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Imad Moustapha: Syria doesn't aid terrorists
Moustapha said "I mean, with due respect, we do not support your war in Iraq. We think that this war created more problems than it has resolved. But just to focus on this, in the past two or three months, if you have noticed, the US administration has stopped mentioning the border issue at all. For a very clear reason: because we have proved to all of the world, not only to the United States, that Syria was not causing the infiltration"
Syria-Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2006

US prepares for talks with Iran on Iraq
The American ambassador in Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, announced that negotiations are currently underway to spedicy the date of his meeting with Iranian officials to discuss Iraq. He asked to have Baghdad as a venue to convene such a meeting.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 3/18/2006

Iranian views of the talks with US over Iraq
Iran should speak with the US from the standpoint of power, said an Iranian lawmaker today.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 3/18/2006

Bush urges Iraqi leaders to unite
US President George W. Bush today in his weekly radio address to the American peopl said the violence "has created a new sense of urgency among these leaders to form a national unity government as quickly as possible," and he called upon them to continue working to overcome their differences and to "reach out across political, religious, and sectarian lines."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2006

Six Iraqis killed in new attacks
Two Iraqis were killed and other 4 injured when one suicide bomber detonated himself by an explosive belt in a small bus near a fuel station in al-Fadelieh area east of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 3/18/2006

Samara military operation continues in Iraq
Joint Iraqi and American forces continued the military operations in Samara and its suburbs for the second running day amid expectations that this operation continued for other several days.
Iraq-USA, Military, 3/18/2006

LA Times: US general praises Syria for border tightening
The top US military commander for the Middle East offered rare words of praise Thursday for Syria, saying Damascus has taken steps to stop the movement of foreign fighters over its border into Iraq.
Syria-Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/2006

Jaafari ready to withdraw if it serves the nation
The prime minister whose term of office expired Ibrahim al-Jaafari told journalists after a session for the parliament that he is ready to withdraw his nomination for the post for the second term of office if the people ask him to do so.
Iraq, Politics, 3/17/2006

Iraqi parliament session reveals need for consensus
The new Iraqi parliament yesterday opened its first sessions, three months after the elections of its members amid strong security conditions.
Iraq, Politics, 3/17/2006

Iranian readiness to negotiate Washington over Iraq 's future
Iran yesterday expressed readiness to negotiate with the USA in order to solve the problem in Iraq and form "an independent and free government" in it.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 3/17/2006

US officials indicate committed to Iraq
Insurgents and terrorists are intent on carrying out attacks against Iraqi civilians, officials and security forces in hopes of destabilizing the government and disrupting the fledgling democracy, US Ambassador John Bolton said March 15.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/17/2006

More bodies in Baghdad
Security sources said that the bodies had traces of torture, noting that those persons seemed to have been killed by bullets and many of them were hand tightened, in what seems to be a pattern in many killings.
Iraq, Military, 3/17/2006

Iraqi parliament first meeting today
Baghdad on Wednesday witnessed intensive security measures as the parliament is preparing to convene its first sessions later today, Thursday, while differences continue among the Iraqi forces on the formation of the government.
Iraq, Politics, 3/16/2006

Iraqi leader asks for Iran - US talks on Iraq
The leader of the United Iraqi Coalition, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, called on Iran to open dialogue with the USA for the interests of the Iraqi people.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 3/16/2006

Saddam for expelling invaders as trial adjourns
The chairman of the special Iraqi court in the al-Dajil case decided yesterday to postpone the trial of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and seven of his aides until April 5th.
Iraq, Politics, 3/16/2006

Saddam's brother claims coercion to testify against Saddam
Barazan considered that accusations addressed to him are fabricated because he refused to give a testimony against Saddam or to play a role in the arrangements of ruling Iraq after the invasion.
Iraq, Politics, 3/16/2006

tension in Iraq , consultations to form government
Iraq on Wednesday witnessed a new wave of acts of violence that left several killed and wounded in various areas while political efforts continue to form the next Iraqi government.
Iraq, Military, 3/16/2006

