Tuesday, 19 Oct 2004
DEFENCE/SECURITY
Al-Sharqiyah TV, 18 Oct 04: Muhsin Abd-al-Hamid, member of the National Assembly and head of the Iraqi Islamic Party, on 18 October accused the US Army of killing one of his party's leaders on the main road on 16 October, Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. Abd-al-Hamid told the Assembly that the US Army opened fire on Nabil al-Abdali, a prominent leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party and killed him. He said that other leaders from his party had also been killed by the US army's gunfire. He called on the National Assembly members to demand departure of the US Army from the alleyways and streets saying the US army should be restricted in barracks outside the cities.
Al-Qa'idah-linked group issues second threat to Skorea - Jihadist web site
(Jihadist web site 18 Oct 04):
E-book on Jama'at al-Tawhid wa-al-Jihad, al-Zarqawi posted on web site- Jihadist web site
(Jihadist web site 18 Oct 04
(Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic, 18 Oct 04):
Two brothers gunned down- Al-Sharqiyah
(Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic, 18 Oct 04):
Border police arrest two Afghans, one Pakistani- Al-Diyar TV
(Al-Diyar TV, Baghdad, in Arabic, 17 Oct 04)
(Al-Manar Television ,18 Oct 04): Hamid al-Khaffaf, official spokesman for Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Beirut has announced the formation of a committee comprising independents to prepare a unified national list of candidates who enjoy the confidence of the religious authority, Lebanese Al-Manar TV reported on 18 October. Hamid al-Khaffaf said that the authority also called for adopting a mechanism to ensure the participation of Iraqis living abroad in the elections. He said the committee had already begun its work.
Election rules ban candidacy of senior Ba'thists, soldiers - Al-Mu'tamar
(Al-Mu'tamar, Baghdad, in Arabic 17 Oct 04):
(Voice of the Mujahidin, 18 Oct 04): The radio said that the interim government's warm relationship with Jordan should not be encouraged as Amman "was a strategic ally of the tyrant Saddam" and is suspected to have links with Israel. "The new government should at least have refrained from resuming the same strategic relations," the radio said, adding that through Jordan, "Mosad agents spread into neighbouring Arab countries." The radio said that already the Saddam regime is directing accusations against Iran, "which the tyrant Saddam regime had always fought". It concluded that government should not allow itself to be forced "to do the bidding of the United States and the Zionist entity".
(Voice of the Mujahidin, 18 Oct 04
Al-Bayan [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic] 18 Oct: [From editorial]
Iraqi army should not be targeted as equal to the occupation forces- Al-Zaman
Al-Zaman [daily, independent, Baghdad edition of London-based Al-Zaman] 18 Oct: [From commentary by Fatih Abd-al-Salam] "Any nascent Iraqi army or formation should not be targeted as an equal to the occupation forces Weakening this army before it can rebuild itself is a blow to the whole country We should not slide into side-battles accusing Iraqi military of treason under the influence of political-religious slogans hiding intelligence agenda from neighbouring states intended to keep Iraq weak The US forces will leave one day, and we are staying here. Therefore, our hands should not be stained with the blood of Iraqis, be they current or former government employees someone is feeding the assassination and liquidation tendency since it is the only way that adopts less means and causes greater harm to the society. It is no secret in whose interest Iraq should remain helpless and marginal, whether or not there are occupation forces on its land."
