Iraq News Links 05/01/05

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	January 5 2005

	www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=649252 Bombers kill 21 people in Iraq Reuters – UK HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) – Suicide bombers have killed 21 people in attacks on an Iraqi police academy and a checkpoint, part of a campaign to derail January 30 … www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Iraq-car- bomb-attacks-kill-25/2005/01/06/1104832202287.html Iraq car bomb attacks kill 25 The Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia Iraq’s prime minister said the violence would not derail landmark elections. “We will not allow the terrorists to stop the political … news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4150307.stm Jordan rallies Iraq vote backing BBC News – London,England,UK Jordan is hoping to rally support for Iraqi elections by hosting a meeting of Iraq’s neighbours on Thursday. It wants all the nations … news.ft.com/cms/s/8b3aa5f6-5f4a-11d9-8cca-00000e2511c8 ,dwp_uuid=c1a5b968-e1ed-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html Guide to Iraq’s main political groupings Financial Times – UK Iraq’s elections have been eagerly awaited by Iraq’s majority Shia population, which looks set to dominate a democratically elected parliament, but the … www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/10573464.htm Security Contractor Sued Over Iraq Deaths Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA RALEIGH, NC – Families of four slain security contractors whose bodies were burned and dragged through the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, sued the workers’ former … wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section= Breaking&storyId=971158&tw=wn_wire_story US Mulls New Syrian Sanctions Over Iraq Funds Wired News – USA … Sources familiar with the topic said the administration was also debating whether the US military could cross the Syrian border from Iraq while in “hot pursuit … www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050105185204.qhhw785h.xml Iraq PM says timely elections the solution as suicide bombers … Turkish Press – Turkey … The US-backed premier promised an increase in the strength of Iraq’s fledgling security forces saying they would be better trained and equipped to “defeat the … www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7247575 Suicide Bombers Kill 21 People in Iraq Reuters – USA HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on an Iraqi police academy and a checkpoint on Wednesday, part of a campaign to derail Jan. … www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Iraq-car-bomb- attacks-kill-25/2005/01/06/1104832202287.html Iraq car bomb attacks kill 25 The Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia Iraq’s prime minister said the violence would not derail landmark elections. “We will not allow the terrorists to stop the political … news.ft.com/cms/s/8b3aa5f6-5f4a-11d9-8cca-00000e2511c8 ,dwp_uuid=c1a5b968-e1ed-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html Guide to Iraq’s main political groupings Financial Times – UK Iraq’s elections have been eagerly awaited by Iraq’s majority Shia population, which looks set to dominate a democratically elected parliament, but the … wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section= Breaking&storyId=971158&tw=wn_wire_story US Mulls New Syrian Sanctions Over Iraq Funds Wired News – USA … Sources familiar with the topic said the administration was also debating whether the US military could cross the Syrian border from Iraq while in “hot pursuit … www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5450100 Suicide bombers kill 21 people in Iraq swissinfo – Switzerland By Sami Jumaili. part of a campaign to derail January 30 elections which Iraq’s prime minister vowed will go ahead. the lawless area … olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7247044 Bush Seen Unlikely to Back Any Delay in Iraq Vote Reuters – USA By David Morgan. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Bush is unlikely to back any delay in Iraq’s Jan. 30 election, despite fears that … www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5449717 Bomber kills 15 at Iraq police academy swissinfo – Switzerland By Sami Jumaili. aimed at stopping landmark January 30 elections, but Iraq’s prime minister has vowed the vote will go ahead. known … washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050105-114415-1401r.htm US Army shuts down Iraq medic’s blog Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 5 (UPI) — A US Army doctor in Iraq has been ordered to shut down his Internet diary, or blog, on claims it contravened … olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7244840 Suicide Bomber Kills 15 at Iraq Police Academy Reuters – USA HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 15 people at a police academy graduation Wednesday, part of a wave of killings aimed at stopping landmark Jan. … www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/ 2005/January/focusoniraq_January34.xml&section=focusoniraq Iraq neighbours conference to support vote: Jordanian FM Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates AMMAN – Jordanian Foreign Minister Hani Mulki said Wednesday a conference in Amman of Iraq’s six neighbours will aim to back “appropriate and transparent … www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=55600 Twenty killed in Iraq bombing: New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India [World News]: Baghada, Jan. 5 : A car bomb exploded outside a police academy south of Baghdad today during a graduation ceremony … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/05/content_2421066.htm US considers tougher sanctions on Syria to stem Iraq insurgency … Xinhua – Beijing,China … imposing new sanctions on Syria to prod it to crack down on Iraqis in Syria who are providing financial and logisticalsupport to insurgents in Iraq, the New … www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/10571167.htm West Texas-based Marines prepare for Iraq tour San Jose Mercury News (subscription) – San Jose,CA,USA EL PASO, Texas – A West Texas Marine reservist is preparing to return to Iraq for a third time as more than 100 others from his unit gear up to accompany him. … www.sierratimes.com/rss/newswire.php?article=/nm/ 20050105/wl_nm/iraq_dc&time=1104931992&feed=iraq