Iraq, Military, 1/13/2005

Zebari to AL-Aharam: We hope that Egypt would continue to support us to render the elections success
In an exclusive interview with Al-Ahram, Iraqi Foreign Minister Houchiar Zebari said that the count down has started for the Iraqi elections by the end of January instant. Excerpts:
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 1/12/2005

$ 2.2 billion for the Iraqi defense budget
The Interim Iraqi government decided to allocate a sum of $ 2.2 billion of the state's budget estimated at $ 20 billion for defense affairs within the framework of a plan to increase the number of the Iraqi security forces to deal with the deteriorated security condition in the country.
Iraq, Politics, 1/12/2005

Bloody attacks, Allawi promises to increase security forces
Iraq had witnessed a new bloody day that left behind 20 killed Iraqis most of them are members of the Iraqi police. Eight persons were killed and other three were kidnapped in an attack launched by gunmen against a small bus to the south of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 1/12/2005

The attacks against oil establishments cost Iraq $ 10 billion
The interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi said on Tuesday that the attacks which targeted the oil and electricity infrastructure in the country cost a total estimated at $ 10 billion.
Iraq, Economics, 1/12/2005

Sharm al-Sheikh conference and the Iraqi elections
While American military leaders warned against the escalation of attacks in Iraq with the approaching date of the Iraqi elections, the countries which took part in Sharm al-Sheikh conference on Iraq on November, 2004 called for abiding by the set date of the Iraqi elections by the end of the current month.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 1/12/2005

Anawar al-Bunni: The Americans hold 300 Syrian and Lebanese drivers on the border
The Human rights activist in Syria, Anwar al-Bunni, said that the American occupation forces in Iraq are holding since 6 days more than 300 drivers including 280 Syrians and the others are Lebanese and Bulgarians on the Iraqi- Syrian borders in al-Yarubia are, 680 km to the northern east of Damascus.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 1/11/2005

Five persons killed in Iraq including one soldiers, the deputy chairman of Baghdad's police
Five persons were killed and others were injured in different attacks by gunmen. Among the killed persons was one American soldier and the deputy chief of the police in Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 1/11/2005

Ukraine decided to withdraw its forces from Iraq
Iraq-Ukraine, Politics, 1/11/2005

One American, five Iraqis killed in Baghdad; US attacks a civilian house
In a statement, the American army said that one of its soldiers was killed in a bomb explosion while one American vehicle was running in one of the main roads in the capital Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 1/10/2005

The series of kidnapping in Iraq
In another development in Iraq, three veiled men stressed in statements to a group of Iraqi journalists in Balad area to the north of Baghdad that the delegate of the French "Liberation" newspaper Florence Obeina who was missed in Iraq with her Iraqi translator Hussein hanoun al-Saadi is in a good condition.
Iraq, Local, 1/10/2005


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