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Sunnis want constitution to be only changed under referendum; strict majority
He indicated the main points included in the paper are first: that Iraq to be one united country and the constitution to preserve this unity. Second: confirming the use of the Arabic language in Kurdistan. Third: the constitution to be only changed by a referendum, rather than getting two thirds of the votes of the parliament.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 10/1/2005

Talibani criticizes Jaafari; Zarqawi claims Balad explosions
The Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani accused the prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari of violating the rules and taking decisions, independently.
Iraq, Politics, 10/1/2005

Iraqi business optimism about Iraq's future
An international survey of more than 600 Iraqi business owners and managers suggests that a majority of them are optimistic about Iraq's economic and political future.
Iraq, Economics, 10/1/2005

12 Iraqis killed in Hella, Balad's victims increased to 100
The number of the victims of explosions in Balad city, north Baghdad, on Thursday evening, increased to 99 including 22 children and 35 women while other 124 persons were injured
Iraq, Military, 10/1/2005

kidnapped Lebanese released in Iraq
Lebanon-Iraq, Local, 10/1/2005

US efforts to ensure Iraq constitution referendum is adopted
McCormack said "I know that there are still -- there are ongoing discussions concerning any possible changes or amendments to the draft constitution.Ê If there is any agreement on amendments to the constitution, I think we leave it to the Iraqis to announce those."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/30/2005

Explosions kill 85 in Iraq
The number of victims of the three booby trapped cars in Iraq which were detonated on Thursday evening in Balad city, north of Baghdad, resulted in killing 85 persons and injuring other 115 with large number of them in critical health conditions.
Iraq, Military, 9/30/2005

Preacher missing in Iraq, series of attacks
Cliff Handford, archbishop of the Anglican Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East which takes Nicosia, Cyprus as a capital expected that five officials in the Anglican church in Iraq were most expectedly killed on the road between Amman and Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 9/30/2005

Five American soldiers are killed in Iraq
The commander of the American forces in Iraq George Casey admitted that conditions in Iraq might deteriorate even if the draft constitution is approved this month.
Iraq, Politics, 9/30/2005

Among attacks in Iraq attached, Jordanian embassy cars
One Jordanian source said that a procession for the embassy was attacked by "terrorists" and hit one of the cars with bullets, but no casualties were reported in the lines of its passengers. The procession was heading to the Jordanian hospital near Falluja.
Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 9/29/2005

24 Iraqis, 2 US soldiers killed in attacks in Tel-Afer
Police sources explained that the woman who was wearing an explosive belt under her clothes sneaked into the groups of the volunteers who were waiting outside the recruitment center in Hassan Kawi quarters in the center of the city and detonated herself.
Iraq-USA, Military, 9/29/2005

Bush says effectiveness increasing of Iraqi forces
Iraq-USA, Military, 9/29/2005

Iraq not ready to receive returnees, says UN refugee agency
Noting that the security situation in much of Iraq has shown no improvement and has actually deteriorated in many places compared to the same period a year ago, the United Nations refugee agency yesterday urged countries hosting Iraqi emigres to keep processing asylum cases and not promote returns.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 9/28/2005

Human Rights Watch: US abuse of detainees is systematic and sever
Human Rights Watch organization has reported that abuses of Iraqi detainees, and others such as in Afghanistan were systematic and sever, while other reports indicated that pressure was being placed on soldiers who came forward to divulge the abuses.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/28/2005

Three year imprisonment for US soldier in Abu Ghreib case
The American military court issued a three- year imprisonment sentence against the American female soldier Lendy England after she was convicted of violating the honor and maltreating the detainees of Abu Ghreib jail in Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/28/2005

Al-Qaida denies killed member to be ranking; announcement is political
The Iraqi national security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubei said that the second ranking man in al-Qaida organization in Iraq, Abu Azzam, was killed on Monday in a joint American- Iraqi operation in Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 9/28/2005

27 unidentified bodies found in Iraq
Iraqi official sources confirmed finding the bodies of 22 unidentified persons in an agricultural area north of al-Kout areas, southwest of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 9/28/2005

US Ambassador to Iraq reaffirms resolve to assist Iraqi people
US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad September 25, visiting the northern Iraqi city of Mosul for the first time, reaffirmed US resolve to stand with the Iraqi people until they can stand on their own.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/27/2005

US forces free 500 Iraqis from Abu Ghreib jail
In another development in Iraq, the American army and the Iraqi authorities released some 500 detainees from the infamous Abu Ghreib jail on the occasion of the nearby fall of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, and also three weeks before the date of the referendum on the new constitution.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/27/2005

The Independent: War on Iraq created terror, British journalist
The "British people have stressed that terror will reach British cities after occupying Iraq, so people marched the streets to protest and reject war on Iraq," Smith wrote in an article in British Independent newspaper published Monday.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 9/27/2005

16 Iraqis, 3 US soldiers killed in attacks in Iraq
Some 16 Iraqis were killed in various areas including five teachers and their driver. Three American soldiers were also killed on Monday in Baghdad in two separate attacks carried out by gunmen by use of two explosives.
Iraq, Military, 9/27/2005

Egyptian engineer kidnapped in Iraq
A source in the Iraqi ministry of interior said that one engineer of the Egyptian nationality working in "Iraquba" telecommunications company was kidnapped at the hands of unidentified gunmen in al-Hamra quarters west of Baghdad.
Iraq-Egypt, Local, 9/27/2005

BBC: Blair did not expect such fierce insurgency
British prime minister Tony Blair admitted that the ferocity of the rebels in Iraq is much greater than he had imagined. He stressed in statements to the BBC TV that his country's forces will stay in Iraq until the end of its mission.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 9/26/2005

US clashes with al-Sader supporters
Al-Sader, who has a wide following, has been a strong opponent of the occupation forces, and is in favor of a united Iraq. He has had many political and military confrontations with the US forces.
Iraq, Military, 9/26/2005


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