washingtonpost.com - The GulfThe GulfPentagon Plays Down New Rise in Iraq Violence- May 8, 2005 Top Pentagon officials yesterday acknowledged a recent jump in insurgent violence in Iraq but described the escalation as nowhere near the peak levels of the past year and disputed suggestions that it represents a lack of progress.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18643-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Iraqi Leaders Give 6 Cabinet Posts to Sunnis- May 8, 2005 BAGHDAD, April 27 -- Iraq's new Kurdish and Shiite Arab political leaders agreed to a cabinet split Tuesday, giving six posts to the holdout Sunni Arab minority, top politicians involved in the negotiations said.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18641-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Iraqi Tips Lead to Arrest of 6 in Helicopter Downing- May 8, 2005 BAGHDAD, April 23 -- Assisted by tips from Iraqi civilians, U.S. soldiers on Saturday arrested six men suspected of shooting down a civilian helicopter carrying 11 people, including six American security contractors, U.S. military officials said.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12401-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Iraqi Unit Brings Calm To a Rebel Stronghold- May 8, 2005 BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi platoon slips in darkness down a path from an abandoned rail yard to a cemetery in Haifa, a Baghdad district long notorious for insurgent ambushes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21596-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Italian Premier Faces Uproar Over U.S. Probe of Iraq Slaying- May 8, 2005 ROME, April 26 -- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi fended off opposition attacks Tuesday over reports that the U.S. military had absolved its soldiers of any blame in killing an Italian intelligence agent who had just rescued a hostage in Iraq.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18642-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Italy Opens Its Own Probe of Agent's Slaying in Iraq- May 8, 2005 ROME, April 27 -- Dissatisfied with the results of a joint investigation with the United States, Italy on Wednesday began its own probe into the March 4 killing of one of its intelligence agents by U.S. troops in Baghdad.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21597-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Islamic Activists Sweep Saudi Council Elections- May 8, 2005 JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, April 23 -- Saudi Arabia's limited 10-week experiment with electoral democracy ended here Saturday in a sweeping victory for slates of Islamic activists marketed as the "Golden List," who used grass-roots organizing, digital technology and endorsements from popular religious leaders to defeat their liberal and tribal rivals, even here in Jiddah, for decades Saudi Arabia's most diverse and business-driven city.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12398-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Iraqi Legislator Slain, Underscoring Danger- May 8, 2005 BAGHDAD, April 27 -- After one attempt on her life, Lamia Abed Khadouri Sakri went underground, moving out of the home she shared with a brother who was crippled in the attack, colleagues say.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21768-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Iraq Has Government, Next Leader Declares- May 8, 2005 BAGHDAD, April 27 -- Prime Minister-designate Ibrahim Jafari ended three months of political paralysis Wednesday by announcing he had formed a government and would ask the newly elected National Assembly to approve it.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21612-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... Rights Groups Reject Prison Abuse Findings- May 8, 2005 Human rights groups expressed dismay yesterday over the Army's findings exonerating U.S. generals of prisoner abuse in Iraq, and renewed requests for an independent probe to examine the culpability of senior military and civilian defense officials.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12400-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/... |