news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/07/content_2556496.htm
Fresh threats to kill kidnapped Italian in Iraq
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… carried out after 48 hours unless there is an announcement from the Italian
government, headed by the criminal Berlusconi, of a withdrawal from Iraq,” it
said. …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10833803.htm
Al-Sistani to have detailed involvement in Iraq’s political …
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq – (KRT) – The main parties of a cleric-led political
ticket set to sweep elections in Iraq are planning to vet their prime minister
candidates …
www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/06/news/policy.html
Cheney urges calm on Islam’s role in Iraq
International Herald Tribune – France
WASHINGTON Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday turned aside concerns
that the emerging government in Iraq might be strongly Islamic and might even
set more …
www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=6947
Rumsfeld: No specific date fro Iraq self-security
Aljazeera.com – London,UK
Asked on Sunday when would the US withdraw its troops from Iraq, Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said that it is not knowable when the United States
will …
seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apeurope_story
.asp?category=1103&slug=Oil%20For%20Food
Buyers of Iraq UN oil may be implicated
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA
… Sevan solicited oil allocations from Iraq on behalf of an oil trading
company, Africa Middle East Petroleum, or AMEP, between 1998 and 2001, and it
raised …
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.
20050206.wirkk0306/BNStory/International/
Kidnappers strike again in Iraq
Globe and Mail – Toronto,ON,Canada
… candidates endorsed by their clerics. Shiites are believed to comprise
about 60 per cent of Iraq’s 26 million people. On the other hand …
www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=64226
Ayatollah Sistani to shape Iraq future as Shia bloc win looms
Indian Express – New Delhi,India
Iraq’s senior most Shia cleric, Sistani has made it his chief cause to
propel his community, long oppressed under Saddam Hussein, to the leadership
of one of …
www.boston.com/dailynews/037/wash/Rumsfeld_says_Iraq_needs_time_:.shtml
Rumsfeld says Iraq needs time to develop forces to thwart attack …
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
WASHINGTON (AP) Iraq will need time to build up forces sufficient to
handle a potential threat from its neighbors specifically Iran even after Baghdad
proves …
www.boston.com/dailynews/037/world/QALA_CHWALAN_Iraq_AP_The_Kurdi:.shtml
QALA CHWALAN, Iraq (AP) The Kurdish leader who hopes to…
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
QALA CHWALAN, Iraq (AP) The Kurdish leader who hopes to become Iraq’s
next president pledged to try to bring the country’s disaffected Sunni
Arabs into the …
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/06/iraq/main671950.shtml
Attacks Kill Dozens In Iraq
CBS News – USA
… Three French nationals being held by the US military in Iraq, the New
York Times reports. … Gen. Abed Mowhoush during an interrogation at Qaim,
Iraq, on Nov. …
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Rice Assures Turkey US Opposes PKK Terrorism from Iraq
Voice of America – USA
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Turkish leaders in Ankara the
United States is committed to Iraq’s unity, and to fighting the Turkish-Kurdish …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aNQuz_mEge5Y&refer=top_world_news
Cheney Says US Won’t Dictate Iraq’s Constitution (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
… Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the top Shiite religious figure in Iraq, has
made it ``clear from the beginning’’ that clerics should not play
a direct role in the …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID
=2005-02-06T171636Z_01_DEN662135_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ-USA.xml
US sees no Islamic government in Iraq
Reuters.uk – UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top US officials say they do not see an Iran-style
Islamic government taking hold in Iraq following last week’s elections
that point to …
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/10833212.htm
Fort Bragg soldiers in Korea sometimes sent to Iraq
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) – San Jose,CA,USA
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – More and more soldiers stationed in South Korea are
having their deployments extended so they can serve in Iraq, including many
from Fort …
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/06/iraq/main671950.shtml
Attacks Kill Dozens In Iraq
CBS News – USA
… Three French nationals being held by the US military in Iraq, the New
York Times reports. … Gen. Abed Mowhoush during an interrogation at Qaim,
Iraq, on Nov. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aNQuz_mEge5Y&refer=top_world_news
Cheney Says US Won’t Dictate Iraq’s Constitution (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
… Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the top Shiite religious figure in Iraq, has
made it ``clear from the beginning’’ that clerics should not play
a direct role in the …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&story
ID=2005-02-06T160352Z_01_DEN657779_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ.xml
Egyptians kidnapped in Iraq
Reuters.uk – UK
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Gunmen have seized four Egyptian engineers in Baghdad,
underlining Iraq’s dangers despite its recent election and steps towards
democracy. …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10833042.htm
Rumsfeld Says No Iraq Self-Security Date
