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Iran calls Britain to withdraw forces from Basra immediately
The foreign minister of Iran, Mano Shaher Muttaqi, called on Britain to withdraw its forces from Basra in south Iraq immediately.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 2/18/2006

US helping Iraq develop professional police force
Major General Rick Lynch told reporters in Baghdad yesterday said that the insurgents and their supporters have shifted focus from targeting US forces to civilian targets.
Iraq-USA, Military, 2/18/2006

More Iraqis to be released from the American jails
A senior Iraqi official said that one among four Iraqi women detained by the American forces will be shortly released, adding that some 1500 Iraqi prisoners will be released every month.
Iraq, Politics, 2/18/2006

Eight Iraqis killed
During the few past hours, attacks and explosions continued in various parts in Iraq, the last of which resulted in killing one police man and injuring other two when a bomb went off implanted on the roadside near their vehicle in al-Yousefeyah south Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 2/18/2006

Formation of Iraqi government stumble
Barazani who currently takes part in the political negotiations in Baghdad said that that the national unity government should be formed from the four wining lists which are the United Iraqi Coalition, the Kurdistani Coalition and the Iraqi al-Tawafuk Front and the bloc of the former Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi.
Iraq, Politics, 2/17/2006

Jaafari deplores new Abu Ghreib torture photographs
The Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Thursday deplored acts of torture in Abu Ghreib prison shown by an Australian TV station, and said that officials responsible for these acts were punished.
Iraq, Politics, 2/17/2006

Investigations into Iraqi government death squads
The Iraqi ministry of interior announced it had started an investigation over the existence of execution squads from the Iraqi police composed of 22 persons and these teams assassinate Arab Sunnis in various parts of Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 2/17/2006

More Americans are injured in Iraq
Several American soldiers were injured in Iraq on Thursday when three Hammer vehicles were destroyed in attacks by booby trapped cars and two explosives targeted American vehicles in the governorate of Deyali north of Iraq.
Iraq, Military, 2/17/2006

US on Abu Ghraib prison photographs; Guantanamo detainee report
A newly released set of photographs documenting mistreatment of Iraqi detainees at the now-closed Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq, "shows once again just the reprehensible conduct that was going on in Abu Ghraib," says John Bellinger, US State Department legal adviser.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/16/2006

Defense team prevented from Saddam
Chairman of the defense commission of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein persistently asked for arranging an appointment with his client for consultation.
Iraq, Politics, 2/15/2006

US marine killed; clashes of US and Iraq forces with gunmen
"The groups of '1920s revolution'" claimed responsibility in a tape for the attack in which one explosive hit an American military vehicle in Abu Ghreib area. Al-Mujahideen army also claimed responsibility for downing one American pilotless sp plane in al-Ramadi area.
Iraq, Military, 2/15/2006

Consultations to form Iraqi government
Sami al-Askari, member in the United Shiite Coalition said that the Shiite and the Kurds started official consultations to form the new Iraqi government.
Iraq, Politics, 2/14/2006

Syria to have an ambassador in Iraq
Syria's Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa has informed Leader of Sadrist movement in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, Syria's decision to reestablish diplomatic relations with Iraq and exchanging diplomatic representation on level of ambassadors after forming the new Iraqi government.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 2/14/2006

Violence in Iraq continues
In one of the most violent among these explosions, eight persons were killed and other 50 were injured, when a suicide bomber detonated himself wearing an explosive belt amid a crowd of Iraqis before a bank in Baghdad
Iraq, Military, 2/14/2006

UN Security Council gives Iraq money to UN, IAEA
The UN Security Council, the organization that debated the decision of war against Iraq, and failed to prevent the US from attacking Iraq, and a body that the US declared irrelevant if it does not agree with it on the US decision to attack Iraq, is still in charge of Iraq's money, and is dispersing money to the UN and one of its agencies responsible for past inspection of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 2/14/2006

Shiite coalition choose Jaafari for Iraq's prime minister
The Iraqi interim prime minister Ibrahim Jaafaari was nominatedby the United Iraqi Coalition bloc for the post of prime minister who will serve a four-year term of office.
Iraq, Politics, 2/13/2006

News of the world: British soldiers brutally attacking Iraqis civilians
The British daily News Of The World broadcast a one minute video tape showing British soldiers beating 43 unarmed young Iraqis. The paper described those UK soldiers as "a brutal gang"
Iraq-UK, Military, 2/13/2006

Iraqi detainee killed, London investigates violations by its soldiers
The American army in Iraq announced the death of one detainees in Abu Ghreib jail, alleging that his death resulted from being beaten by a group of other detainees.
Iraq-UK, Military, 2/13/2006

12 injured in two bomb explosions in Iraq
two members of the Maghaweir force of the Iraqi ministry of interior were killed and other four injured in an attack launched by one man wearing an explosive belt at an inspection point to the south of Baghdad on Sunday. Some 12 persons were injured in two bomb explosions
Iraq, Military, 2/13/2006

US commander says infiltration routes into Iraq have been disrupted
Iraq-Syria-USA, Politics, 2/13/2006


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