Suicide Bomber Kills 15 at Iraq Police Academy SierraTimes.com – USA … Reuters Photo Slideshow: Iraq Sabotage Creates Fuel Crisis In Iraq(Reuters Video) Latest headlines: · Suicide Bomber Kills 15 at Iraq Police Academy Reuters … www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/05/news/iran.html Iran denies Iraq-vote meddling International Herald Tribune – France AMMAN, Jordan On the eve of a conference of Iraq’s neighbors in Jordan, Iran rejected accusations that it was trying to influence a Shiite victory in the Iraqi … www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/ 00c4ad072ca6ea0b2cdc9eed1edc5710.htm IRAQ: Special report on elections Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK If anybody is to make a success of Iraq’s upcoming elections, set to take place on 30 January, it should be the Kurds, local officials say. … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49279-2005Jan5.html Deadly Bombings Continue in Iraq Washington Post – Washington,DC,USA Iraq’s relentless pre-election carnage continued unabated Wednesday with deadly attacks on an Iraqi police recruiting station and on a military convoy not far … timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/981438.cms Iraq blast kills two, injures 10 Times of India – Mumbai,India … two others wounded after their patrol was attacked with small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire yesterday afternoon in Tal Afar in northern Iraq, the US … politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1383727,00.html Blair committed to Iraq election date Guardian – UK … can you draft a constitution unless all ethnicities, sects, religions and political ideologies are included?” He urged the UN to examine whether Iraq should go … washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050105-063925-3316r.htm Two Iraq explosions kill 24 Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. … US and Iraqi forces have been facing an increase in insurgent violence ahead of elections in Iraq on Jan. 30. washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050105-061625-3823r.htm US wounded passes 10,000 mark in Iraq Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 5 … battlefield. Another 4,856 US troops were wounded and were able to return to duty in Iraq, the statement said. … www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5448773 Iraq suicide bomber kills 13 swissinfo – Switzerland By Matt Spetalnick. Minister Iyad Allawi vowed to stick to his timetable for a January 30 election despite escalating attacks. services … www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/ 2005/January/focusoniraq_January31.xml&section=focusoniraq Allawi says holding Iraq elections on time important to quell … Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Prime Minister Iyad Allawi insisted Wednesday that holding elections on time on January 30 was crucial to defeating the insurgency and … www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=648886 At least 10 dead in Iraq suicide blast Reuters – UK HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide car bomb attack on a police academy in the Iraqi town of Hilla has killed at least 10 people and wounded at least 25, local … www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/ base/news/1104920782217790.xml Guard unit coming home from Iraq AL.com – Birmingham,AL,USA Members of the Alabama National Guard’s 711th Signal Battalion are expected to return home this month after nearly a year in Iraq. Lt. Col. … news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=11982005 Number of US personnel wounded in Iraq now tops 10,000 The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK MORE than 10,000 US military personnel have been wounded during the Iraq conflict, new Pentagon figures have revealed. The death … www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10570563.htm Contractors recruiting in Colombia, other Latin American nations … Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA … And the temptation – which includes making as much as 20 times their yearly salary – has been strong enough to lure dozens of Colombians to Iraq to do some of … www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.main/ US wounded in Iraq passes 10,000 mark CNN – USA BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The number of US troops wounded in Iraq since the war’s start in March 2003 has passed the 10,000 mark, the Department of Defense says. … www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/10567564.htm WAR IN IRAQ: Insurgents kill Baghdad governor Grand Forks Herald – Grand Forks,ND,USA BAGHDAD, Iraq – Prospects for a successful Iraqi parliamentary election Jan. 30 appeared all but hopeless Tuesday amid continuing … www.boston.com/dailynews/005/nation/One_small_California_city_lear:.shtml One small California city learns to cope with Iraq war casualties Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA By Bilen Mesfin, Associated Press, 1/5/2005 04:31. TRACY, Calif. (AP) Since the war began in Iraq, John Serpa’s job has gotten busier and much sadder. … news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3961754 Blair ‘Committed’ to Iraq Election Date Scotland on Sunday – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said today he was committed to the January 30 date for elections in Iraq. … nobody in Iraq wants Saddam back. … www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2766036 Latest US casualties in Iraq WAVY-TV – Portsmouth,VA,USA BAGHDAD, Iraq An American soldier has been killed and two wounded in an attack on their patrol in northern Iraq. That brings the … www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5447862 Iraq president urges UN to review poll date swissinfo – Switzerland … The United Nations said it was up to Iraq’s Independent Electoral Commission to decide. No official request had been received from Yawar,. … Google Alert for: venezuela www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7249007 Venezuela Says Appears Colombia Rebel Kidnapped Reuters – USA CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – A top Colombian rebel captured last month was apparently abducted from Venezuela, possibly by Colombian security officials in a … www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=24179 Geary’s disclosure of the CIA’s Venezuela operation put him in … VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA