Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 12/20/2004
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of December 20, 2004
- Calls to postpone Iraqi elections; trials of Saddam, aides
al-Sader called each of Israel, the USA and Britain of being behind the bloody attacks against Najaf and Karbala city last Sunday which resulted in killing 66 civilians and injuring other 200, noting that "these terrorist countries want to set the fire of sedition so as to get themselves out of their dilemma." Iraq, Politics, 12/25/2004 - Rumsfeld tour in Iraq, expresses confidenece
The bloody events in Iraq coincided with a round carried out with the US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld in each of Musil, Tikrit and Falluja which he said was decided beforehand and its objective is to extend thanks to the American forces on the occasion of the Christmas. Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/25/2004 - Member of the Muslim Scholars Commission killed in Iraq
Iraqi security and medical sources said that four Iraqis including a six year old child were killed and other 11, including two of the national guards were injured in various incidents took place in the north of Baghdad. Iraq, Military, 12/25/2004 - Eight killed in Baghdad, Rumsfeld sends new forces
A fuel truck explosion, presumed to be booby trapped in the residential al-Mansour quarters in Baghdad resulted in killing 8 persons and injuring at least 20. Iraq-USA, Military, 12/25/2004 - Iraq ambassador to Damascus denied knowing of pictures to resistance men with Syrian officials
Iraqi designated ambassador to Syria Hassan al-Alawi has denied what was quoted about him that he knows about pictures for Iraqi fighters with Syrian officials. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 12/24/2004 - Tareq Aziz will not testify against Saddam
The former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz will not be a witness against the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein before the Iraqi criminal court. Iraq, Politics, 12/24/2004 - Returning back to Falluja
The citizens of Falluja city to the west of Baghdad started returning back to their houses to find out a great destruction inflicted by the plenary American attack against the city which started on December 8th. Iraq, Politics, 12/24/2004 - Rumsfeld in Musil
The US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a sudden visit to Musil in north Iraq where he had inspected the American base which was exposed to a large attack on Tuesday. Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/24/2004 - Seven Iraqis killed, Washington investigates Musil attack
The governor of Musil, in the north of Iraq, announced the closure of the five bridges on the Tigris which link the two parts of the city, following the explosion which targeted the food hall in an American base in the city and resulted in killing and wounding scores, most of them Americans. Iraq-USA, Military, 12/23/2004 - Continued attacks in Iraq
During the few past hours, attacks and explosions continued in various parts of Iraq. News reports quoted medical sources in Abu Ghreib area hospital to the west of Baghdad that five Iraqis from one family were killed and other two injured in this area when the car they were riding ran over an explosive that was implanted on an agricultural land. Iraq, Military, 12/23/2004 - Big celebration in France over the release of the two kidnapped journalists
The two French journalists Christian Shino and George Malbrono on Wednesday arrived in their country amid large celebrations after a detention crisis in Iraq lasted for 4 months. Iraq-France, Politics, 12/23/2004 - Abul -Gheit: Arabism needed in Iraq to protect from sectarianism Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2004
- Iraqi entrepreneurs optimistic about business prospects
The survey's findings report "seven in ten (69 percent) of Iraqi business leaders hold an optimistic outlook toward their country's future post-Saddam, while just one in ten (10 percent) is pessimistic. Iraq, Economics, 12/23/2004 - Allawi paid yesterday a short visit to Amman Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 12/23/2004
- Two French hostages released
The French government announced yesterday the release of its two journalists Christian Shino and George Malbrono, who were kidnapped in Iraq in August. Iraq-France, Politics, 12/22/2004 - Blair in Baghdad, elections on time
Despite the deteriorated security conditions, the British prime minister Tony Blair and the Iraqi interim prime minister Eyad Allawi stressed in a joint press conference in Baghdad that the Iraqi elections will be carried out in its set date scheduled on January 30th. Iraq-UK, Politics, 12/22/2004 - Many killed in attack on American base in Musil
The US defense department announced that 24 persons were killed and 60 others injured at least in an explosion targeted one American base in Musil to the north of Iraq. Iraq, Military, 12/22/2004 - Iraq elections begin process to democratic government, Bush says
US President George W. Bush said Iraq's January 30, 2005, elections are the beginning of a process that will lead to the drafting of a new Iraqi constitution and the election of "a fully democratic constitutional government" by December 2005. Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/21/2004 - Syrian- Iraqi Joint Transport Companies ' meetings
Syria's Minister of Transport Makram Oubeid on Sunday signed with his Iraqi counterpart Louai al-Ours the two minutes of the General Assembly meetings for the two joint transport companies of road transport and maritime aviation. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 12/20/2004 - 63 Iraqis killed in two attacks in Najaf, Karbala
The total number of Iraqi victims of the two booby trapped cars in Karbala and Najaf increased yesterday to 63 and 150, according to a new calculation for the number of victims. Iraq, Military, 12/20/2004