US reinforcement reintroduced into Iraq
The US defense department intends to bring in forces ranging between 700 and 800 troops from Kuwait to Iraq in order to enhance security on the occasion of celebrating Imam al-Hussein assassination anniversary.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/16/2006

11 Iraqis were killed in American raid
At least 11 Iraqis were killed including nine women in one American raid against Balad town situated to the north of Baghdad. This was while the new Iraqi parliament is preparing to convene its first sessions amid tough security measures.
Iraq-USA, Military, 3/16/2006

Rumsfeld: Iraq situation difficult but not civil war
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld yesterday said "When you consider the day-to-day events in Iraq, it's clearly a very difficult situation. Violence continues. The democratic process can be frustratingly slow, particularly in a country that has little or no experience with representative government. And of course we have heard predictions of an imminent civil war in Iraq off and on for some time now."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/15/2006

Scores of bodies found in Baghdad
The number of bodies found by the Iraqi police increased in parts of Iraq to 80 persons since Monday morning. The Iraqi ministry of interior announced the discovery of 27 bodies killed by bullets and hand tightened in Kamaleyah and Fadeleyah areas east of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 3/15/2006

The Australian forces and withdrawal from Iraq
Iraq-Australia, Politics, 3/15/2006

Saddam's vice president says he was tortured
The toppled Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan stressed that he was greatly tortured after his detention by the American forces in 2003 for more than three weeks.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/14/2006

Iraq is most dangerous country for journalists
Condemning the recent murder of three Iraqi journalists, the top United Nations envoy in Iraq warned today that freedom of the press was an absolute prerequisite for democracy in a country that has become the most dangerous place in the world for journalists.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/14/2006

Iran and the explosives in Iraq
The US President George W. Bush accused Iran of being involved in the attacks which use explosives which inflect heavy losses on the American forces in Iraq.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 3/14/2006

UK to reduce forces in Iraq in May
Britain has decided to reduce its forces in Iraq at 10%, but this does not mean handing over security responsibilities to the Iraqi security forces.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 3/14/2006

Political detente in Iraq
Bloody attacks in Iraq coincide with the announcement made on Sunday by the Interim Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani that the first session of the new parliament will be held on Thursday March 16, just three days before the earlier set date.
Iraq, Politics, 3/13/2006

Jaafari: we should seek consensus and not unilaterism
The Iraqi prime minister whose term of office expired Ibrahim al-Jaafari said that differences will be settled among the Iraqi political sides over the formation of the new government, in reliance on the Iraqi constitution.
Iraq, Politics, 3/13/2006

BBC: UK troop cuts in Iraq of 10 percent
British Defense Secretary John Reid was set Monday to detail plans for the first withdrawal of British troops from Iraq.
Iraq-UK, Military, 3/13/2006

Arab lawyers chief describes Saddam's trial as poor
Commenting on the events of the trial session of Saddam Hussein and his aides, the chairman of the Arab bar association Ziad al-Khasawenah said that all testimonies taken in the court are considered false because lawyers were did not take part in the work of the preliminary investigations, told al-Jazeera satellite TV
Iraq, Politics, 3/13/2006

Saddam's trial continues today
The special court to trying the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and seven of his aides submitted its sessions after it had listened to testimonies of three accused men in al-Dajil case under the charge of killing 148, which was in response to an attack on Saddam Hussein's procession at the beginning of the 1980s in al-Dajil town. This trial is to convene today.
Iraq, Politics, 3/13/2006

British soldier resigns in protest at 'illegal' Iraq war
A soldier from Britain's elite SAS regiment has resigned from the army, saying that he has no intention of returning to Iraq.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 3/13/2006

Bush warns Iran, Syria against meddling in Iraq
The US President George W. Bush on Saturday denounced any moves by Iran or Syria to interfere in Iraq's effort to build a democracy.
Syria-Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/13/2006

50 Iraqis killed , 291 injured in Sader city
Iraq on Sunday witnessed a new bloody day resulted in killed and injuring scores. This was in one of the fiercest attacks in which at least 50 persons were killed and other 291 injured in explosions of several booby trapped cars, simultaneously in the markets of al-Sader city east of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 3/13/2006

US government report on Iraq's human rights
Iraq, Politics, 3/13/2006


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