www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-03-voa63.cfm
Talks Aim to Bring Sunnis into Iraq Government
Voice of America – USA
Following the low turnout of Sunni Arab voters in Iraq’s national elections
Sunday, former Iraqi Governing Council member, Adnan Pachachi, says he
has …
www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050203201155.jppgfqjg.xml
UN’s Iraq programme chief solicited oil from Baghdad: enquiry
Turkish Press – Turkey
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The head of the oil-for-food programme in Iraq,
Benon Sevan, repeatedly asked for oil allocations from Baghdad and “seriously
undermined …
www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-03-voa86.cfm
Iraq: Early Election Results Show Shi’ite Party Leading
Voice of America – USA
Iraq’s electoral commission says partial results from Sunday’s
landmark elections show the main Shi’ite coalition is leading in six
provinces where most of the …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/
2005/02/03/national1456EST0637.DTL
Iran, Mideast, Iraq leading issues as Rice visits Europe, Middle …
San Francisco Chronicle – San Francisco,CA,USA
Iran’s nuclear program, an upcoming Mideast summit and the next US move
in Iraq top a crowded agenda for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during
her …
www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=36853
US plans to maintain 135,000 troops in Iraq as it intensifies …
Turkish Press – Turkey
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (AFP) – The United States plans to maintain 135,000
troops in Iraq through this year even as more US military advisers are embedded
with …
www.reuters.co.in/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:4202908b:d661d4885
65311b1?type=worldNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=7531681
Kidnap and ransom price of doing business in Iraq
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Zuhair Kubah knows exactly who kidnapped him
last year but has so far resisted the tried and trusted remedy of snatching
them back to …
www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4746~2690202,00.html
Bush blasted over Social Security, Iraq
Lowell Sun – Lowell,MA,USA
… Bush placed Social Security reform at the top of his agenda, officially
putting it ahead in importance than the war in Iraq during his address. …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/
03/uoil.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/02/03/ixportaltop.html
UN’s oil-for-food scheme in Iraq was ‘tainted’
Telegraph.co.uk – London,England,UK
The United Nations’ oil-for-food programme in Saddam Hussein’s
Iraq was “tainted”, an official report will conclude. An investigation …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7530407
Official: Zarqawi Barely Avoids Capture in Iraq
Reuters – USA
… may have come close to capturing Iraqi al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
in the past two weeks and are weakening his network, Iraq’s interior minister
said …
www.economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3630452
Iraq’s elections
Economist (subscription) – London,England,UK
… Though Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential
clergyman, did not formally endorse the list, his bearded visage was emblazoned
on its posters. …
www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=36808
Disgruntled Turkey awaits Rice with growing concern over Iraq
Turkish Press – Turkey
… facing the tough task of allaying Turkish fears that an independent Kurdish
state — Ankara’s long-standing bete noire — is taking shape
in Iraq as Washington …
today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID
=2005-02-03T152817Z_01_CHA306203_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ-BRITAIN.xml
Troops face court martial over Iraq death
Reuters.uk – UK
… men, who served with the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, also face
charges of violent disorder following a roadside incident in southern Iraq which
led …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID
=2005-02-03T143732Z_01_CHA306203_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ-BRITAIN.xml
Troops face court martial over Iraq murder
Reuters.uk – UK
LONDON (Reuters) – Seven British soldiers are to face a court martial
for the murder of an Iraqi civilian in southern Iraq in May 2003, the Attorney
General …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4233727.stm
Iraq struggles on with vote count
BBC News – London,England,UK
Iraq’s electoral commission says 1.6m ballots have been counted at its
headquarters over the past two days. The ballots represent …
www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1405048,00.html
20 killed in new Iraq violence
Guardian – UK
A relative lull in violence in post-election Iraq has come to a bloody
end today, with at least 20 people killed in a series of attacks that began
last night. …
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4086058
Seven Paras Face Iraq Murder Charge
Scotland on Sunday – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
… disorder. The charges relate to the death of Nadhem Abdullah following
a roadside incident in May 2003 in Al U’Zayra in southern Iraq. …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1295586.htm
UK troops face court martial over Iraq murder
ABC Online – Australia
Seven British soldiers are to face a court martial for the murder of
an Iraqi civilian in southern Iraq in May 2003, Britain’s Attorney-General
said. …
news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=607435
Seven soldiers face Iraq murder charge
Independent – UK
… disorder. The matter relates to the death of a man in May 2003 following
an incident at a roadside in Al U’Zayra in southern Iraq. …
www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Newir
aq&slug=12+armymen+killed+in+Iraq&id=67887&callid=1
12 army recruits killed in Iraq
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
Insurgents in Iraq struck back after a post-election lull, waylaying
a minibus carrying new Iraqi army recruits and killing twelve of them. …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0502030
280feb03,1,3760767.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
Cheers for Iraq vote unify a divided crowd
Chicago Tribune (subscription) – Chicago,IL,USA
… While both sides of the aisle applauded throughout the speech when Bush
mentioned the election in Iraq, GOP members stood and wagged their purple fingers
as a …
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=467212
19 Killed in Insurgent Attacks in Iraq
ABC News – USA
… BAGHDAD, Iraq Feb 3, 2005 — Insurgents struck back with a vengeance