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
… 30 elections in Iraq. Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, has told Congress that only about one-third of …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12151007%255E31477,00.html
135,000 troops in Iraq for a year
Australian – Australia
… calls to set a timetable for the withdrawal of US forces, the Bush administration
yesterday outlined plans to keep at least 135,000 troops in Iraq for the next …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aTLtTLz_JKkg&refer=top_world_news
Rice Seeks to Mend Relations With Turkey, Reassure Over Iraq
Bloomberg – USA
… US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Turkish leaders Sunday
that the US takes seriously concerns about the future of neighboring Iraq, where
Turkey …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1297030.htm
10 dead in Iraq violence north and south
ABC Online – Australia
… Anti-US insurgents have won widespread support in Sunni areas just south
of Baghdad that border Shiite southern Iraq, earning the region its notoriety. …
www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20050206&hn=16291
Erdogan: Iraq belongs to All Iraqis
Zaman Online – Istanbul,Turkey
Erdogan and Rice discussed the latest developments in Northern Iraq and
noted the importance of good relations between the two sides. …
www.smh.com.au/news/World/Iraq-clerics-in-push
-for-Islamic-state/2005/02/06/1107625063290.html
Iraq clerics in push for Islamic state
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
With Shiite parties poised to take power in Iraq’s new
constitutional assembly, leading Shiite clerics are campaigning for Islam to
be enshrined in the new …
www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-02-06-iraq_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA
Four Egyptians kidnapped in Iraq; Italian’s life threatened
USA Today – USA
In other violence a week after Iraq’s election, attackers
gunned down an Iraqi contractor who apparently worked with the US military,
and police in Karbala …
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/06/iraq.main/
4 Egyptians taken hostage in Iraq
CNN International – USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Four Egyptian technicians working
for an Egyptian telecommunications company have been abducted outside their
house in the Jamiah …
www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050206104539.hly8citx.xml
Rice holds talks in Turkey, gives assurances over Iraq
Turkish Press – Turkey
… Condoleezza Rice was holding talks with Turkish leaders
here, keen to assure wary ally Ankara that its concerns over the future of
neighboring Iraq are not …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0502060396
feb06,1,1265812.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
Rice warns Russia on `difficult’ relations
Chicago Tribune (subscription) – Chicago,IL,USA
… But she also emphasized that cooperation with Russia
had led to progress in combating terrorism, stabilizing Afghanistan and Iraq and
to Russian willingness …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/06/MNGOUB59CP1.DTL
Probe of Iraq intelligence won’t assign blame
San Francisco Chronicle – San Francisco,CA,USA
Washington — The White House-ordered inquiry into the intelligence failures
about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction won’t
blame individual officials for the …
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=475088
Four Egyptians Are Kidnapped in Iraq
ABC News – USA
… Square in Rome, Saturday Feb. 5, 2005. Manifesto journalist
Sgrena was kidnapped in Iraq Friday Feb. 4. She was seized
shortly before …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/06/content_2554973.htm
Rice understands Poland’s troop reduction in Iraq
Xinhua – Beijing,China
BEIJING, Feb. 6 — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed
her understanding for Poland’s decision to reduce its troops in Iraq. …
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/131142/1/.html
Rice assures Turkey on Iraq unity, Kurdish rebels
Channel News Asia – Singapore
ANKARA : Washington is committed to preserving Iraq’s unity,
and also to combating Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in the north of Iraq,
US Secretary of State …
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/06/rice/
Rice set to begin Mideast talks
CNN International – USA
… briefly with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in
an effort to mend ties with Turkish leaders who have been critical of US support
for Kurds in northern Iraq …
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10819247.htm
Sunnis, Shiites and Iraq’s future
Miami Herald (subscription) – Miami,FL,USA
… Saddam Hussein. In Iraq, power has historically been a zero-sum game
in which the winner takes all and the losers are murdered. Sunnis …i.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10819247.htm
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www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4781255,00.html
Rice: US Wants Iraq to Remain Whole
Guardian – UK
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The United States wants Iraq to remain whole now
that the first round of elections is over, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
said in …
www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=68942
Check celebrations, Shiites are flexing muscles in Iraq (NEWS …
New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India
[World News]: New York, Feb 6 : Celebrations over Iraq’s entry into a
community of world democracies may have to be put on hold with Shiite religious
parties …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/
la-bk-brightman6feb06,1,4927088.story?coll=la-iraq-complete
The start of a new Iraq, but where will it lead?
