Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 2/7/2005
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of February 7, 2005
- Continued clashes in various parts of Iraq
Attacks and explosions in various parts in Iraq continued on Wednesday during the past hours, the last of which was the announcement made by the American army in a statement that one of its soldiers was killed in an armed attack at an American vehicle in Musil to the north of Iraq. Iraq, Military, 2/10/2005 - New kidnapping in Iraq
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a senior official in the Iraqi ministry of the interior in al-Doura area to the south of Baghdad on Wednesday morning. Maj. Gen. Riyadh Kate' Elewi was kidnapped as he was heading to his office in the operations room at the ministry of the interior. Iraq, Local, 2/10/2005 - On the results of the Iraqi elections Iraq, Politics, 2/10/2005
- Britons support troops withdrawal from Iraq Iraq-UK, Politics, 2/10/2005
- Tuesday's killing in Iraq toll 21 victims
the Muslim Scholars Commission said on Tuesday that the American forces broke into the house of Sheikh Najam Naser, one of its members and the official of its branch in al-Dajil area Iraq, Military, 2/9/2005 - Arab media called to lobby for release of Italian abducted journalist
Italian daily "Il Manifesto," launched an appeal to all news agencies and media outlets in the Arab world to play a part in freeing Italian journalist Guiliana Sgrena, kidnapped February 4 in Baghdad. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 2/9/2005 - Four Egyptian hostages released, promises to release Italian journalist
The Egyptian embassy in Baghdad said that the four Egyptian telecommunication engineers who were kidnapped on Sunday in Baghdad were released. Iraq, Local, 2/8/2005 - Bloody day in Iraq, 30 were killed on Monday
Number of persons killed in the two suicide attacks which targeted the Iraqi police in Musil and Baqouba increased to 30 and scores of injured. Al-Jihad al- Qaida organization in Mesopotamia which is led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the two attacks. Iraq, Military, 2/8/2005 - Sunni's view on participation in writing the constitution
Concerning political developments in Iraq, a group of Sunni Party in Iraq who boycotted the recent legislative elections claimed intention to help in formulating the country's new constitution. This came in conclusion of the talks supervised by a delegation from the national assembly with the leader of the independent democratic bloc Adnan al-Baja Jee. Iraq, Politics, 2/7/2005 - American forces release 300 Iraqi prisoners
The Iraqi human rights ministry announced that the American forces released more than 300 Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghreib prison which is situated on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday, so as the number of Iraqis released from this jail reached 800. Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/7/2005 - Four Egyptian engineers kidnapped in Baghdad
A spokesman for "Iraqana" ( our Iraq) company for telecommunications said that four Egyptian engineers from Orascom company were kidnapped on Sunday by unidentified gunmen. Iraq, Local, 2/7/2005