following a post-election lull, waylaying a minibus carrying new Iraqi army recruits …
www.freep.com/news/nw/iraq3e_20050203.htm
Sunnis ready to accept Iraq’s new government
Detroit Free Press – Detroit,MI,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The hard-line Sunni religious organization that called
for a boycott of Iraq’s election said Wednesday that it would “respect
the choice” of …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218607/11074311658.htm
Iraq: Allaying Turkey’s Fears Over Kurdish Ambitions
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… attention is focused on the insurgency against the interim Iraqi government
and the occupation troops, another conflict is brewing in northern Iraq that
could …
www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-03-voa18.cfm
Gunmen Kill 12 Iraqi Soldiers in Northern Iraq
Voice of America – USA
… It was the deadliest single attack in Iraq since Sunday’s election
to choose members of the country’s interim national assembly. …
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1468593,00.html
Court martial drops two Iraq abuse charges
Times Online – UK
By Jenny Booth, Times Online. One of three British soldiers being court
martialled for abusing Iraqi prisoners had the outstanding …
www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050203/w020302.html
Bush gives no timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, wants to train …
CBC News – Canada
WASHINGTON (CP) – The United States will focus on training Iraqi security
forces and won’t leave Iraq until they’re up to the task of guarding
their new freedom …
www.rte.ie/news/2005/0203/iraq.html
Militants kill 12 security men in Iraq
RTE Interactive – Ireland
Militants in Iraq have killed 12 security men in an ambush near the northern
city of Kirkuk. The group was returning to guard oil …
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/42097132-F246-463F-9FA5-8B31CD71F5BF.htm
Bush rejects timetable for exiting Iraq
Al-Jazeera.Net – Qatar
US president George Bush has rejected calls to set a specific timetable
for pulling the roughly 150,000 US troops from Iraq. “That …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-05020302
80feb03,1,3760767.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
Cheers for Iraq vote unify a divided crowd
Chicago Tribune (subscription) – Chicago,IL,USA
… While both sides of the aisle applauded throughout the speech when Bush
mentioned the election in Iraq, GOP members stood and wagged their purple fingers
as a …
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=467212
19 Killed in Insurgent Attacks in Iraq
ABC News – USA
… BAGHDAD, Iraq Feb 3, 2005 — Insurgents struck back with a vengeance
following a post-election lull, waylaying a minibus carrying new Iraqi army recruits …
www.freep.com/news/nw/iraq3e_20050203.htm
Sunnis ready to accept Iraq’s new government
Detroit Free Press – Detroit,MI,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The hard-line Sunni religious organization that called
for a boycott of Iraq’s election said Wednesday that it would “respect
the choice” of …
news.newkerala.com/world-news/?action=fullnews&id=68030
Bush hails progress in Iraq:
New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India
… freedom. In his State of the Union address before a joint session of
Congress, Bush said the election opened a new phase in Iraq. …
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/42097132-F246-463F-9FA5-8B31CD71F5BF.htm
Bush rejects timetable for exiting Iraq
Al-Jazeera.Net – Qatar
US president George Bush has rejected calls to set a specific timetable
for pulling the roughly 150,000 US troops from Iraq. “That …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
count3feb03,1,7046055.story?coll=la-headlines-world
In a Second-Floor Room, Iraq’s Vote Slowly Unfolds
Los Angeles Times (subscription) – Los Angeles,CA,USA
… Iraq’s watershed election, widely acclaimed as an inspiring example
of incipient democracy amid a raging insurgency, has entered a more prosaic but
no less …
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4084776
Soldier Cleared of Iraq Abuse Charge
Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
By Emma Gunby, PA, in Osnabruck, Germany. A British soldier who admitted
assaulting an Iraqi prisoner was today cleared of forcing …
www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/21700.htm
IRAQ VOTER HAILED BY BUSH HUGS TRAGIC MARINE’S MOM
New York Post – New York,NY,USA
February 3, 2005 — WASHINGTON — President Bush last night told
the nation that Iraq “showed the world” by voting despite the terrorists — and
an Iraqi …
www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=6809
Democrats hold Bush accountable on Iraq
Aljazeera.com – London,UK
Congressional Democrats slammed the US President George W. Bush on Wednesday
for his Iraq policies and his bid to revamp the Social Security retirement
program …
www.reuters.co.in/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=
worldNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=7523940
UK troops to be questioned over Iraq deaths
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
LONDON (Reuters) – British troops are to be questioned over the death
of an Iraqi civilian in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002169061_iraqvote03.html
Sunni clerics want political role in Iraq
Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Leading Sunni Muslim clerics who boycotted the Iraqi
election said yesterday they would “respect the choice of those who voted” and
work with …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/03/content_2543057.htm
Bush stresses Iraq, Mideast policy in State of Union address
Xinhua – Beijing,China
2 (Xinhuanet) — US President George W. Bush stressed the progress made
in Iraq and the Middle East peace process and vowed to achieve success on the
foreign …
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/
Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1107384608827&call_pageid=
968256290204&col=968350116795
A colonial take on Iraq vote
Toronto Star (Subscription) – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
It’s gloating time for George W. Bush and those who supported the invasion
and occupation of Iraq. … Iraq was not invaded to give the locals the
right to vote. …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/
0,5744,12138413%255E1702,00.html
Iraq wants trrops to stay
Australian – Australia
IRAQ wants Australia to keep playing a part in its rebuilding process,
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today. Labor has called …
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