Iraq News Links 2/3/05

	Iraq News and Information Links
	March 2 2005

	www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_3-3-2005_pg4_7 Ukraine to withdraw troops from Iraq by October 15 Daily Times – Pakistan KIEV: Ukraine plans to start bringing its 1,600 troops home from Iraq this month and complete the withdrawal by Oct. 15, President … dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=2752789 Australia ‘won’t be bogged down in Iraq’ Daily Telegraph – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia IRAQ’S outgoing prime minister does not believe Australia risks becoming bogged down in Iraq, or that new troops will be specifically targeted because of links … www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny—fallensoldier port0302mar02,0,2210035.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork Portrait exhibit gives faces to soldiers killed in Iraq Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA … said there’s no political motive behind the exhibition that will open on campus Thursday, just a respectful remembrance of the soldiers killed fighting in Iraq … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/03/content_2641267.htm Journalists call for release of kidnapped reporters in Iraq Xinhua – China … Castellina here on Wednesday called on the media in Greece and worldwide to continue applying pressure for the release of all reporters kidnapped in Iraq. … www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7789418 US Marines, Amid Iraq War, Miss Recruiting Goals Reuters – USA … for the second straight month in February missed its goal for signing up new recruits, the Marines said on Wednesday, in another sign of the Iraq war’s effect … www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=3/3/2005&Cat=4&Num=006 Ukraine to withdraw troops from Iraq by Oct 15 Tehran Times – Iran KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine plans to start bringing its 1,600 troops home from Iraq this month and complete the withdrawal by Oct. … www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=3/3/2005&Cat=4&Num=022 Iraq parliament set to open next week Tehran Times – Iran BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq’s new 275-member national assembly will hold its first session next week with or without an agreement on the lineup of the country’s next … paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=95993 Rumsfeld sued over alleged torture in Iraq, Afghanistan PakTribune.com – Pakistan … charging Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld with “direct responsibility” for the illegal torture and abuse of eight men held prisoner in Iraq and Afghanistan … www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=79376 Six killed in Iraq bombing: New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India [World News]: Baghdad, March 2 : Six people were killed and over 20 injured in Iraq Wednesday when a car bomb exploded outside an army base in the capital … sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13684376 Saddam tribunal judge gunned down in Iraq Sify – India … Iraq’s post-Saddam political process moved on, with a senior politician saying the new 275-member national assembly will open next week with or without an … www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id= 17460&name=Missing+French+journalist+in+Iraq+begs+for+help Missing French journalist in Iraq begs for help Expatica – Netherlands BAGHDAD, March 1 (AFP) – French journalist Florence Aubenas, missing for nearly two months in Iraq, on Tuesday made a desperate plea for help on a video … www.kpcnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=11&ArticleID=85084 Mourning in Iraq KPCnews.com – Kendallville,IN,USA … While there is a faction of the population bent on disrupting any form of order in Iraq, the majority of people want to live and work in a free society. … www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7251 Ukraine to pull out Iraq troops by October Aljazeera.com – London,UK … say is a major blow to the US led occupation forces, the Ukrainian top security body stated Tuesday that its troops would be withdrawn from Iraq starting this … www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag= y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=182333 Somani Cement bags Rs 33 cr Iraq order Business Standard – India The order is for a leading company based in Iraq and it would be executed within fiscal 2005-06, the company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. … www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/4b1e14c2de4d7da5b40123744d0d005f.htm IRAQ: US forces hand over security to Iraqi army in capital Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK … According to Smith, some provinces, such as Anbar and Salah al-Din in central Iraq, still required the presence of the US-led Coalition troops due to … www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=79376 Six killed in Iraq bombing: New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India [World News]: Baghdad, March 2 : Six people were killed and over 20 injured in Iraq Wednesday when a car bomb exploded outside an army base in the capital … sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13684376 Saddam tribunal judge gunned down in Iraq Sify – India … Iraq’s post-Saddam political process moved on, with a senior politician saying the new 275-member national assembly will open next week with or without an … www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id= 17460&name=Missing+French+journalist+in+Iraq+begs+for+help Missing French journalist in Iraq begs for help Expatica – Netherlands BAGHDAD, March 1 (AFP) – French journalist Florence Aubenas, missing for nearly two months in Iraq, on Tuesday made a desperate plea for help on a video … www.kpcnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=11&ArticleID=85084 Mourning in Iraq KPCnews.com – Kendallville,IN,USA … While there is a faction of the population bent on disrupting any form of order in Iraq, the majority of people