Iraq News Links 18/2/05

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	February 18 2005

	wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section= Breaking&storyId=992924&tw=wn_wire_story New US Spy Chief Asks UN to Help Rebuild Iraq Wired News – USA … just nominated as the first US intelligence chief, asked UN members on Friday to “take another look” at what they could do to help Iraq, including training the … www.boston.com/dailynews/049/world/Dozens_killed_as_explosions_te:.shtml Dozens killed as explosions tear through Iraq on eve on Shiite … Boston Globe – USA BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Many kneeling in prayer, Shiite Muslims were attacked in their mosques and on the streets of Iraq on Friday, with five bombings killing 36 … today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID= 2005-02-18T222550Z_01_DEN877951_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ-INDONESIA-VIDEO.xml Indonesia calls for hostage release in Iraq Reuters.uk – UK … The appeal comes as Iraqi insurgents holding the two issued a video tape demanding Indonesia explain what the pair were doing in Iraq. … www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-18-voa56.cfm New Allegations Surface of Prisoner Abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan Voice of America – USA New allegations of prisoner abuse by US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have been revealed in Army documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union. … www.boston.com/dailynews/049/world/BAGHDAD_Iraq_AP_Ahmad_Chalabi_:.shtml BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Ahmad Chalabi, the Washington insider who later … Boston Globe – USA BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Ahmad Chalabi, the Washington insider who later fell out of favor with the United States, expressed confidence Friday that he was on the … www.boston.com/dailynews/049/nation/A_daily_look_at_U_S_military_d:.shtml A daily look at US military deaths in Iraq Boston Globe – USA 18, 2005, at least 1,475 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. … www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087 & sid=aEWnCnn9oQxE&refer=top_world_news Iraq Car Bomb Blast Outside Shiite Mosque Kills Seven, AP Says Bloomberg – USA The attack was one of five blasts today in Iraq, making this the most deadly day in the country since the Jan. 30 election for a national legislature, AP said. economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1025395.cms Suicide bombers kill 17 in Iraq Economic Times – India BAGHDAD: Suicide bombers killed at least 17 people in attacks on two Shiite mosques in Baghdad on Friday as thousands of Shiites — Iraq’s majority Muslim … www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7677234 Five US Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attacks Reuters – USA MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Five US soldiers were killed in separate guerrilla attacks in Iraq, the US military said Friday, three in or near the northern city of … seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_st ory.asp?category=1151&slug=Shrinking%20Coalition Bush’s Iraq coalition shrinking Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA … President Bush, who hopes to coax more Iraq support from European allies next week, used to boast that some 50 nations had joined the United States in … www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/ JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1108696749747 Deadly day in Iraq: Four bomb attacks kill 28 Jerusalem Post – Israel … important holiday, officials said. It was the deadliest day since Iraq’s landmark elections last month. Suicide bombers struck at … www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050218180015.s0mk8y3r.xml Two Indonesian journalists missing in Iraq Turkish Press – Turkey BAGHDAD (AFP) – Two Indonesian television journalists have gone missing in Iraq while driving on a notoriously dangerous road from Amman to Baghdad, adding to … www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050218180811.0ha7fla0.xml Anti-Shiite attacks kill at least 25 in Iraq Turkish Press – Turkey … targets in and around Baghdad killed at least 25 people, just a day after the majority community was confirmed as the new political power in Iraq for the first … www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:421619ab:79efb1c 17b96072?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=7675732 Iraq attacks kill 20 during Shi’ite ceremony Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed at least 17 people in attacks on two Shi’ite mosques in Baghdad on Friday as thousands of Iraq’s newly empowered … npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/srfeature.php?wfid= ://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4504301 ‘Frontline’ Offers an Iraq Documentary Director’s Cut NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,USA Frontline did a documentary about American troops in Iraq. … About American troops in Iraq in that program the soldiers curse like soldiers. … www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&art_id=qw1108743486539B262&click_id=2813&set_id=1 Four US soldiers killed in Iraq violence Independent Online – South Africa Mosul – Four United States soldiers were killed in separate guerrilla attacks in Iraq, the US military said on Friday, three in or near the northern city of … www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny—clinton-iraq 0218feb18,0,2305485.