(KurdSat TV
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Sunni leader accuses US of killing colleague-Al-Sharqiyah
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Al-Qa'idah-linked group issues second threat to Skorea - Jihadist web site
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E-book on Jama'at al-Tawhid wa-al-Jihad, al-Zarqawi posted on web site- Jihadist web site
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Body of Iraqi translator found- Al-Sharqiyah TV
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Two brothers gunned down- Al-Sharqiyah
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Border police arrest two Afghans, one Pakistani- Al-Diyar TV
ELECTIONS
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Al-Sistani committee formed to prepare candidates for elections- Al-Manar
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Election rules ban candidacy of senior Ba'thists, soldiers - Al-Mu'tamar
POLITICS
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Radio warns against close ties with Jordan- Voice of the Mujahidin
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Radio confirms Al-Sistani refusal to meet US envoy in Al-Najaf- Voice of the Mujahidin
IRAQI PRESS HEADLINES, 18 OCT. 04
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Al-Zaman [daily, independent, Baghdad edition of London-based Al-Zaman]
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Al-Bayan [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Islamic Al-Da'wah Party]
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Al-Dustur [Baghdad, daily independent newspaper in Arabic]
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Al-Mada [Baghdad, daily, independent newspaper published by Al-Mada Media, Culture and Arts Corporation] 18 Oct
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Al-Mu'tamar [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress]
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Al-Sharq al-Awsat [Baghdad edition of London-based, Saudi-owned daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat]
IRAQI BROADCAST MEDIA SUMMARIES, 18 OCT. 04
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Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad
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Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic,
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SCIRI's Voice of the Mujahidin in Arabic,Iran,
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Dar Al-Salam Radio, Iraqi Islamic Party-affiliated
IRAQI PRESS QUOTES AND COMMENTS, 18 OCT 04
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Churches Attacks reveal the bankruptcy of the groups behind them- Al-Bayan
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Iraqi army should not be targeted as equal to the occupation forces- Al-Zaman
KURDS NEWS /UPDATES FROM IRAQI KURDISH PRESS
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TV journalist killed in Baghdad- KurdSat TV
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Kurdistan Satellite TV news, 18 Oct 04
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KurdSat TV news, 18 Oct 04:
The first undated threat to the South Korean Government from this group, which described itself as the "Al-Qa'idah Organization in South and East Asia, posted on 11 October, stated that its troops and "establishments" would be targeted if it did not withdraw its troops from Iraq within 14 days.
Body of Iraqi translator found- Al-Sharqiyah TV
Radio confirms Al-Sistani refusal to meet US envoy in Al-Najaf- Voice of the Mujahidin
Al-Zaman [daily, independent, Baghdad edition of London-based Al-Zaman]
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Information on plot to assassinate Allawi in Baghdad
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US forces tighten Al-Fallujah siege, inform residents to leave homes
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Rocket attack on US military headquarters in Ba'qubah,
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National Guard. Contractor assassinated in Al-Khalis
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Mortar bomb injures five members of one family in Al-Shu'lah (Baghdad)
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Unidentified men burn six trucks near Umm-Qasr
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Three Britons wounded in Basra blast
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Prices of oil products doubled in Iraq as winter sets in
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Iraq contracts to purchase 16 light reconnaissance planes
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Public works minister: Coalition implemented useless projects without Iraqi consultancy
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Giant projects to improve environmental conditions in Mosul
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Capacity of Kirkuk oil refinery increased to deal with fuel crisis.
Al-Bayan [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Islamic Al-Da'wah Party]
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Vice-president receives delegation of Mesopotamia tribal council; (Ibrahim) al-Ja'fari: I am honoured to belong to the whole of Iraq
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Threats to attack Iraqi oil sector
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Planning Ministry confirms census to be conducted in November
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CIA: Saddam deposited cash in Turkish bank (news agencies quoted)
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Conflicting news on Al-Fallujah negotiations; weapon handover deadline in Al-Sadr City over
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Council of Ministers agrees to replace foreign labour with Iraqis
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Iraq-Turkey railway line reopened
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Health Ministry: 257 AIDS cases reported in Iraq
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First residential complex under construction in Al-Najaf
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World Bank director: World Bank funds for Iraq to be released by year end (news agencies quoted)
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Migration minister attends Geneva meeting to solve problems of Turkish refugees.
Al-Dustur [Baghdad, daily independent newspaper in Arabic]
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Iyad Allawi urges residents of Al-Nasiriyah, Al-Ramadi, Basra, Al-Fallujah to hand over weapons
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Clashes break up in Al-Fallujah; Al-Mahmudiyah under siege; attack on Hamra Hotel in Baghdad
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French, Czech ambassadors to Iraq call on neighbouring states to participate in Cairo conference on Iraq
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Joint military manoeuvres by Iraqi security forces, multinational troops
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Human rights minister asks states that have detainees in Iraq to take part in investigations
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Iraqi oil minister: Sabotage threats still looming Al-Sistani stresses need to hold elections on time
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Muqtada al-Sadr's office in Al-Najaf reopened
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Shi'i parties to prepare unified election list (news agencies quoted)
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Al-Fallujah delegation ready to resume talks with Iraqi government without conditions
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Iraqi security forces: Americans advised Allawi to disappear for one week (news agencies quoted)
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South Korea to extend Iraq mission (news agencies quoted) Italy to cut number of troops in Iraq (news agencies quoted)
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Annan: Iraq war did not halt terrorism
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Mas'ud Barzani accorded lukewarm reception in Damascus
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Iraq, Ukraine sign cooperation agreement
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New batch of National Guards graduated in Al-Samawah
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Special committee formed to study files of Abu-Ghurayb prisoners.
