www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=647205
Iraq ushers in New Year with deadly
attacks
Reuters – UK
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has ushered
in the New Year the same way it ended the last one — with
a string of assassinations and bombings by insurgents
bent on …
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/
news/special_packages/iraq/10544691.htm
Marines bolster vehicle armor for next Iraq deployment
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) – San Jose,CA,USA
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Marines who deploy to Iraq this year
will have improved armor on their Humvees, an upgrade that has nothing to do
with recent criticism of …
www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050101204654.eooz66gs.xml
Bloodshed greets Iraq in 2005, as premier warns of decisive
year
Turkish Press – Turkey
… Militants loyal to Al-Qaeda’s Iraq commander
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed Hussein’s killing in a statement posted
on an Islamist website. …
www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-260-
detainees-in-Iraqs/2005/01/02/1104601215110.html
US releases 260 detainees in Iraq
The Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The US military said it released 260 detainees in Iraq after
a security review determined they no longer posed a threat. The review …
npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/srfeature.php?wfid=4254281
French Journalist Recalls Iraq Hostage Ordeal
NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: NPR’s Jacki Lyden talks with Georges Malbrunot, reporter
for France’s Le Figaro newspaper, who was held hostage for four months
in Iraq. …
www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=647205
Iraq ushers in New Year with deadly
attacks
Reuters – UK
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has ushered in the New Year
the same way it ended the last one — with a string of assassinations
and bombings by insurgents bent on …
www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-260-
detainees-in-Iraqs/2005/01/02/1104601215110.html
US releases 260 detainees in Iraq
The Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The US military said it released 260 detainees in Iraq after
a security review determined they no longer posed a threat. The review …
www.boston.com/dailynews/001/world/Out_of_world_spotlight_week_of:.shtml
Out of world spotlight, week of events in Iraq suggests insurgents …
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iraq had a rare moment
out of the world spotlight in the past week, eclipsed by the tsunami devastation
in Southeast Asia. …
olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7217026
Iraq Ushers in New Year with Deadly
Attacks
Reuters – USA
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq ushered in the New Year on
Saturday the same way it ended the last one — with a string of assassinations
and bombings by insurgents …
www.salon.com/news/wire/2005/01/01/support/
Dem. says Iraq troops need more support
Salon (subscription) – USA
1, 2005 | Washington — Lawmakers and President Bush should make a New
Year’s resolution to give adequate equipment to troops in Iraq,
the vice chairman of the …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/consumer_news/10544364.htm
Dem. Says Iraq Troops Need More Support
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and President Bush should make a New Year’s
resolution to give adequate equipment to troops in Iraq, the
vice chairman of the House …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501010143
jan01,1,2974340.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
What if Iraq taps pro-Iran leaders?
Chicago Tribune (subscription) – Chicago,IL,USA
… WASHINGTON — The Bush administration, already
facing a relentless insurgency in Iraq, is preparing to confront
what could be an equally daunting political …
www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050101142338.165dwjjy.xml
Bloodshed greets Iraq in 2005, as Allawi vows decisive year
Turkish Press – Turkey
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq’s insurgency began the new
year by claiming the lives of at least seven Iraqis and one US marine, with
elections less than a month away …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1275159.htm
US releases 260 detainees in Iraq
ABC Online – Australia
The US military on Saturday released 260 detainees from the notorious Abu Ghraib
prison west of Baghdad and Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/
2005/January/focusoniraq_January4.xml§ion=focusoniraq
US says Iraq’s “Dr Anthrax’ in good health
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
… Ammash, arrested in May 2003, was appointed to Iraq’s
ruling Baath Party’s regional command in 2001 and is believed to have
worked with another female …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7216579
Counter-Insurgency in Iraq Plagued by Fear, Doubt
Reuters – USA
HASWA, Iraq (Reuters) – In the numbing cold before dawn,
Iraqi commandos backed by US Marines stormed into a farmhouse, forcing four
men onto the kitchen floor …
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www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=
aJQtMROLKxo4&refer=top_world_news
Iraq Attacks Kill Two Civilians, One US Marine (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
… Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has said
officials expect violence across Iraq to increase as the Jan.
