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Saudi Arabia renews warning over division of Iraq
For the second time within two days, Saudi Arabia expressed its concern over the developments of the situation in Iraq warning that this situation raises fear of disintegration in the country and dragging the whole area into a vaster conflict.
Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 9/24/2005

Sunni call to ban fighting among Iraqis
Members of the Muslim Scholars Commission, Sheikh Mahmoud Mahdi al-Sumeidai, has called on the Iraqi forces to convene a national dialogue and reconciliation and writing a document of honor banning fighting among the Iraqis.
Iraq, Politics, 9/24/2005

Al-Thawra: Syria refutes Zibari and U.S. accusations as baseless
Syria rebuffed on Friday accusations of Iraq's Foreign Minister as well the U.S President commentary on border control with Syria as "baseless," noting that they come in frame of a pressure campaign on Syria.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 9/24/2005

More attacks, explosions in Iraq
Various areas in Iraq witnessed attacks early today that resulted in killing 24 Iraqis and injuring others as well as the killing of two American soldiers in two separate attacks in al-Anbar governorate west of the country.
Iraq, Military, 9/24/2005

Bush confirms stay in Iraq; Seistani supports new constitution
The US President George W. Bush, whose popularity in the US is at its lowest according to reported polls, has expressed resolve in his position concerning the presence of the American forces in Iraq
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/23/2005

Sufferings of Iraqis on Syrian border continues, Baghdad is silent
Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported that among those are a 13-year old Iraqi child called Adnan. Adnan arrived at al-Yarubeyah coming from Amman after his leg was cutoff in a surgery. He has been since one week waiting to return back to his mother who has been waiting for him.
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 9/23/2005

End of Tel-Afer military operation against gunmen
An officer in the Iraqi army announced the end of the military operation carried out by the American and Iraqi forces in Tel-Afer city against gunmen, noting that it resulted in killing more than 150 persons.
Iraq, Military, 9/23/2005

Iraqi immigration minister escapes assassination; 8 Iraqis, two Americans killed
Al-Mansour quarters in the capital Baghdad was a stage for the most violent clashes between gunmen who were hiding in a house and the Iraqi forces backed by American soldiers. Five gunmen and three Iraqi security forces members were killed in the clashes.
Iraq, Military, 9/23/2005

Guardian: UK, US objectives on democracy in Iraq changing
Iraq-UK, Politics, 9/23/2005

Iraq's navy is small and evolving
The commander of U.S. naval forces in the Persian Gulf on September 22 said coalition forces are helping build a new Iraqi Navy.
Iraq-USA, Military, 9/23/2005

Calls to protect journalists in Iraq after two more murders
"I am also at a loss for words with which to express my admiration for these women and men who pay with their lives for their right to tell us what they see and think, and for our right to read and hear about what is going on," he added.
Iraq, Politics, 9/22/2005

Zeibari accuses Syria of not controlling borders; Damascus denies
The Iraqi foreign minister Hoshiar Zeibari renewed accusations against Syria of not collaborating in what he called the fighting of terrorism, in contrary to its obligations towards Iraq.
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 9/22/2005

UN comments on Iraq's draft constitution too late
The Secretary-General's report does find, however, that the draft process of the Iraqi constitution could have been more transparent and inclusive, and that the Iraqi interim government will need to ensure that a much broader political consensus shapes the upcoming constitutional referendum and national elections.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 9/22/2005

British officials want troop withdrawal from Iraq
British Leader of Liberal Democratic Party, Charles Kennedy, said Wednesday that the latest events in the Iraqi city of Basra and clashes between British troops and Iraqi police stress the necessity of putting a strategy for the troops' pull out of Iraq.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 9/22/2005

British break-in into Iraqi government jail did not effect relations
The Iraqi police arrested the two British disguised in Arab garments riding a civilian car and carrying explosives.
Iraq, Politics, 9/22/2005

Fire in Iraq's public works ministry
An official in the Iraqi police said that a large fire erupted on Wednesday evening in the building of the Iraqi ministry of public works. The official said that fire fighting cars hurried to the place but gave no further details, and it was not known yet the size of the losses inflected on the ministry.
Iraq, Military, 9/22/2005

Iraqi prime minister expresses gratitude to Syria
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 9/22/2005

Nine Americans killed in Iraq
the Sunni Iraqi national dialogue conference announced that a force from the Iraqi ministry of interior detained parliamentarian Ali al-Mashhadani and held the authorities responsible for what might happen to him
Iraq, Military, 9/21/2005

US offfical killed in Iraq
Iraq-USA, Local, 9/21/2005

Warrant against former Iraqi minister over corruption
An investigator in corruption issues in Iraq expected the issuance of a warrant of arrest against the former Iraqi minister Hazem al-Shaaar over the disappearance of more than USD one billion dollars from the budget of the ministry when he presided over it.
Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 9/20/2005

Al-Radi: Iraqi official theft is largest in the world
The ministry of the former Iraqi defense minister Hazem al-Shaalan was accused of committing violations in the signing of contracts with middlemen instead of companies or foreign governments in order to import defense equipments including helicopters, armored vehicles, bullets and weapons.
Iraq, Politics, 9/20/2005

Clergymen urge government to apologize to Muslims for war on Iraq
Anglican Church in Britain urged British Christian leaders to apologize for the war on Iraq if the government refuses to do so.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 9/20/2005

Iraqi journalist killed in Karbala
The body of the Iraqi journalist Haidar al-Tamimi was found killed by several bullets in the head, few hours after his kidnapping at the hands of gunmen.
Iraq, Local, 9/20/2005

Saddam Hussein's nephew sentenced to life imprisonment
An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced the nephew of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to life imprisonment over financing armed operations and explosions in Iraq, and he has to be brought before the court on additional crimes later.
Iraq, Military, 9/20/2005

Britain frees two detained soldiers in Basra government jail
The Iraqi defense ministry confirmed that the British army freed two of its soldiers by means of force from a prison run by the Iraqi police in al-Basra city on Monday evening.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 9/20/2005

New threats to attack Iraqi infrastructure
Iraq, Military, 9/20/2005

Iraq constitution ready for printing
The UN gave instructions to start printing some five million copies of the Iraqi constitution which it had received on Sunday from the Iraqi parliament in preparation to circulate it on the Iraqi citizens before the referendum on the constitution set for mid October.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 9/19/2005

Iraqi president appreciates Syria
Iraqi President Jalal Talibani has expressed appreciation over "Syria's favor offered to the Iraqi people", asserting that he "didn't criticized and would never criticize Syria."
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 9/19/2005

Britain denies withdrawal plan from Iraq
The British defense office denied laying any schedule for the withdrawal of the British forces from Iraq, considering that the information issued by the Sunday Telegraph to this effect are inaccurate.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 9/19/2005

Continued killing in Iraq
In Basra, Shiite gunmen closed the streets of the city demanding the British forces, which dominate there, to release Sheikh Ahmad al-Fartousi, the commander of al-Mahdi militias which belongs to the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader
Iraq, Military, 9/19/2005


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