Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 5/24/2004
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of May 24, 2004
- Washington approves of Allawi as Iraq's prime minister; al-Ibraheimi welcomes Allawi; Occupation releases hundreds of detainees
A high ranking American official in Baghdad has announced that the US confirmed that member in the Iraqi governing council Eyad Allawi will be the prime minister of the next Interim government in Iraq. The American official told journalists that this government will be formed within the two or three coming days. Iraq, Politics, 5/29/2004 - Powell says U.S. awaits brahimi decision on Iraq leaders
US Secretary of State Colin Powell says he's pleased that Iyad Allawi has the kind of support in the Iraqi Governing Council to be recommended for the position of prime minister in an interim Iraqi government, but that the United States will wait for the recommendations of the special U.N. representative on the matter. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/29/2004 - Palestinian refugees in al-Rweished camp return back to Iraq
The UNHCR announced that 46 Palestinians who were pending in al-Rweished camp, to the north of Jordan near the border with Iraq, left the camp and returned back to Iraq. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 5/29/2004 - An attempt to assassinate al-Khafaji; Washington refuses date for ending UN authorization; al-Najaf agreement ends confrontation
The Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader succeeded, at the support of the Shiite reference Ayatullah Ali al-Seistani in forcing the occupation authorities to accept a settlement, that do not meet any of its demands, rather ends the bloody situation in Koufa and Najaf since two months. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/28/2004 - Number of killed Iraqis increasing, al-Sader's brother in law arrested, occupation hit Imam Ali shrine in Najaf
The American occupation forces yesterday had a blow against the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader by arresting his brother in law and one of his main aides, Riyadh al-Nouri during fierce fighting in Najaf Iraq, Politics, 5/27/2004 - Two Russians and several Iraqis were killed in Baqouba and Baghdad
Two Russian technicians working in Iraq were killed and other five wounded in an armed attack against a bus carrying them yesterday morning. The spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry said that two Iraqis were killed in the attack which targeted a car for "Inter Energo Service" company which works in the field of energy. Iraq, Military, 5/27/2004 - Iraq calls on the donor states to draw a realistic programs for rebuilding
The minister of planning and developmental cooperation in Iraq, Mahdi al-Hafez, has called on the UN and the World Bank in their capacity as shoulders of the basic role in the rebuilding process of Iraq to draw realistic programs in order to implement them and coordinate with the official Iraqi sides to put it into actual implementation and accelerate the rebuilding operations. Iraq-Qatar, Politics, 5/26/2004 - Seven killed in al-Najaf, one mosque destroyed in Karbala
Seven Iraqis were killed and other 45 injured in fighting that took place in the last hours between al-Mahdi army of the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader and the American occupation forces. Medical sources in the city said that ten of the wounded were injured inside the shrine of Imam Ali after was hit by a mortar shelling. Iraq, Politics, 5/26/2004 - Escalation in Najaf, exchanged accusations over bombardment of Imam Ali Shrine
Violent clashes between the fighters of al-Mahdi army and the American occupation forces witnessed an escalation in Najaf after Imam Ali Shrine was exposed to a bombardment by a mortar shelling resulted in wounding 10 Iraqis and great damages in one of the tomb gold- plated doors. Iraq, Military, 5/26/2004 - Moussa condemns attacks on Imam Ali Shrine Iraq-Regional, Politics, 5/26/2004
- Bush lays out plan for Iraqi sovereignty
The U.S. strategy in Iraq and the specific steps to accomplish U.S. goals in the region were laid out by President Bush in a May 24 speech at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/25/2004 - Turkey al-Faisal: the war in Iraq is a colonial one, and is about oil
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Britain and Ireland, Prince Turkey al-Faisal, described the invasion led by the US against Iraq as a colonialist war and that some in Washington considered it as a means to control Iraq's oil. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 5/25/2004 - Four Americans and British were killed, clashes in Sader city and Najaf
1st Issued statistics showed the acts of killings committed by the occupation forces in Iraq, as the Iraqi health ministry announced that more than 1,000 Iraqis were killed and more than 2,000 injured since the beginning of confrontation between the occupation forces and resistance members in area in the center of Iraq and its south on April 5th. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/25/2004 - Chalabi demands compensations and investigation.. Jordan persists to detain him, defies tenet to be brought together before the Congress
Chairman of the Iraqi National Congress and member of the Interim Governing Council in Iraq Ahmad Chalabi yesterday denied accusations addressed by Washington against him that he had transferred American secrets to Iran and he also defied the director of the American central intelligence George Tenet to show up with him before the American congress committees. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2004 - Raghad Saddam Hussein denies defending her father
Raghad Saddam Hussein, the elder daughter of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein settled the controversy on the side assigned to represent her father in his trial and she announced yesterday that Saddam Hussein's wife and daughter did not assign the French lawyer Jack Vergis, rather he was assigned by a committee of Arab and western lawyers chaired by the Jordanian lawyer Muhammad al-Rashdan. Iraq, Politics, 5/24/2004 - Some 32 Iraqis were killed in al-Najaf, two American soldiers in al-Falluja
News reports said that two American soldiers were killed and other five wounded in an attack in an area near Falluja when missile shelling were used. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2004