want to live and work in a free society. … www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7251 Ukraine to pull out Iraq troops by October Aljazeera.com – London,UK … say is a major blow to the US led occupation forces, the Ukrainian top security body stated Tuesday that its troops would be withdrawn from Iraq starting this … www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag= y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=182333 Somani Cement bags Rs 33 cr Iraq order Business Standard – India The order is for a leading company based in Iraq and it would be executed within fiscal 2005-06, the company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. … www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20050302&hn=17084 Swedish Journalist Abducted in Iraq Asks Vatican, Swedish King for … Zaman Online – Istanbul,Turkey A Swedish citizen and leader of the Christian Democrat Party in Iraq, Minas Ibrahim Al-Yusufi has asked for help from the Vatican and the Swedish King to … today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID= 2005-03-02T141119Z_01_DEN250937_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ-FRANCE-HOSTAGE.xml Iraq hostage plea pressures French govt Reuters.uk – UK PARIS (Reuters) – An Iraq hostage’s desperate plea for help to a controversial member of France’s ruling right has put the government under pressure to seek … www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12427745-38201,00.html Iraq’s parliament set to open NEWS.com.au – Australia IRAQ’S new 275-member national assembly will hold its first session next week with or without an agreement on the line-up of the country’s next government, a … www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12426787-421,00.html Cavalry riding high towards Iraq NEWS.com.au – Australia WITH just a few weeks to go before they head to Iraq, the troops from Darwin’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment were in high spirits yesterday as they trained in the Top … www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0305/03soldiers.html Three Fort Stewart soldiers die in Iraq Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) – GA,USA Three soldiers from Fort Stewart have been killed in Iraq in recent days, two of them by a roadside bomb, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Army Pfc. … www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20050302&hn=17066 Judge Assigned to Saddam Trial Assassinated in Iraq Zaman Online – Istanbul,Turkey By Anadolu News Agency (aa). Judge Bereviz Mahmoud was reportedly killed yesterday (March 1). Judge Mahmoud was assigned to the special … www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/ JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1109733528788 US General challenges Pentagon’s approach in Iraq Jerusalem Post – Israel The Pentagon is not trying hard enough to defeat the makeshift roadside bombs that are the leading killer of US troops in Iraq, the commander of American … www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-fg-abdu ctee2mar02,1,6673552.story?coll=la-iraq-complete Abductee in Iraq Pleads for Help in Videotape Los Angeles Times – CA,USA BAGHDAD — A French journalist abducted nearly two months ago pleaded for help in a video that surfaced Tuesday, saying she was in failing health. … www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-na-ver mont2mar02,1,5892908.story?coll=la-iraq-complete Iraq War Lands in the Midst of Vermont’s Town Hall Meetings Los Angeles Times – CA,USA … decided Tuesday to allot more money for ambulance services, increase funds for the visually impaired — and ask President Bush to pull US troops out of Iraq. … www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=79208 Iraq blast bursts election bubble: New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India … of the Bush administration, still comfortably embraced by much of the American people, that the successful holding of parliamentary elections in Iraq a month … www.itv.com/news/world_865539.html Six people killed by car bomb in Iraq ITV.com – UK A car bomb has exploded in Iraq, killing at least six people and wounding 25 others. The explosion occurred outside an army base … news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4310365.stm Iraq bomber targets army recruits BBC News – E,UK A car bomb in Baghdad has targeted people waiting to join the Iraqi army, with reports of at least one death. Twenty-five people … www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Iraq-vehicles-to- miss-upgrades-Hill/2005/03/02/1109700526667.html Iraq vehicles to miss upgrades: Hill Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia Not all Australian armoured vehicles bound for Iraq would have the latest modifications, Defence Minister Robert Hill has conceded. … www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/3063928 Thousands in Iraq protest car bombing Houston Chronicle – USA HILLAH, IRAQ – Chanting “No to terrorism!” thousands of Iraqis rallied outside a medical clinic where a suicide car bomber killed 125 people a day earlier … www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/02/content_421044.htm Iraq tribunal judge assassinated China Daily – China … quite famously stared down a defiant Saddam in the July 1 hearing, firmly reminding the “Butcher of Baghdad” that he was the former, not current, leader of Iraq … news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=3&story_id=29175 Huge bomb explosion seen in old Iraq airport INQ7 Interactive, Inc. – Philippines BAGHDAD, Iraq — A huge explosion ripped western Baghdad at 7 am (0400 GMT) by the old al-Muthanna airport, sending smoke billowing into the sky, an Agence … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/02/content_2637509.htm Ukraine to withdraw troops from Iraq Xinhua – China KIEV, March 1 (Xinhuanet) — Ukraine will withdraw its 1,600-strong military contingent serving with multinational peacekeeping troops in Iraq from this month … WEEPING relatives search for loved ones as Iraq bombing toll hits … CBC News – Canada HILLAH, Iraq (AP) – Weeping and beating their chests, hundreds of people inspected corpses at a hospital morgue in Hillah on Tuesday, trying to identify … www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050301/w030190.html SYRIA cooperating with Iraq authorities Telegraph.co.uk – UK … with Iraqi authorities trying to stop insurgents crossing over from its territory and has helped arrest Saddam Hussein’s half-brother, Iraq’s defence minister … www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/0 3/01/usyria.