Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 2/21/2005
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of February 21, 2005
- Three American soldiers killed, 8 injured in explosion north of Baghdad Iraq, Military, 2/26/2005
- 20 Iraqi policemen, 2 American soldiers killed
Two American soldiers were killed and other two injured in two explosions that targeted two American military convoys to the north of Baghdad on Thursday. Iraq, Military, 2/25/2005 - Syria refutes Iraqi claims Syria-Iraq, Politics, 2/25/2005
- 22 Iraqis, 2 Americans killed
One American soldier was killed in a bomb explosion that targeted a military convoy near al-Touz area to the north of Baghdad on Wednesday. A statement by the American army said that the explosion also resulted in injuring two Iraqi civilians while they were walking near the place. Iraq, Military, 2/24/2005 - Iraqi Coalition nominates Jaafari to preside over the interim government
News reports said that the list of the United Iraqi Coalition chose the spokesman for the Islamic Call party, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, as a candidate for the presidency of the next interim Iraqi government, which means that assuming this post by him has become almost certain. Iraq, Politics, 2/23/2005 - Four Iraqis were killed including two policemen
Four Iraqis were killed including two policemen and at least 30 policemen were injured in an attack by a booby trapped car that targeted members of the special forces of the Iraqi ministry of the interior to the west of Baghdad. Police sources said that the executor of the attack collided his car into a procession for the Iraqi forces in al-Nosour ( Falcons) near a base for the special forces. Iraq, Military, 2/23/2005 - More Australian forces to Iraq Iraq-Australia, Politics, 2/23/2005
- Amnesty International: Iraqi women not in better condition than under Saddam's rule
Amnesty International said that women in Iraq are not in a better situation of what they were under the rule of Saddam Hussein, two years after the invasion of Iraq which was led by the USA. Iraq, Politics, 2/22/2005 - More attacks in Iraq
Attacks and explosions continued on Monday in various parts of Iraq. In Baghdad, an American military vehicle was exposed to an attack by explosives in al-Doura quarters and this resulted in damaging the vehicle. Iraq, Military, 2/22/2005 - Journalist kidnapped; release of hostages in Iraq
Gunmen in Iraq kidnapped one journalist working in the Iraqi TV channel with her son in the downtown of this city which is situated to the north of Iraq. Iraq, Local, 2/22/2005 - CNN: US secret talks with insurgents in Iraq Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/22/2005
- Iraqi Sunni calls for involvement in the political process
Some 200 Sunni figures in Iraq called on the sides which took part in the recent legislative elections to consider the Sunnis as real partners in the process of formulating the constitution and the current political process in the country. Iraq, Politics, 2/21/2005 - Continued attacks, acts of detention in Iraq
The political developments in Iraq coincided with continued attacks and explosions in various parts of Iraq. In Karkouk to the north of the capital, three Iraqis were killed in two explosions, one of them by old explosives, to the east of the city and the second by a booby trapped car near al-Huweijah to the west of the city. Iraq, Military, 2/21/2005