Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 6/13/2005
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of June 13, 2005
- Agreement on Iraqi constitutional committee reached
A detente took place in Iraq on Thursday after the Iraqi parliamentarian Jawad al Maliki, the second man in the Islamic Dawa ( call) party led by the Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari. Jawad al-Malki said that it was " agreed in the committee of formulating the Iraqi constitution to increase number of the Sunni Arab members in the committee from two members to 25 members, among whom 15 members will be permanent while the other ten are consultants. Iraq, Politics, 6/17/2005 - Congressman talks about US pullout; six marines, more Iraqis killed
Six US marines were killed in Iraq while several Iraqis were killed and injured in different blowing up operations following the killing of 46 Iraqis in various attacks on Wednesday. Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/17/2005 - Iraqi judge killed in Iraq
in the east of the city of Karbala, member of the dissolved Baath party was killed at the hands of persons wearing the costumes of the Iraqi police Iraq, Military, 6/17/2005 - Threats and snipping in Iraq
The office of the Sunni Waqf in Iraq, led by Sheikh Adnan al-Duleimi, deplored in a statement the breaking in of the house if the chairman of the Muslim Scholars Commission, Sheikh Harith al-Dari, on Tuesday by joint America- Iraqi forces. Iraq, Military, 6/17/2005 - Syrian opposition figure in Baghdad to destabilize the regime in Damascus
The opposition Syrian Islah party (reform party), Fareed al-Ghadiri, said on Wednesday that he is currently visiting Iraq for talks aiming at supporting activities his party carries out against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 6/16/2005 - Arab Sunni refuse middle solutions over the constitution
The Iraqi constitution committee proposed a compromise solution to the Arab Sunni in order to end differences over getting them involved in the constitution formulation process. Iraq, Politics, 6/16/2005 - Scores killed in attacks on Iraqi and American forces
More Iraqis were killed during the few past hours in series of explosions and armed attacks in various parts of Iraq. In the most recent attack by mortars shelling, seven Iraqis were killed and other 15 were injured near the general headquarters for the police in telAfer to the north of Iraq. Iraq, Military, 6/16/2005 - Australian hostage released in Iraq
the Mufti of Australia Sheikh Taj Eddine al- Hilali said that the release of the Australian Wood came as a result of an agreement negotiated upon Iraq-Australia, Local, 6/16/2005 - Washington Post: Kurds rule roughshod in Kirkuk
The Washington Post reported today that "Police and security units, forces led by Kurdish political parties and backed by the U.S. military, have abducted hundreds of minority Arabs and Turkmens in this intensely volatile city and spirited them to prisons in Kurdish-held northern Iraq, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials, government documents and families of the victims." Iraq, Politics, 6/15/2005 - Committee formed to defend Saddam Hussein
It is expected that an international committee in defense of the rights of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will be announced today under the auspices of four former officials from Algeria, France, Malaysia and the USA. Iraq, Politics, 6/15/2005 - Barazani takes oath as president for Iraq's Kurdistan
In political developments in Iraq, the Kurdistani Democratic Party leader Masoud al-Barazani took his constitutional oath as a president for Iraq's Kurdistan region for four years after his alley Jalal al-Talibani was elected as a president for Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 6/15/2005 - Al-Qaida warns against talks with the government
The number of American soldiers killed during the 24 hours in Iraq increased to three. This was made by an announcement by the American army that one of its soldiers was killed today by a missile when one bus in Baghdad was running by. The attacks also resulted in injuring two coalition forces soldiers. Iraq, Politics, 6/15/2005 - Pentagon: Iraqi insurgence has not weakened
The US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and a Pentagon official said yesterday that the Iraqi insurgency is holding steady in its power over the security situation in the country. The Pentagon official said “ I would not chase the spikes and dips in the security situation. If you draw a straight line through the middle of that, it's fairly constant. That's not good or bad, it's fact.” Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/15/2005 - Bloody explosions in Karkouk, Baqouba, bodies found for truck drivers
The Iraqi security forces in Karkouk, in the north of the country, took tough security measures following the bloody attack carried out by one suicide bomber in a crowded market in the center of the city on Tuesday morning. It resulted in killing 19 persons and injuring 53, most of them civilians. Iraq, Military, 6/15/2005 - Bloody attack in Baqouba
Ten Iraqis were killed including two policemen and two children and other four injured in an attack by a booby trapped car that targeted an Iraqi police vehicle in Kanaan area to the south east of the city on Tuesday morning. Iraq, Military, 6/15/2005 - Saddam Hussein questioned in court
In a statement, an Iraqi specialized criminal court explained that the questioning with toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein which took place on Sunday falls in the course of completing investigations carried out by the investigation juries with President Hussein and several members of his regime over several accusations. Iraq, Politics, 6/14/2005 - Iraqi-Iranian agreement to revive the oil pipeline project
Baghdad announced on Monday that Iraq and Iran have agreed to revive a project for the oil pipeline to help in the crisis of fuel shortage in Iraq. Iraq-Iran, Economics, 6/14/2005 - 28 Iraqis killed, American diplomat survive death
Some 29 Iraqis were killed on Monday in various operations in several areas of Iraq. The most violent of which were three booby trapped explosions in Baghdad, Tikrit and Samera leaving behind 7 killed persons and 20 injured. Iraq, Military, 6/14/2005 - Sunni contacts to open channels with gunmen in Iraq
At the time when the Iraqi ministry of the interior said that "operation lightening" was able to reduce the number of booby trapped car incidents in Baghdad from 12 explosions to 2 explosions daily, the former national security advisor in Iraq Muwafaq al-Rubei called for using the Sunni channels to open contacts with the gunmen. Iraq, Politics, 6/13/2005 - French hostage released, back home to Paris
The French journalist Florence Obeina and her Iraqi guide Hussein Hanoun al-Saadi, were released five months of detention in Iraq. Iraq-France, Local, 6/13/2005 - Moussa ready to visit Iraq at any time when need arises Regional-Iraq, Politics, 6/13/2005