Al-Mada [Baghdad, daily, independent newspaper published by Al-Mada Media, Culture and Arts Corporation] 18 Oct
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Government reopens negotiation door with Al-Fallujah; no incursion into Al-Fallujah during Ramadan
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Deadline extended for weapon handover in Al-Thawrah City
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Two mortar bombs land near Hamra Hotel (Reuters quoted)
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Syrian Bank official: Iraqi frozen assets in Syrian banks amount to 261m dollars
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Naval officer warns of poor performance of Iraqi ports
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Multinational forces free 260 prisoners .
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Two US soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Baghdad (Reuters quoted)
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Nine policemen killed in ambush in Al-Latifiyah
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Al-Sistani: I am a servant to all Iraqis whatever their sects, ethnic groups; Grand Ayatollah opposes scientists' migration, calls for peaceful coexistence
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Finance Ministry source: State-run bank to undergo restructuring; new instructions issued for opening foreign banks
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Iranians entering Iraq without passports to be fined
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Plan to defuse fuel crisis in Kirkuk; second operation line of
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Bayji refinery reopened
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First national conference held to create job opportunities, solve unemployment
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Dhi-Qar antiquity department delivers 1,000 artefacts to national museum, discovers 44 new archaeological sites.
Al-Mu'tamar [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress]
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Interior Ministry: Crime rate drops by 40 per cent
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Al-Sistani calls for coexistence, rejects migration of scientists
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Christians thinking of leaving Iraq after church bombings
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Defence Ministry: Ongoing operations to root out terrorists in Al-Fallujah
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Turkey freezes Saddam Husayn's assets in its banks
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France expresses readiness to implement water projects in Iraq
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Al-Sadr movement serious about weapon handover
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Cut-throat competition to buy lands on Baghdad outskirts
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Iraq population reaches 27 millions
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New mass graves found in Hatra.
Al-Sharq al-Awsat [Baghdad edition of London-based, Saudi-owned daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat]
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US forces tighten noose around Al-Fallujah; government calls on residents to force out foreign terrorists to avoid military solution
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Al-Zarqawi's group pledges allegiance to Bin-Ladin (Reuters quoted)
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UK source: Al-Zarqawi executed 18 for trying to help hostage escape
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Allawi meets Al-Sadr supporters in Al-Thawrah City; weapon search begins today
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Barzani calls on Iraq neighbours from Damascus not to interfere in Kirkuk issue
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US officers in Iraq warn: Reconstruction delay undermines our military mission
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UNICEF-backed study by Education Ministry: Iraq schools lack basic education requirements
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UK diplomat specialized in Iraq affairs resigns in protest against illegal war
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Iraqi deputy PM holds world community responsible for Baghdad debts
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Kuwaiti FM: We reject Iraq division or its slide into chaos.
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad
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A spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry says a car bomb kills at least six people and wounds 27 others in central Baghdad, and another car bomb killed five Iraqis and wounded 20 others in Mosul
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Ministers decide to extend financial aid to families of slain Iraqis who were tasked with protecting Iraqi ministers
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Deputy Speaker Jawad al-Maliki interviewed on the security situation in the city of Al-Fallujah, reconstruction, and the upcoming elections
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Iraqi minister of state for national security affairs says the government uses force in Al-Fallujah city and other areas only as "a last resort," urging Al-Fallujah to expel armed foreigners
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Mahdi al-Karbala'i, representative of Shi'i authority Ali al-Sistani, says that Al-Sistani insists on holding the elections in January and that the Shi'i authority will not support any party at the expense of another party
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Gunmen wound seven Iraqi policemen in the city of Ba'qubah. A TV correspondent reports the incident
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Al-Fallujah police say a gang of 13 persons trading with arms in Iraqi cities has been arrested
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The Iraqi human rights minister urges countries, some of whose nationals are in Iraqi prisons, to participate in interrogations
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Speaking in Bucharest on 17th, the US secretary of defence said the Iraqi security forces need training and equipment, urging the NATO to extend assistance in this area
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South Korean Defence Ministry official says the parliament will discuss the extension of the mandate of the ROK forces in Iraq
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Australia rejects a UN request to send more troops to Iraq to protect UN employees in the country
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Dhi Qar governorate planning to carry out "giant" irrigation projects
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Al-Muthanna Governorate is planning to repair streets in the city of Al-Samawah
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Report on a maritime company official in Iraq accusing unidentified sides of weakening the performance of Iraqi ports
Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic,
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Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says government firm on overcoming obstacles. He tells interim National Assembly dismantling of weapons in Al-Sadr City to continue; Allawi committed to freedom of press and human rights
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Interim National Assembly discusses health and family matters
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Minister of State for National Security Affairs Qasim Dawud says weapon amnesty to be extended
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Car bomb kills seven people in Baghdad
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Shaykh Khalid al-Jumayli, Al-Fallujah negotiator, released from US custody
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Redeployment of British troops outside Basra not unlikely--spokesman for British troops in Iraq
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Iraqis turn out in Karbala for funeral of nine police academy graduates killed in terror act
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Increasing number of newly imported cars causes traffic problems in Baghdad
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Students in Al-Anbar province unable to attend colleges regularly due to security situation
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Allawi firm on improving economic conditions. Report on campaign to clean and rebuild roads in Basra
SCIRI's Voice of the Mujahidin in Arabic,Iran,
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Thousands of anti-war Britons demonstrated in London yesterday, urging an end to the "illegal occupation" of Iraq
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A spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry says that at least seven people were killed and 27 others wounded in an explosion in Baghdad last night
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Karbala police sources yesterday said armed men killed nine Iraqi policemen southwest of Baghdad the day before yesterday.
