www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/
2004/December/focusoniraq_December251.xml§ion=focusoniraq
S. Korean parliament extends Iraq troop mission
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
SEOUL – South Korea’s parliament approved on Friday a one-year extension
of the country’s troop deployment in Iraq. The assembly …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/10539643.htm
Kansas archaeologist to examine mass graves in Iraq in advance
of …
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
LAWRENCE, Kan. – An archaeologist with the Kansas State Historical Society
has been chosen to help excavate and document mass graves in Iraq ahead
of the trial …
www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041231204347.glq5aiie.xml
Allawi vows 2005 decisive for Iraq, as radical Iraqi groups …
Turkish Press – Turkey
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared that Iraq’s future
lay with democracy, as hardline Islamists vowed to strike against the country’s …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/
2004/December/focusoniraq_December251.xml§ion=focusoniraq
S. Korean parliament extends Iraq troop mission
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
SEOUL – South Korea’s parliament approved on Friday a one-year
extension of the country’s troop deployment in Iraq.
The assembly …
www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041231204347.glq5aiie.xml
Allawi vows 2005 decisive for Iraq, as radical Iraqi groups …
Turkish Press – Turkey
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared that Iraq’s future
lay with democracy, as hardline Islamists vowed to strike against the country’s …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/10539643.htm
Kansas archaeologist to examine mass graves in Iraq in advance
of …
Kansas City Star (subscription) – Kansas City,MO,USA
LAWRENCE, Kan. – An archaeologist with the Kansas State Historical Society
has been chosen to help excavate and document mass graves in Iraq ahead
of the trial …
www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-
11/1104521655220600.xml&storylist=alabamanews
Family, friends remember Mobile man killed in Iraq
AL.com – Birmingham,AL,USA
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Several hundred friends and family members gathered
Thursday to remember a Mobile man killed in an suicide bomb attack in Iraq.…
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/125138/1/.html
South Korean parliament extends troop deployment in Iraq:
report
Channel News Asia – Singapore
SEOUL : South Korean parliament extended the country’s controversial
troop deployment in Iraq for another year, Yonhap news agency
reported. …
wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=
Breaking&storyId=969134&tw=wn_wire_story
Suicide Car Bomber Kills Seven in Iraq’s North
Wired News – USA
BAIJI, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed
seven people, five of them Iraqi National Guards, near the northern town of
Baiji Friday, as the insurgent…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/01/content_2403684.htm
S.Korean National Assembly approves extension of troops in Iraq
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… The South Korean National Assembly late Friday night
approved a government bill to extend the deployment of South Korean troops
in Iraq for another year. …
www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=6488
US forces arrest 49 in Iraq as rebels renew threats
Aljazeera.com – London,UK
… The statement didn’t mention the details of
the operation, which is the latest in a series of anti-resistance campaigns
in the Sunni Triangle in central Iraq…
www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-12-31-korea-troops_x.htm
South Korean to keep troops in Iraq for another year
USA Today – USA
SEOUL (AP) — South Korea’s parliament on Friday approved extending
the mission of its 3,600 troops in Iraq for another year.
The …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7214825
Freedom Plea for Iraq’s Cancer-Struck ‘Mrs. Anthrax’
Reuters – USA
… “Huda Ammash is very ill and should be released,” said
Badih Aref, who is defending Iraq’s jailed former deputy
prime minister Tareq Aziz. …
washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041231-052205-4985r.htm
Iran, Syria to snub Iraq neighbors meeting
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
31 (UPI) — Iran and Syria are planning to downgrade their representation
at the upcoming meeting of Iraq’s neighboring countries
in Amman in January, reports …
www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1177649,00070003.htm
Iraq coach Hamd quits after home destroyed
Hindustan Times – New Delhi,India
Iraq coach Adnan Hamd has walked out on the national team
after his home was destroyed. Hamd, who took Iraq to the Asian
Cup quarter …
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/125080/1/.html
Parliament deadlock delays approval on extended SKorean mission in …
Channel News Asia – Singapore
SEOUL : Opposition lawmakers put up a human wall in parliament, delaying approval
to extend the deployment of South Korean troops in Iraq. …
www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-iraq31.html
Iraq deadlier as enemies get more skilled
Chicago Sun Times – Chicago,IL,USA
BY ROBERT BURNS. WASHINGTON — US forces in Iraq suffered
348 deaths in the last four months, the worst death toll since the invasion. …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1274886.htm
Parliament deadlock delays extended S Korean mission in Iraq
ABC Online – Australia
Opposition law-makers put up a human wall in Parliament Friday, delaying approval
to extend the deployment of South Korean troops in Iraq. …
www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/110448812674661.xml
Morgan soldier wounded in Iraq
AL.com – Birmingham,AL,USA
HULACO – A 22-year-old soldier from Morgan County narrowly escaped death
in Iraq this week when a roadside bomb exploded beneath the
truck he was driving. Spc. …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002136290_iraqtroops31.html
Iraq death toll rises since summer
Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA
WASHINGTON — By key measures of the level of insurgent violence against