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/03/01/ixportaltop.html IRAQ: suicide bomber kills 125 ITV.com – UK Around 125 people have been killed and 130 wounded in the single bloodiest attack in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. A suicide … www.itv.com/news/585064.html MISSING Reporter in Iraq Pleads for Help Guardian – UK BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – A French journalist abducted nearly two months ago pleaded for help in a video that surfaced Tuesday, saying she was in failing health. … www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4833847,00.html ON Vermont’s Ballots: Iraq War Washington Post – USA NORWICH, Vt., March 1 — The resolution calling for the return of US troops from Iraq was the 31st item on the town meeting agenda here in the white-walled … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64186-2005Mar1.html BIN Laden likely enlisting Iraq ally for US attacks AZ Central.com – AZ,USA WASHINGTON – New intelligence indicates that Osama bin Laden is enlisting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, his top operative in Iraq, to plan potential attacks on the … www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0301terror-threat01.html SYRIA Destabilizing Iraq, Says Senior US General Reuters – USA WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Syria is a destabilizing influence in neighboring Iraq and has not done enough to stop foreign fighters crossing its border, the top US … www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7776035 RUMSFELD sued over Iraq, Afghan abuses ABC Online – Australia The groups allege Mr Rumsfeld authorised techniques in Iraq and Afghanistan amounting to torture, and then failed to stop them. … www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1313828.htm US Commander Says Size of Iraq Insurgency Falling ABC News – USA … “And his days in Iraq are numbered,” he said. Abizaid said no more than 3,500 militants took part in a failed attempt to disrupt the Jan. … abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=542673 UKRAINE to pull out troops from Iraq Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s top defense and security body has decided to order the withdrawal of the nation’s soldiers from Iraq, and the pullout will begin … seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Ukraine%20Iraq www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050301/w030190.html Weeping relatives search for loved ones as Iraq bombing toll hits … CBC News – Canada HILLAH, Iraq (AP) – Weeping and beating their chests, hundreds of people inspected corpses at a hospital morgue in Hillah on Tuesday, trying to identify … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_2-3-2005_pg4_6 French hostage in Iraq pleads for help Daily Times – Pakistan … Julia, a member of the lower house of parliament from President Jacques Chirac’s conservative UMP party, came to Iraq last September on a freelance effort to … www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=79079 US rights report points to lapses by interim Iraq govt: New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India [World News]: Washington, Mar 1 : Serious rights abuses, including torture and rape, took place under the rule of the interim government in Iraq installed by … www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1313828.htm Rumsfeld sued over Iraq, Afghan abuses ABC Online – Australia The groups allege Mr Rumsfeld authorised techniques in Iraq and Afghanistan amounting to torture, and then failed to stop them. … www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=13094 Iraq’s Kurdish and Shiite leaders start bargaining Daily Star – Lebanon – Beirut,Lebanon The leading candidate to head Iraq’s next government met Tuesday with Kurdish leaders to bolster his position, as a French journalist missing in Iraq for … seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp? category=1110&slug=Vermont%20on%20Iraq Vermont towns take up Iraq resolutions Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA … I think probably most everyone here knows someone who has been deployed to Iraq.”. Fifty-three residents in this town of roughly … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_2-3-2005_pg4_6 French hostage in Iraq pleads for help Daily Times – Pakistan … Julia, a member of the lower house of parliament from President Jacques Chirac’s conservative UMP party, came to Iraq last September on a freelance effort to … www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=79079 US rights report points to lapses by interim Iraq govt: New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India [World News]: Washington, Mar 1 : Serious rights abuses, including torture and rape, took place under the rule of the interim government in Iraq installed by … www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=13094 Iraq’s Kurdish and Shiite leaders start bargaining Daily Star – Lebanon – Beirut,Lebanon The leading candidate to head Iraq’s next government met Tuesday with Kurdish leaders to bolster his position, as a French journalist missing in Iraq for … www.csmonitor.com/2005/0302/p05s01-woiq.html Though battle-hardened, Iraq’s Kurdish militia struggles for role Christian Science Monitor – USA … SULAYMANIYAH, IRAQ — As Iraq’s fledgling security forces prepare to take over the country’s defense, a crucial question is emerging: what will happen to …

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