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork Clinton among senators headed for Iraq Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton will join a bipartisan group of five US senators traveling to Iraq this weekend, her second such visit since November 2003 … www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:421619ab:79efb1 c17b96072?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=7675732 Iraq attacks kill 20 during Shi’ite ceremony Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed at least 17 people in attacks on two Shi’ite mosques in Baghdad on Friday as thousands of Iraq’s newly empowered … www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&art_id=qw11 08743486539B262&click_id=2813&set_id=1 Four US soldiers killed in Iraq violence Independent Online – South Africa Mosul – Four United States soldiers were killed in separate guerrilla attacks in Iraq, the US military said on Friday, three in or near the northern city of … www.kaleo.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/18/4215ce00c3f75 CIA: Iraq still breeding terror The University of Hawaii Kaleo – HI,USA WASHINGTON — Iraq has become a training ground for extremists who’ll take their experience in urban terrorism with them to other countries, the head of the … www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/ 2005/February/focusoniraq_February137.xml&section=focusoniraq Indonesia appeals for release of journalists in Iraq Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates … abducted. Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, has been a staunch critic of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. … www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=37495 Iraq faces ‘disaster’ without reconciliation, says prime minister Turkish Press – Turkey WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (AFP) – Iraq’s interim prime minister Iyad Allawi has warned that his country faces disaster if it does not make firm moves toward national … www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/ 0,5744,12297306%255E2703,00.html Envoy to Iraq lands job as US spy boss Australian – Australia GEORGE W. Bush yesterday named his ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, as the first Director of National Intelligence, to oversee all 15 US spy agencies … www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/542113.html Dozens dead in three bomb attacks aimed at Iraq’s Shi’ites Ha’aretz – Israel … “I address all Iraqis of all national, religious affiliations. I call upon them to unite to confront all conspiracies against Iraq,” Al-Hakim said. … www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/18/news/jakarta.html 2 Indonesian journalists feared kidnapped in Iraq International Herald Tribune – France BAGHDAD Two Indonesian journalists who were last seen being stopped by men in military uniforms in Ramadi, Iraq, are missing, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry … www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7674232 Iraq Attacks Kill 20 During Shi’ite Ceremony Reuters – USA … Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed at least 17 people in attacks on two Shi’ite mosques in Baghdad Friday as thousands of Shi’ites — Iraq’s majority Muslim … www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7673345 Three US Soldiers Killed in Northern Iraq Attacks Reuters – USA MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Three US soldiers were killed in separate attacks in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military said Friday. … www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/ 2005/February/focusoniraq_February135.xml&section=focusoniraq Iraq mosque attacks kill at least 15 amid Shiite ceremony Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates BAGHDAD – A suicide bombing killed 14 people at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Friday as thousands of Shiites — Iraq’s majority Muslim sect — commemorated … www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:4215d487:7756de8a7 fe0f494?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=7672845 Iraq mosque attacks kill 15 amid Shi’ite ceremony Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bombing killed 14 people at a Shi’ite mosque in Baghdad on Friday as thousands of Shi’ites — Iraq’s majority Muslim sect … www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/18/iraq.indonesia/ Iraq: Indonesia reporters missing CNN – USA JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) — A pair of Indonesian journalists are missing in Iraq and may have been taken captive by uniformed gunmen, Indonesia’s Foreign … news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4148257 Iraq Steps Up Security Ahead of Holiest Day Scotsman – UK Iraq partially sealed its land borders today as part of stepped up security on the eve of the holiest day of the Shiite Muslim calendar as violence persisted … www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la- na-pbs18feb18,1,609669.story?coll=la-iraq-complete PBS Under Fire for Editing Iraq War Documentary Los Angeles Times – CA,USA … The producers of a “Frontline” documentary about US combat troops in Iraq on Thursday criticized a PBS decision to send member stations an edited satellite … today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID= 2005-02-18T073636Z_01_CUT826864_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ-SOLDIER.xml Two US soldiers killed in northern Iraq attacks Reuters.uk – UK MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Two US soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military says. … seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/212550_iraq18.html Showdown vote may be needed to pick Iraq leader Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA BAGHDAD, Iraq — Ibrahim al-Jaafari, one of two Shiite leaders locked in a struggle to be named Iraq’s prime minister, made a surprise appearance yesterday at … seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002183522_iraqvote18.html Iraq’s majority Shiite alliance must cut deal Seattle Times – USA BAGHDAD, Iraq — A Shiite alliance won a slim majority in Iraq’s new National Assembly, according to certified election returns announced yesterday, but it … www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10928118.htm IRAQ UPDATE Kansas City Star (subscription) – MO,USA … Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, will visit Kuwait and Iraq next week with other lawmakers to visit US troops and meet with Iraqi leaders and American … www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1306272.htm Indonesia says two journalists seized in Iraq ABC Online – Australia … Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, has been a staunch critic of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Mr … news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4148257 Iraq Steps Up Security Ahead of Holiest Day Scotsman – UK Iraq partially sealed its land borders today as part of stepped up security on the eve of the holiest day of the Shiite Muslim calendar as violence persisted … www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7128 New US Army files detail detainee abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan Aljazeera.com – London,UK … in Afghanistan posing with hooded and bound prisoners during mock executions were damaged to avoid a repetition of the Abu Gharib scandal in Iraq, according to … www.freep.com/news/nw/iraq18e_20050218.htm Iraq panel OKs results of election Detroit Free Press – USA BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s electoral commission certified the results of the Jan. 30 elections Thursday, clearing the way for the country’s … www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4809160,00.html Indonesian TV Reporters Missing in Iraq Guardian – UK JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Two reporters working for an Indonesian television station are missing in Iraq, a foreign ministry spokesman said Friday. … www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/10931077.htm Fatal US military accidents up in Iraq Kansas City Star (subscription) – MO,USA WASHINGTON – US troops in Iraq have suffered a rash of fatal vehicle accidents and other non-combat deaths in recent weeks, even as the number killed in … dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=2685501 Indonesian jounos seized in Iraq Daily Telegraph – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia … Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, has been a staunch critic of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Mr … npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/srfeature.php?wfid= ://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4503524 Iraq Certifies Shiite Election Win NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,USA Description: Iraq’s electoral commission has certified the results of the Jan. 30 elections. The United Iraqi Alliance, dominated … www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Newiraq & slug=Iraq+poll+results+certified&id=68686&callid=1 Iraq election results certified NDTV.com – New Delhi,India A Shiite alliance won a slim majority in Iraq’s new National Assembly, according to certified election returns, but it may take weeks to form a government. … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33669-2005Feb17.html Justice Dept. Weighs Status of Interim Authority In Iraq Case Washington Post – USA … for more time to consider taking a legal position that could have far-reaching implications for the handling of alleged contractor misdeeds in Iraq under the … www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1028646,00.html The Islamist Who Could Run Iraq TIME – USA Shiite leader Ibrahim Jaafari looks set to replace Iyad Allawi as Prime Minister. A democratic Iraq may raise new challenges for the US. … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33388-2005Feb17.html The Religious Face of Iraq Washington Post – USA The Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the most revered Shiite leader in Iraq, seems through the prism of the Western media to be an elusive character. … www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/02/18/2003223544 Iraq, Iran expected to be focus of Bush’s EU tour Taipei Times – Taiwan When US President George W. Bush comes to town next week, Washington’s European allies will be hoping to extinguish the heat of transatlantic rancor over Iraq. … www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=59171&d=18&m=2&y=2005 Shiite Bloc Wins Majority in New Iraq Parliament Arab News – Saudi Arabia BAGHDAD, 18 February 2005 — A Shiite alliance of mainly religious parties won a slim majority of seats in Iraq’s new National Assembly, the Iraqi Election … news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/18/content_2589669.htm Iraq’s Shiite alliance wins majority Xinhua – China BAGHDAD, Feb. 17 (Xinhuanet) — Iraq’s Shiite alliance has won a majority in the country’s new National Assembly, the Electoral Commission announced Thursday. … www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Newiraq & slug=Iraq+poll+results+certified&id=68686&callid=1 Iraq election results certified NDTV.com – New Delhi,India A Shiite alliance won a slim majority in Iraq’s new National Assembly, according to certified election returns, but it may take weeks to form a government. … msnbc.msn.com/id/6989956/ Allawi: Iraq must unify or face ‘disaster’ MSNBC – USA … 17 – Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has warned that unless Iraq takes steps toward national reconciliation — “not by words but by deeds” — the country … weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/730/op2.htm A time for political wisdom in Iraq Al-Ahram Weekly – Cairo,Egypt … Patrick Seale. Iraq stands today at one of the most promising moments in its modern history — but also at one of the most perilous. If … www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/18/ wirq18.