30 elections for a national assembly approach. …
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/125217/1/.html
Iraq’s ‘Dr Anthrax’ on
verge of death, should be freed: lawyer
Channel News Asia – Singapore
DUBAI: A top female scientist from Saddam Hussein’s deposed regime should
be freed from detention in Iraq as she is terminally ill with
cancer, a lawyer said …
english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200501/200501010008.html
US Troops in Iraq Detain 49 Suspected Insurgents
Chosun Ilbo – Seoul,South Korea
… Iraq’s security forces have been the main target
of insurgent violence. And South Korea’s parliament overwhelmingly approved
keeping…
www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/01/content_405294.htm
South Korea approves extended Iraq deployment
China Daily – Beijing,China
South Korea’s parliament on Friday approved extending the mission of
its 3,600 troops in Iraq for another year. The National Assembly …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10541725.htm
Iraq warns neighbors against backing
insurgents
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Ayad Allawi issued an
unusually strong warning to Iraq’s neighbors Friday
to crack down on insurgents infiltrating from their …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002137455_killed01.html
Marine killed in Iraq
Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A US Marine was killed in action yesterday
during security operations in Anbar province, the area west of Baghdad that
includes Fallujah and…
www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050101074058.w1dauady.xml
Iraq’s Allawi vows decisive 2005;
radical groups threaten vote
Turkish Press – Turkey
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Hardline Islamists vowed to target Iraq’s elections,
just weeks away, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared that Iraq’s future
lay with …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/01/content_2405008.htm
Bangladeshi driver returns home from Iraq
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… Saturday. Kashem returned two weeks after Iraqi militants
handed him overto rights activists in Iraq, ending his 55-day
confinement. …
www.freep.com/news/nw/iraq1e_20050101.htm
Iraq’s leader: Plug borders
Detroit Free Press – Detroit,MI,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Ayad Allawi made an unusually
strong warning to Iraq’s neighbors to crack down on
insurgents infiltrating from their territory …
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/01/MODESTO.TMP
GI in Iraq, 19, killed by car bomb Infantryman in Mosul was
valley …
San Francisco Chronicle – San Francisco,CA,USA
Oscar Sanchez was manning his observation post in Mosul, Iraq,
on Wednesday when a band of insurgents hurtled toward him, unleashing car bombs
and explosives …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/10541608.htm
Father and son Marines to go to Iraq in same unit
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
SILVER LAKE, Kan. – Kendall Phelps had trouble sleeping during his oldest
son’s first four-month tour in Iraq, when he accompanied
a Marine Corps division into …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_1-1-2005_pg4_1
US launches anti-insurgency operation in Iraq
Daily Times – Pakistan
BAGHDAD: US troops rounded up 49 suspected guerrillas near Saddam Hussein’s
hometown on Friday, a day after Iraq’s most violent
rebel groups warned voters …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4138767.stm
Iraq’s jailed Mrs Anthrax ‘dying’
BBC News – London,England,UK
… She was the only female member of the Iraq Command,
the 18-member council that ran the Baath Party, as well as a party regional
commander. …
www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=56897&d=1&m=1&y=2005
Suicide Bomber Kills 7 in North Iraq
Arab News – Saudi Arabia
… said. Osama Bin Laden and other militant groups have
this week pledged to wreck the vote as a part of a holy war in Iraq.
Violence …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/31/content_2400505.htm
US soldiers kill 25 insurgents in Iraq
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… Mosul, IraqˇĂs third-largest city,
has become a hotbed of insurgent activity in the past several months. Fourteen
US soldiers died Dec. …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10539917.htm
For US troops in Iraq, punk rock concert a welcome distraction
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq – (KRT) – For one hour on New Year’s
Eve, slam-dancing soldiers put the war in Iraq and the progress
and pitfalls of the last year on hold during…
www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=56897&d=1&m=1&y=2005
Suicide Bomber Kills 7 in North Iraq
Arab News – Saudi Arabia
… said. Osama Bin Laden and other militant groups have
this week pledged to wreck the vote as a part of a holy war in Iraq.
Violence…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_1-1-2005_pg4_1
US launches anti-insurgency operation in Iraq
Daily Times – Pakistan
BAGHDAD: US troops rounded up 49 suspected guerrillas near Saddam Hussein’s
hometown on Friday, a day after Iraq’s most violent
rebel groups warned voters …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10539917.htm
For US troops in Iraq, punk rock concert a welcome distraction
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq – (KRT) – For one hour on New Year’s
Eve, slam-dancing soldiers put the war in Iraq and the progress
and pitfalls of the last year on hold during …
slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/2004/12/31/803585-ap.html
Iraq’s soccer coach resigns
SLAM! Sports – ON,Canada
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq coach Adnan Hamad has resigned because
of security concerns and trouble getting players to join the national soccer
squad, according to www …
www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=53168
Bangladeshi driver returns home from captivity in Iraq:
New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India
… Kashem as a Biman Bangladesh flight brought him back
home two week’s after the Islamic Army or Mujahidin group handed him
over to a rights activist in Iraq. …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_1-1-2005_pg7_47
Suicide car bomber kills seven in Iraq
Daily Times – Pakistan
… Osama Bin Laden and other Islamist groups have this
week pledged to wreck the vote as part of a holy war in Iraq. “Iraq will
be …
www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-11/
1104534244111570.xml&storylist=alabamanews
Morgan County soldier critically injured by roadside bomb in Iraq
AL.com – Birmingham,AL,USA
(AP) — A 22-year-old soldier from Morgan County was in critical condition
after a roadside bomb exploded under the truck he was driving in Iraq,
his mother …
www.boston.com/dailynews/366/nation/A_daily_look_at_U_S_military_d:.shtml
A daily look at US military deaths in Iraq
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
31, 2004, at least 1,328 members of the US military have died since the beginning
of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated
Press count. … |