US author Ed Geary has just published his book ‘Gotcha International Marine Insurance Fraud and Conspiracy’ and says that to steal, cheat, and lie your … news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3961467 Soldier Killed in Iraq, Two Wounded The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK … Olympia was killed and two were wounded after their patrol was attacked with small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire in Tal Afar in northern Iraq, the US… news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3961260 Iraq Elections Still on Despite Increasing Violence The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK … along with six bodyguards as he drove to work in yet another bloody day of insurgent attacks that exposed grave security flaws in Iraq with elections less than … www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/10565848.htm More officials in Iraq calling for election postponement Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA While Bush administration officials said Tuesday they would resist a delay, a growing chorus of officials in Iraq is calling for postponement as insurgent … www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=100577&Sn=WORL&IssueID=27291 Iraq’s President urges UN to review election date Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain … not,” he said. Iraq’s interim government and its American allies have repeatedly said that the vote would not be delayed. But Al … www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liiraq 0104,0,862490.story?coll=ny-top-span-headlines Islip Terr. native killed in Iraq bombing Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA An Islip native working for a financial consulting firm in Iraq was among four people killed by a car bomb near the Green Zone in Baghdad, Britain’s Foreign … seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/206414_iraq04.html Rebel attacks leave more dead in Iraq Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents pressed their bloody campaign to sabotage Iraq’s Jan. 30 elections with car bombs and roadside attacks … thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=10582005 Captured on film: Deadly force of Iraq bomb attack The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK MILITANTS released a dramatic video yesterday claiming to show a roadside attack on a United States convoy in Iraq. The images emerged … www.smh.com.au/news/World/Huge-blast-kills-six-in -Iraq-wounds-40s/2005/01/04/1104601351279.html Huge blast kills six in Iraq, wounds 40 Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia A suicide car bomb detonated near a National Guard barracks in western Baghdad, killing six people and wounding 40, police said. … www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/10565848.htm More officials in Iraq calling for election postponement Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA While Bush administration officials said Tuesday they would resist a delay, a growing chorus of officials in Iraq is calling for postponement as insurgent … www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=62089 US may add advisers to aid Iraq military Indian Express – New Delhi,India JANUARY 4, WASHINGTON: General George W. Casey Jr., the top commander in Iraq, is reviewing a proposal to add hundreds of American military advisers to work … thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=10582005 Captured on film: Deadly force of Iraq bomb attack The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK MILITANTS released a dramatic video yesterday claiming to show a roadside attack on a United States convoy in Iraq. The images emerged … www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=57087&d=5&m=1&y=2005 How Iraq War Went Wrong Arab News – Saudi Arabia The patina of overconfidence, overreach and override, defining its unilateralist action in Iraq, has not dulled the luster of the United States. … www.boston.com/dailynews/004/nation/ A_daily_look_at_U_S_military_d:.shtml A daily look at US military deaths in Iraq Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA 4, 2005, at least 1,336 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. … www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3147927a11,00.html Sole NZ soldier heads to Iraq Stuff.co.nz – New Zealand By ANNA WALLIS. Returning “vertical and warm” is the intention of the man who will be New Zealand’s sole uniformed representative in Iraq later this month. … www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050104/w010478.html Baghdad governor assassinated in yet another bloody day in Iraq CBC News – Canada … along with six bodyguards as he drove to work Tuesday in yet another bloody day of rebel attacks that exposed grave security flaws in Iraq with elections less … www.boston.com/dailynews/004/wash/ Pentagon_to_embed_more_U_S_tra:.shtml Pentagon to embed more US trainers in Iraq security forces Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA … ‘’What we are doing in Iraq is the same thing we have been … George W. Casey Jr., the top US commander in Iraq, is moving to embed US ‘’mentors’’ in Iraqi units. … www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1276655.htm Iraq committed to election date: US ABC Online – Australia … January 30. I don’t think there’s any question out here in Iraq,” the US diplomat said, but spoke on condition of anonymity. The … www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-1-2005_pg9_10 Fighting words: Decoding Iraq war lingo Daily Times – Pakistan … The Iraq war has spawned its very own alphabet soup of abbreviations and battlefield buzzwords intelligible only to the military and war correspondents trying … npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/srfeature.php?wfid=4258535 SEAL Lieutenants Face Hearing on Iraq Prisoner Abuses NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,USA Description: In San Diego, the Navy begins hearings on allegations that two lieutenants in the elite SEALs unit abused Iraqi prisoners. … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/05/content_2416435.htm US insists on Iraq elections timetable Xinhua – Beijing,China … United States denied on Tuesday President George W. Bush and Iraqi’s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi discussed a possible delay of Iraq’s coming elections …

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