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Gunmen kill a national guardsman near Al-Kalis and an Iraqi contractor in Ba'qubah
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The British Defence Office says Britain is studying a US request that British forces in Iraq be deployed in US-controlled areas
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Al-Fallujah City's police say a US helicopter was downed east of the city, and five explosions took place in the city last night
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Australia rejects a UN request to send more troops to Iraq to protect UN employees in the country .
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The US "occupation" forces say initial investigations of the refusal by 18 US soldiers in Iraq to accompany a relief convoy in Iraq was due to their fear of an attack by Iraqi "resistance" men
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Eyewitnesses say three British mercenaries working for a British organization in Iraq were wounded in an explosion in central Basra yesterday morning
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In a statement to a British TV channel, the UN chief says the Iraq war has not contributed to world security or curbed terrorism. He also denies that Russia, France, and China were ready to ease sanctions on Iraq in return for oil contracts
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Reports say the British Foreign Office has lost one of its experts on Iraq, who has resigned in protest over the Iraq war
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claims responsibility for attacking a "Zionist" military convoy west of the city of Khan Yunis yesterday
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Reports on investment in the Iraqi real estate sector, Iraqi oil exports from the south and the north, and the security situation in Iraq blocking aid to the country
Dar Al-Salam Radio, Iraqi Islamic Party-affiliated
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The US "occupation" forces today released Khalid Hamud al-Jumayli, head of the delegation that is negotiating for the city of Al-Fallujah
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A car bomb kills seven people and wounds 24 others near the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, and gunmen attack a US military convoy in Baghdad, destroying a number of military vehicles
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The Iraqi national security adviser says that a search for weapons is due to begin in Al-Sadr City today
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Several mortar shells landed in Al-Sadr City today, killing two national guardsmen and an Iraqi civilian
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A spokesman for the US "occupation" forces says investigations are under way to explore the reasons behind the refusal by 18 US soldiers in Iraq to carry out military orders
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Thousands of anti-war Britons demonstrated in London, urging an end to the "illegal occupation" of Iraq
Churches Attacks reveal the bankruptcy of the groups behind them- Al-Bayan
TV journalist killed in Baghdad- KurdSat TV
Kurdistan Satellite TV news, 18 Oct 04
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The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP, Mas'ud Barzani, holds discussions with the Syrian Vice-President Abd-al-Halim Khaddam in Damascus
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Five killed and 20 injured in a car bomb blast in Mosul. Attacks on insurgent targets in Fallujah continues
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A centre for women activities opens in Arbil
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South Korea will build a hospital in the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. Report over video showing South Korean military commanders and Kurdish government officials in a meeting
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One-hundred and eighteen homes have been build for the families of the peshmerga martyrs in the Soran province
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The Iraqi Rafidayn Central Bank opens a branch office in the Administrative District of Amedi
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The education minister in the Kurdistan Democratic Party-led regional government meets a delegation representing a Swedish charity organization
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The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party branch office in Mosul holds talks with representatives of the Kurdistan Islamic Union
KurdSat TV news, 18 Oct 04:
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Baghdad blasts kill and injure many people. Report over video showing burnt out vehicles in the streets of the capital
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The Iraqi interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, visits the restive Sadr city in the capital and holds talks with the police officials and the representatives of the community
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In two separate incidents the police in Kirkuk defuse a bomb and capture weapons
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A Norwegian charity organization distributes household goods among the displaced Kurdish families who had returned to their homes in the city
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The administration council in Khanaqin elects its members in a free and fair election
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