US forces in Iraq — numbers of dead, wounded and insurgent
attacks — the …
www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041231085738.pgyepbih.xml
Parliament deadlock delays approval on extended SKorean mission in …
Turkish Press – Turkey
SEOUL (AFP) – Opposition lawmakers put up a human wall in parliament,
delaying approval to extend the deployment of South Korean troops in Iraq. …
www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1641833,00.html
Iraq plans security for polls
News24 – South Africa
… And the Iraqi government announced that a senior aide
to Iraq’s most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose
militants are behind many deadly attacks and …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002136502_dige31m.html
Stryker soldier, 19, killed in Iraq ID’d Local Digest
Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA
The US Department of Defense last night identified a Fort Lewis soldier killed
by an apparent car bomb in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday. US Army
Pfc.…
www.news-leader.com/today/1231-Numberstel-263649.html
Numbers tell grim tale of war in Iraq
News-Leader.com – Springfield,MO,USA
… Washington — By key measures of the level of
insurgent violence against American forces in Iraq — numbers
of dead, wounded and insurgent attacks — the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/31/content_2400257.htm
Three militant groups vow to disturb Iraq’s elections
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… laws of the crusaders and replace our great religion
with secularism,” said the statement signed by the Army of Ansar al-Sunnah,
Islamic Army in Iraq and Army …
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2972152
3,000 guardsmen to get a big send-off to Iraq
Houston Chronicle – Houston,TX,USA
A spirited send-off is planned Saturday in Waco for 3,000 Texas National Guard
soldiers who are heading to Iraq as part of the state Guard’s
largest…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/31/content_2400505.htm
US soldiers kill 25 insurgents in Iraq
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… Mosul, IraqˇĂs third-largest city,
has become a hotbed of insurgent activity in the past several months. Fourteen
US soldiers died Dec. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37764-2004Dec30.html
Violence Against Iraq Troops Takes Toll
Washington Post – Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON – Key measures of the level of insurgent violence against
American forces in Iraq, numbers of dead, wounded and insurgent
attacks, show the…
www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/1231breakout311.html
Elections in Ukraine, Iraq don’t compare
Arizona Republic – Phoenix,AZ,USA
But his attempts to compare the situation there to that in Iraq smack
more of partisanship than sound political analysis. Though …
www.dawn.com/2004/12/31/top16.htm
15 killed in Iraq violence
Pakistan Dawn – Karachi,Pakistan
… There will be attempted attacks against polling places
and polling locations.” Adel Lami, a ranking officer on Iraq’s Independent
Electoral Commission, said …
npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/feature.php?wfid=4251885
Iraq Reconstruction Projects Stalled
by Violence
NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: NPR’s Eric Weiner reports on the difficulties in the reconstruction
effort in Iraq — some projects are reaching completion,
but others are …
www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/1231breakout311.html
Elections in Ukraine, Iraq don’t compare
Arizona Republic – Phoenix,AZ,USA
But his attempts to compare the situation there to that in Iraq smack
more of partisanship than sound political analysis. Though …
www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/12/30/iraq041230.html
US captures alleged top insurgent in Iraq
CBC News – Canada
… is said to be responsible for facilitating communications
between Zarqawi and al-Qaeda, as well as co-ordinating the movement of insurgents
in and out of Iraq. …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/31/
wirq31.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/12/31/ixworld.html
Terrorist threat to Iraq voters
Telegraph.co.uk – London,England,UK
By Jim Muir in Baghdad. Three Iraqi insurgent groups gave warning yesterday
that anyone taking part in the “dirty farce” of next …
www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=123125
Arab world debates Iraq polls
Navhind Times – Panjim,India
Cairo Dec 30: Osama bin Laden is just one of many voices in the debate on democracy
in Iraq. For weeks, politicians, commentators …
npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/feature.php?wfid=4251885
Iraq Reconstruction Projects Stalled
by Violence
NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,USA
Description: NPR’s Eric Weiner reports on the difficulties in the reconstruction
effort in Iraq — some projects are reaching completion,
but others are…
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/31/
wirq31.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/12/31/ixworld.html
Terrorist threat to Iraq voters
Telegraph.co.uk – London,England,UK
By Jim Muir in Baghdad. Three Iraqi insurgent groups gave warning yesterday
that anyone taking part in the “dirty farce” of next …
www.boston.com/dailynews/365/wash/Summary_Box_Numbers_show_deadl:.shtml
Summary Box: Numbers show deadly year in Iraq has grown worse
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
THE FIGURES: Measuring by the number of insurgent attacks and US dead and wounded,
the situation for American forces in Iraq has worsened since
summer. …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/521422.html
Electoral tempest in Iraq
Ha’aretz – Jerusalem,Israel
The Bush administration’s vision of remaking Iraq as
the Arab world’s first pro-United States, Israel-friendly, free-market
democracy has suffered many nasty …
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/10532567.htm
Iraq war veteran toilet-papering house
shot by irate resident in …
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) – San Jose,CA,USA
– A soldier home after a year in Iraq was shot in the … Alvarado
is in the US Army and recently returned after a year in Iraq,
according to television reports. … |