ArabicNews.Com Logo





Weekly Edition, Iraq  -  Week of January 16, 2006
   Front Page
   Previous Week

 Category
Politics | Business and Economics | Local
 Country News
Algeria | Bahrain | Comoros | Djibouti | Egypt | Iraq | Jordan | Kuwait | Lebanon | Libya | Mauritania | Morocco | Oman | Palestine | Qatar | Syria | Saudi Arabia | Somalia | Sudan | Tunisia | United Arab Emirates | Yemen
 Search

News Calendar
 Resources
Weather
Food & Recipies
Book Store
Science and Technology
Phone Codes
Currency Exchange
Travel Alerts, Visa Info
Country Information
Free Subscription
  Subscription
Premium Subscription
Free Newsletter
 Marketplace
Advertising Info

Search using Kosmix, the web categorization engine


We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now!

Iraqi elections results show need for coalition government
According to the preliminary results of the Iraqi elections, the Shiite coalition won the first position by getting 128 seats, not getting overwhelming majority to form a government. A matter which will oblige it to ally with other lists in order to choose the President of the Republic and form the next government.
Iraq, Politics, 1/21/2006

Secret American contacts with the gunmen
The national security advisor of the interim Iraqi government Muwafaq al-Rubei, in an interview with the Washington Times criticized what he called the secret contacts between the Americans and the armed groups in Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/21/2006

One American helicopter crashed in Iraq
The chairman of the Iraq's people conference Adnan al-Duleimi called on the armed group which calls itself "The Groups Of Revenge" to release Carol. In a press conference, al-Duleimi said he will be himself following up the issue of releasing the Iraqi detained men and women, alike.
Iraq-USA, Military, 1/21/2006

Elections process violated in the Iraqi elections
The international certification team of the Iraqi elections said that several violations were observed in the voting but he described them as "minor."
Iraq, Politics, 1/20/2006

Democratic institutions key to stable Iraq, US Official says
Helping Iraq build and consolidate its own democratic institutions will legitimize and empower Iraqi citizens and isolate the extremists, says US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter Rodman.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/20/2006

Italian withdrawal from Iraq
Italy has decided to pull its troops out of Iraq, and the US played down the importance of the Italian decision to withdraw some 1000 of its soldiers among its 2600 troops in Iraq by the fall of June this year.
Iraq-Italy, Politics, 1/20/2006

News on split among gunmen in Iraq
The American army said that confrontations are taking place between Iraqi gunmen and foreign fighters in Ramadi city west of Baghdad, amid Iraqi allegations that a split had taken place in the lines of the fighters, at a time when gunmen intensified their operations
Iraq, Politics, 1/20/2006

22 Iraqis killed, 26 injured in explosions
At least 22 persons were killed and 26 injured as a result of two explosions in Baghdad on Thursday, when one suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated himself in a coffee shop in al-Batawin in the center of the city.
Iraq, Military, 1/20/2006

Basra governor on Iran releasing Iraqi coast guards
Muhammad al- Waeli, the governor of Basra in south Iraq said that Iran was to release yesterday 8 Iraqi coast guards and the body of a ninth held by the Iranian forces since Saturday in Shatt al-Arab coastal area.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 1/20/2006

US forces release two long-detained journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of two Iraqi journalists detained by the US military without charge for several months, but calls again for US officials to specify charges against at least three other journalists still in custody or to release the detainees at once.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/19/2006

Bush meets victims of Saddam Hussein regime
US president George W. Bush met yesterday with Iraqis who were victims of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s regime.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/19/2006

On the Iraqi accusations against Iran of kidnapping soldiers
On the implications of the Iraqi accusations against the Iranian naval forces that the Iranian forces attacked and kidnaped several Iraqi coasts guards several days ago, the Iranian embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday reacted by saying that the Iraqi ships had violated the Iranian territorial waters.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 1/19/2006

Kidnapper demand US release detained Iraqi women
Following the appearance of journalist Jill Carol, who works for the Christian Science Monitor and kidnapped ten days ago in Iraq, in a video tape broadcast by al-Jazeera satellite TV, the US State Department did not comment on the content of the tape and to what extent it is authentic.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/19/2006

Women, children, clergy and detainees suffer abuses in strife-torn Iraq: UN
Terrorism and bombing campaigns, lawlessness, kidnapping and targeted killings continue to wreak havoc on civilians in Iraq, with the rights of women, children, detainees and religious leaders grievously violated, according to a new United Nations report.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 1/19/2006

11 Iraqi security forces bodies found, US soldier died
The American forces in Iraq announced on Wednesday finding 11 bodies for members of the Iraqi police and army north of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 1/19/2006

Syria expels two Moroccans trying to join al-Qaida in Iraq
A source close to the Moroccan security forces said that the Syrian authorities expelled two Moroccans living illegally illegally in the country and were suspected of trying to join the lines of al-Qaida organization in Iraq.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 1/18/2006

Iran denies seizing Iraqi coast guards
The Iranian charge de affairs in Baghdad, Hassan Kazimi Qami, denied that Iran has seized members of the Iraqi coast guards.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 1/18/2006

American journalist Kidnappers in Iraq threaten killing her
Carol's family appealed to the kidnappers in a statement issued on her paper's web on the Internet to release her and have mercy on her. The statement stressed that she, as a reporter, has in her daily reports showed sympathy with the sufferings of the Iraqi people.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/18/2006

Attacks in various parts of Iraq
It was also announced the killing of the second commander in the national guard col. Hussein al-Duleimi who was kidnapped last Sunday. Also five Iraqis were killed including one police Maghaweir officer and other 15 were injured in different attacks in Baghdad and north to it.
Iraq, Military, 1/18/2006

Canceling some results of Iraqi elections
Concerning political developments in Iraq, the Independent Higher Commission For The Elections canceled the results of 227 ballot boxes in the framework of its investigation into the protest by political entities into alleged fraud and illegal acts in the elections.
Iraq, Politics, 1/17/2006

Two US soldiers killed in helicopter crash
six Islamic organizations including al-Mujahideen Army and al-Qaida branch in Iraq approved the formation of what is called the Shoura council to unify their efforts against what it called " the crusaders and the non believers."
Iraq-USA, Military, 1/17/2006

Iranian coast guards kill Iraqi soldier, kidnap 9
The Iranian coasts police forces killed one Iraqi soldier and kidnapped other 9 in confrontations with the coast guard forces which were chasing a ship smuggling Iraqi oil.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 1/17/2006

Two American soldiers killed in Musil, Haditha
In Karkouk, the Iraqi police said it found two bodies, one of them is for a senior officer in the Maghaweir of the ministry of interior and the second is for his driver in the same place where a director of an elementary school was killed
Iraq, Military, 1/16/2006


Last Week's Articles                                                                                                                                                    
Advertise on ArabicNews.com. MyFlowers.com sold more than $2700 of flowers in one month advertising on ArabicNews.com! Make your company, and products a success. Special rate for new and small business. Inquire!Advertising Info




Mp3 Downloads

Copyright & other notices
Copyright © 1995-2003 Arabic News.com, All Rights Reserved.
Send comments & suggestions to the webmaster. ArabicNews.com and ArabicNews are trademarks of ArabicNews.com