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Insurgents Step Up Attacks Ahead of Iraq Elections
The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
… The escalating insurgency in Iraq is believed to be led by minority Sunnis, who dominated the country during Saddam Hussein’s regime. …

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US Says Errant Strike Kills 5 in Iraq
ABC News – USA
Reasidents gather around a house reduced to a pile of rubble, in the village of Aitha, Iraq, south of Mosul, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005. …

www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=650747
Several killed as US bombs wrong target in Iraq
Reuters – UK
AAYTHA, Iraq (Reuters) – A US warplane has mistakenly bombed a house in northern Iraq, killing several people in an attack likely to inflame anti-American …

www.sierratimes.com/rss/newswire.php?article=/ap/20050108/
ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_explosion&time=1105218181&feed=iraq
US Says Air Strike on Iraq House Kills 5
SierraTimes.com – USA
AITHA, Iraq – An explosion at a house south of Mosul killed 14 people and wounded five early Saturday, the owner said. The US military …

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ory=6420&slug=WA%20Soldier%20Killed%20Wooten
Spanaway soldier killed in Iraq
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA
… Curtis L. Wooten came home before Christmas to surprise his mother for her birthday, his other present was to tell her that his tour in Iraq would end in …

www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=650652
French journalists defend Iraq work
Reuters – UK
PARIS (Reuters) – French journalists have defended their right to report from Iraq after President Jacques Chirac urged them to stay away following the …

www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1644610,00.html
Violence plagues Iraq
News24 – South Africa
… a day after a US general warned that the insurgents may be planning “spectacular” attacks to scare voters in the three weeks before Iraq’s landmark elections. …

www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/
January/focusoniraq_January55.xml&section=focusoniraq
Car bombing, kidnappings in Iraq as Shiites reach out to Sunnis
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
… the increased violence in the run-up to the January 30 elections, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is sending retired general Gary Luck to Iraq to evaluate…

www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/10597440.htm
Iraq detainees will testify in Army’s trial of alleged abuser
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) – San Jose,CA,USA
By Lois Romano. FORT HOOD, Texas – Three Iraqi detainees who were allegedly abused at the Abu Ghurayb prison by American soldiers …

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Soldier Cleared of Manslaughter in Iraq Case
Scotland on Sunday – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
A US Army sergeant has been acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in the alleged drowning of an Iraqi civilian who was forced into the Tigris River by US …

www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?cg=BreakingNews-InternationalNews&ao=177612
Pentagon to rethink its tactics in Iraq
Mail & Guardian Online (subscription) – Johannesburg,South Africa
The Pentagon has ordered a comprehensive review of its Iraq strategy in the face of mounting casualties and an increasing strain on the United States army and …

www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1105179369164551.xml
Mobilian still missing in Iraq
AL.com – Birmingham,AL,USA
Little has been heard for months about the fate of Mobilian Timothy E. “Tim” Bell, a civilian contractor missing in Iraq since April 9 of last year. …

www.nydailynews.com/front/story/269266p-230590c.html
W, brass differ on Iraq elex
New York Daily News – New York,NY,USA
BY RICHARD SISK. WASHINGTON – President Bush said he was “hopeful” of turning a corner in Iraq with Jan. 30 elections yesterday, but …

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french_newspaper_fears_reporter_in_iraq_has_been_kidnapped\
French newspaper fears reporter in Iraq has been kidnapped
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
PARIS — US forces in Iraq said yesterday that they are not holding a missing French reporter last seen leaving her Baghdad hotel two days ago, raising concern …

news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=598809
US to overhaul beleaguered forces in Iraq
Independent – UK
The Pentagon is sending a retired four-star general to review the military operation in Iraq, amid growing fears among officials that the campaigns in Iraq and …

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4156857.stm
US reviews Iraq military strategy
BBC News – London,England,UK
The Pentagon is sending a retired senior general to Iraq to review overall military operations there. A spokesman said Gen Gary …

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‘Spectacular’ Attacks May Undermine Iraq Elections
The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
A US general has warned that insurgents may be planning “spectacular” attacks to scare voters in the three weeks before Iraq’s landmark elections. …

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Bush insists Iraq poll will bring peace
Financial Times – UK
President George W. Bush yesterday rejected warnings from a prominent adviser that elections in Iraq this month could precipitate a slide into civil war …

www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=100817&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=27294
US ‘sets conditions for Iraq election delay’
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
… isation spokesman Shaikh Muthanna Dhari reiterated the decision to boycott the elections unless an exact date was announced for occupation forces to leave Iraq …

news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=62464
Body of NH truck driver found in Iraq
Boston Herald – Boston,MA,USA
The body of a New Hampshire truck driver missing in Iraq since his convoy was ambushed in April was found Monday in a shallow grave near the scene of the fight …

www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/01/08/
french_newspaper_fears_reporter_in_iraq_has_been_kidnapped\
French newspaper fears reporter in Iraq has been kidnapped
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
PARIS — US forces in Iraq said yesterday that they are not holding a missing French reporter last seen leaving her Baghdad hotel two days ago, raising concern …

news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=598809
US to overhaul beleaguered forces in Iraq
Independent – UK
The Pentagon is sending a retired four-star general to review the military operation in Iraq, amid growing fears among officials that the campaigns in Iraq and …

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4156857.stm
US reviews Iraq military strategy
BBC News – London,England,UK
The Pentagon is sending a retired senior general to Iraq to review overall military operations there. A spokesman said Gen Gary …

news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3975141
‘Spectacular’ Attacks May Undermine Iraq Elections
The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
A US general has warned that insurgents may be planning “spectacular” attacks to scare voters in the three weeks before Iraq’s landmark elections. …

news.ft.com/cms/s/d597a3f2-611a-11d9-af5a-00000e2511c8.html
Bush insists Iraq poll will bring peace
Financial Times – UK
President George W. Bush yesterday rejected warnings from a prominent adviser that elections in Iraq this month could precipitate a slide into civil war …

www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=100817&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=27294
US ‘sets conditions for Iraq election delay’
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
… isation spokesman Shaikh Muthanna Dhari reiterated the decision to boycott the elections unless an exact date was announced for occupation forces to leave Iraq …

news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=62464
Body of NH truck driver found in Iraq
Boston Herald – Boston,MA,USA
The body of a New Hampshire truck driver missing in Iraq since his convoy was ambushed in April was found Monday in a shallow grave near the scene of the fight …

www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10592636.htm
Campaigning in Iraq has worsened ethnic, religious tensions
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
BY NANCY A. YOUSSEF. BAGHDAD, Iraq – (KRT) – Asking someone whether he or she is Shiite, Sunni or Kurd was once taboo in Iraq. Iraq…

www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-1-2005_pg1_5
Nine US troops killed in Iraq
Daily Times – Pakistan
The second-in-command of US forces in Iraq told reporters that security was lacking in four provinces, where the insurgency has thrived in central Iraq’s …

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4156719.stm
Pentagon orders Iraq troop review
BBC News – London,England,UK
By Nick Childs. The Pentagon has confirmed that retired Gen Gary Luck has been asked to review overall operations in Iraq. The news …

www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7269319
Jury Chosen in Key Iraq Prison Scandal Trial
Reuters – USA
FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) – Charles Graner, the accused ringleader of the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal, restated a not guilty plea at his court-martial on …

www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/07/news/baghdad.html
Bush rejects suggestion Iraq poll is mistimed
International Herald Tribune – France
… 30 elections in Iraq would do more harm than good, declaring that they would constitute a landmark not only in US policy toward Iraq but in that country’s road …