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/02/18/ixportal.html Shia group gains most seats in Iraq’s assembly Telegraph.co.uk – UK … ballot. They will then visit the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s leading Shia cleric, in Najaf to get his blessing. Such … www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/ 18/nirq18.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/02/18/ixhome.html Families demand public inquiry on Iraq killings Telegraph.co.uk – UK The families of six Royal Military police officers murdered by a mob in Iraq described an internal army investigation as a “whitewash” last night and demanded … www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10927758.htm Iraq’s National Assembly unveiled; Shiites hold slim majority Kansas City Star (subscription) – MO,USA BAGHDAD, Iraq – (KRT) – With the unveiling Thursday of the composition of Iraq’s new National Assembly, the hard work begins of forming a new government … www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=73562 GOP to trim $4B off Iraq war fund request: New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India 17 : House Republican leaders have vowed to trim President Bush’s $82 billion Iraq war funding request, removing items not of an emergency nature. … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33043-2005Feb17.html Man Who May Lead Iraq Eyes Ex-Baathists Washington Post – USA … 17 — As elections officials certified his Shiite Muslim coalition’s majority in Iraq’s new National Assembly on Thursday, the leading candidate for prime … www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/ 18/nirq18.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/02/18/ixhome.html Families demand public inquiry on Iraq killings Telegraph.co.uk – UK The families of six Royal Military police officers murdered by a mob in Iraq described an internal army investigation as a “whitewash” last night and demanded … SHIITE Bloc Wins Majority in New Iraq Parliament Arab News – Saudi Arabia BAGHDAD, 18 February 2005 — A Shiite alliance of mainly religious parties won a slim majority of seats in Iraq’s new National Assembly, the Iraqi Election … www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=59171&d=18&m=2&y=2005 BUSH picks Iraq envoy to be new spy chief International Herald Tribune – France … national intelligence, to take charge of American intelligence agencies at a crucial juncture as they try to recover from embarrassing missteps on Iraq and the … www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/17/news/intel.html GOP to trim $4B off Iraq war fund request: New Kerala – Ernakulam,Kerala,India 17 : House Republican leaders have vowed to trim President Bush’s $82 billion Iraq war funding request, removing items not of an emergency nature. … www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=73562 IRAQ’S National Assembly unveiled; Shiites hold slim majority Kansas City Star (subscription) – MO,USA BAGHDAD, Iraq – (KRT) – With the unveiling Thursday of the composition of Iraq’s new National Assembly, the hard work begins of forming a new government … www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10927758.htm A time for political wisdom in Iraq Al-Ahram Weekly – Cairo,Egypt … Patrick Seale. Iraq stands today at one of the most promising moments in its modern history — but also at one of the most perilous. If … weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/730/op2.htm www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4808406,00.html Wrangling Over New Iraq Government Begins Guardian – UK BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – A Shiite alliance won a slim majority in Iraq’s new National Assembly, according to certified election returns announced Thursday, but it … www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/10927119.htm Democrats still struggling to unite on Iraq Kansas City Star (subscription) – MO,USA BY JAMES KUHNHENN. WASHINGTON – (KRT) – All during the 2004 presidential campaign, Democrats tried to find their voice on the war in Iraq without much success. … www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=12766 Amid a ‘Baghdad spring’ Iraq seems to be turning the corner Daily Star – Beirut,Lebanon … And in that sense, the new Iraq is proving to be no different from any other democracy. … But for the moment, Iraq does seem to have turned a corner politically. … english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E72B3ED1-111C-4BE6-87B4-8BB051550BED.htm Iraq announces official election results Aljazeera.net – Qatar Shia and Kurdish domination of Iraq’s parliament have been confirmed following the announcement of the country’s official election results. …

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