Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 5/9/2005
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of May 9, 2005
- Al-Jaafari extends emergency law in Iraq
Iraq's new Prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Friday issued a decision extending the state of emergency imposed in all parts of Iraq with the exception of Kurdistan district for 30 days. Iraq, Politics, 5/14/2005 - Chalabi will not accept pardoning from Jordan
A spokesman for Ahmad Chalabi said that the Iraqi deputy premier will not accept any pardon from Jordan concerning finding him guilty over the case of smuggling assets of Petra Bank. Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 5/14/2005 - US bombarded in al-Qaem city
The American war planes on Friday bombarded positions suspected to be for gunmen in al-Qaem city and the surrounding areas to the west of Iraq. A statement by the American army on Friday said that the military operations in the area adjoining the Syrian borders is continuous for the 6th running day. Iraq-USA, Military, 5/14/2005 - Attacks in all parts of Iraq
To the west of the capital Baghdad, the Iraqi ministry of the interior secretary, Lt. Gen. Hikmat Mousa Hussein, survived an assassination attempt when snipers on Friday morning opened fire at his procession and this resulted in killing one of his guards and wounding other three. Iraq, Military, 5/14/2005 - On the Romania, Japan, Australia hostages in Iraq
The Romanian prime minister said that the three Romanian journalists who are kidnapped in Iraq since March are still alive and that Bucharest is negotiating for their release. Iraq, Local, 5/14/2005 - Jordan studies pardoning al-Chalabi
Jordanian officials said that Amman is studying issuing a pardon for the Iraqi deputy prime minister Ahmad Chalabi. This will be in the course of a deal including returning back millions of dollars the accused man took from the Jordanian Petra bank. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 5/13/2005 - Director at the Iraqi ministry of defense killed
Various parts of attacks have witnessed bloody attacks that resulted in killing 24 and other 120 wounded following the blowing up of four booby trapped cars in Baghdad and Karkouk in different armed attacks. Iraq, Military, 5/13/2005 - Three American soldiers in series of attacks
A statement by the American army announced the killing of three of its soldiers in various bomb attacks in Iraq. The first soldier was killed when one mortar hit an American vehicle running during clashes with gunmen to the east of al-Seib city, 60 Km to the south of Baghdad. Iraq-USA, Military, 5/13/2005 - Bombardment targets Japanese forces in al-Samawa
the American forces continue military operations against gunmen in al-Qaem city and the surrounding areas near the borders with Syria for the fiofth running day. Iraq-Japan, Military, 5/12/2005 - Continued bloody attack in Iraq
These developments came after one bloody day in Iraq in which more than 80 Iraqis were killed and other 120 others were injured in a series of explosions in the northern part of the country and in Baghdad Iraq, Military, 5/12/2005 - Iraqi president describes Syria-Iraq relation as strategic Iraq-Syria, Politics, 5/11/2005
- Continued operations in al-Qaem, booby trapped car kill seven Iraqis
News reports said that unidentified gunmen kidnapped the governor of al-Anbar situated to the west of Baghdad which has been witnessing continued military operations since the end of Falluja operations in 2004. Iraq, Military, 5/11/2005 - Four American soldiers killed in separate attacks in Iraq
In a statement, the American army said that four of its soldiers were killed in three separate attacks to the west of Iraq in the past hours thereby number of American soldiers killed in Iraq increased to 14 since Saturday. Iraq, Military, 5/11/2005 - Booby trapped car series in Iraq
the Iraqi parliament composed on Tuesday a committee for the formulation of a permanent constitution for the country composed of 55 parliamentarians including 28 members of the Iraqi Shiite united coalition list; 15 for the Kurdish alliance, 8 from the Iraqi list led by Eyad Allawi and 4 from other social strata of the Iraqi people. Iraq, Politics, 5/11/2005 - Al-Jaafari government repeats taking oath to please the Kurds
The new Iraqi government has for the second time took the constitutional oath, following acts of protests of the Kurds over what they called that one phrase that was omitted that Iraq is a "democratic federal" country when the government took its constitutional oath for the first time five days ago. Iraq, Politics, 5/10/2005 - Scores killed in Iraq
At a time when the Iraqi government was taking its constitutional oath, Baghdad has been witnessing many booby trapped cars that resulted in killing three Iraqi security men and injuring other persons after one suicider targeted in his booby trapped car a monitoring point in al-Sedeyah quarters to the south of Baghdad and the killing of other seven, two of them are policemen and a head of oil guarding force, according to medical and security sources. Iraq, Military, 5/10/2005 - Rafeydeen Qaida denies US killed 75 of its members
Al-Qaida Organization In al-Rafeydeen ( Mesopotamia) denied in a statement issued on the Internet what was announced by the American army that scores of its armed elements were killed in attacks in al-Qaem area near the borders with Syria. Iraq, Military, 5/10/2005 - The war on Iraq destroyed 84% of education establishments
A study carried out by the UN and issued on Friday revealed that 84% of the higher education establishment in Iraq were "destroyed, damaged and robbed " since the beginning of the American invasion in 2003. Iraq, Education, 5/9/2005 - Newly appointed Sunni minister rejects taking part in the Iraqi government
Hashem al-Shabli, who was appointed for the post of the Human Rights minister in the government of Ibrahim al-Jaafari as a representative for the Arab Sunni stressed he rejected accepting this post. Iraq, Politics, 5/9/2005 - On possibility to re-introduce emergency law to Iraq
Concerning steps that might be taken by his government to withstand armed operations which have been in an unprecedented way escalated in Iraq, the Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said that the government will take all necessary measures to fight this phenomenon and if it will be necessary will declare or extend the emergency laws. Iraq, Politics, 5/9/2005 - Chalabi's arrest issue resurfaces in Jordan
On the sideline of the visit of the Jordanian President Jalal al-Talibani to Jordan, the file of the leader of the Iraqi National Congress, Ahmad Chalabi, who occupies the post of the deputy premier in the government of al-Jaafari has surfaced. Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 5/9/2005 - Three American soldiers were killed in Iraq
The American army confirmed that three of its soldiers were killed on Sunday so that number of soldiers killed within 24 hours increased to 7. Iraq, Military, 5/9/2005