Los Angeles Times (subscription) – Los Angeles,CA,USA
… Iraq’s Shiite leaders have steadfastly maintained that a pluralist
democracy, not Iran’s Shiite theocracy, is their governmental model. …
www.indystar.com/articles/9/220261-3619-010.html
Sunnis ask to help draft Iraq’s new constitution
Indianapolis Star – Indianapolis,IN,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Facing the prospect of a Shiite Muslim landslide, Sunni
politicians offered on Saturday to participate in mapping the nation’s
political future …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1296960.htm
Howard ‘pleased’ with Iraq elections
ABC Online – Australia
The Prime Minister says he hopes the success of Iraq’s elections will
eventually spread democracy throughout the Middle East. John …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-
02-06T054605Z_01_CHA618945_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ-ITALIAN-CLAIM.xml
Iraq group threatens to kill Italian hostage
Reuters.uk – UK
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Islamist militant group in Iraq has claimed responsibility
for kidnapping an Italian journalist and threatened to kill her by Monday …
www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm2699_20050205.htm
Sunni pols ready to help Iraq, but rebels show no sign of …
Detroit Free Press – Detroit,MI,USA
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Facing the prospect of a Shi’ite Muslim landslide,
Sunni politicians offered Saturday to participate in mapping the nation’s
political future. …
www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Civil-war-if-troops-
leave-Iraq-PM-warns/2005/02/06/1107625050480.html
Civil war if troops leave Iraq, PM warns
Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Prime Minister John Howard warned Iraq could descend into civil war if
coalition forces pulled out too early. In a rebuff to repeated …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4240407.stm
Italians rally for Iraq hostage
BBC News – London,England,UK
Several hundred people have held a rally in Rome to press for the release
of an Italian female journalist being held hostage in Iraq. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1511-2005Feb5.html
European Bitterness Over Iraq Dissipates
Washington Post (Subscription) – Washington,DC,USA
Courtesy of the large turnout in Iraq’s election a week ago, the United
States and key European allies are beginning to make up after two years of
bitterly …
www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/
1107615996404_26/?hub=CTVNewsAt11
Harper warns Grits about ‘deception’ on Iraq
CTV – Canada
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is warning the Liberal government
will pay a “severe price” if it sends Canadian troops to Iraq. …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/02/06/2003222420
Iraq wants wider probe into `oil-for-food’ scandal
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
Iraq has called for a widening of the investigation of the UN oil-for-food
program and demanded the immediate return of money in the UN account that paid
for …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7546589
Former UN Head Boutros-Ghali Defends Iraq Oil Deal
Reuters – USA
LONDON (Reuters) – Former UN head Boutros Boutros-Ghali refused to take
all the blame for Iraq’s scandal-tainted oil-for-food program on Saturday,
pointing the …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4240407.stm
Italians rally for Iraq hostage
BBC News – London,England,UK
Several hundred people have held a rally in Rome to press for the release
of an Italian female journalist being held hostage in Iraq. …
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=474284
Iraq Sunnis Offer to Help on Constitution
ABC News – USA
A US military helicopter hovers over the scene of a mortar attack near
the airport on Baghdad’s western outskirts in Iraq Saturday, Feb. 5,
2005. …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/10820921.htm
Germany prepared to help more in Iraq
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
BERLIN — Germany told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday that
it is ready to expand its role in rebuilding Iraq after Sunday’s largely
successful …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1511-2005Feb5.html
European Bitterness Over Iraq Dissipates
Washington Post (Subscription) – Washington,DC,USA
Courtesy of the large turnout in Iraq’s election a week ago, the United
States and key European allies are beginning to make up after two years of
bitterly …
www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1406701,00.html
19 dead in new Iraq attacks
Guardian – UK
… They are expected to confirm a strong showing by the United Iraqi Alliance,
which is endorsed by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential
Shiite …
www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1407023,00.html
Army probes 160 Iraq abuse cases
Guardian – UK
More than 160 separate allegations of abuse by British troops in Iraq
have been investigated by army prosecutors, of which nearly a third could lead
to highly …
www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10009719
Sunnis may play role despite Iraq poll boycott
New Zealand Herald – Auckland,New Zealand
BAGHDAD – Bowing to the increasing likelihood that a Shia-Kurdish alliance
will take control in Iraq after last week’s elections, a group of mostly
Sunni Arab …
www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/
02/06/do0601.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2005/02/06/ixopinion.html
Still they won’t admit they got Iraq wrong
Telegraph.co.uk – London,England,UK
Last Sunday evening, as Iraq’s historic election was drawing to a close,
I was invited to the BBC’s Television Centre at White City to discuss
the day’s events …
www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050206000416.uo0nm01z.xml
Iraq Sunnis demand US exit timetable as price for rejoining …
Turkish Press – Turkey
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq’s leading Sunni clerics group demanded a timetable
for the withdrawal of foreign troops as the price of their participation in
drawing up …
www.boston.com/dailynews/036/nation/A_daily_look_at_U_S_military_d:.shtml
A daily look at US military deaths in Iraq
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
5, 2005, at least 1,446 members of the US military have died since the
beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. …
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