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Iraq investigates cross-border raids
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:26 PM
RAMADI, Iraq, May 9 (UPI) -- Iraq called on Damascus to examine the deaths in Anbar province of 13 police allegedly killed by foreign fighters entering the country from Syria. -
Iranian weapons causing Iraqi rift
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:25 PM
BAGHDAD, May 9 (UPI) -- The decision by the Iraqi government to launch an investigation into Iranian weapons in the country raises questions about political motives. -
Saudis solicit bid for Iraqi border fence
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:23 PM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 9 (UPI) -- Scholars in Saudi Arabia warned against extremist ideologies urging men to enter Iraq to join the insurgency while officials solicit bids for a border fence.
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Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:59 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The Kurdish Al Ahali newspaper Friday carried an editorial with the title "Between the official delegations to Iran and the statements from the government's spokesman," by Heval Zakhori. -
Dogs of War: Inherently governmental?
Published: May 9, 2008 at 12:03 PM
By DAVID ISENBERG
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Amid all the polemics over the use of private military and security contractors by the U.S. government there are two words one rarely sees, but they lie at the very heart of the debate: "inherently governmental." -
Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:28 AM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The Sunni Al Mashriq newspaper said Thursday in an editorial titled "The killing of 15 women" that the problem any militia in the world faces is that no matter how politically professional, organized and ideologically mature they are, they still might be accepted by one country and rejected by another. -
Analysis: Border force seeks recognition
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:21 AM
By KUSHAL JEENA
UPI Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 9 (UPI) -- An Indian police force that guards the Indo-Tibetan border wants the federal Interior Ministry to give it the same status as other paramilitary security forces. -
Atlantic Eye: Hardly a done deal
Published: May 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM
By MARC S. ELLENBOGEN
UPI International Columnist
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 8 (UPI) -- Most Europeans see the U.S. presidential election as a done deal. They are quite surprised. They were convinced that Sen. Hillary Clinton was the sure thing. Now, and they are confused, they are expecting the inevitable: Sen. John McCain as president. -
Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 7, 2008 at 3:29 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
Shebab Al Iraq newspaper Wednesday carried an editorial with the headline "Who is responsible for the atrocities in Sadr City?"
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Iraqi officials discuss peace initiatives
Published: April 30, 2008 at 7:57 PM
BAGHDAD, April 30 (UPI) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met First Vice President Adel Adb al-Mahdi Wednesday to discuss security issues and political reconciliation measures.
Talabani, a Kurd with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and Mahdi, a Shiite with the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, met at the presidential residence in Baghdad to discuss a variety of diplomatic issues, including the pending return of several ministers to the Iraqi government, Voices of Iraq said.
The Sunni coalition Iraqi Accordance Front withdrew from the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in August over disputes over detained IAF members. The group signaled recently it would return its five ministers to the central government, however.
The offices of Talabani and Mahdi issued a joint statement saying they also discussed the security crisis plaguing Iraq recently and reviewed their ties with neighboring countries.
In related news, VOI sources in Sadr City said the U.S. military withdrew its forces from an educational facility used as a barracks for the past month.
Talabani, a Kurd with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and Mahdi, a Shiite with the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, met at the presidential residence in Baghdad to discuss a variety of diplomatic issues, including the pending return of several ministers to the Iraqi government, Voices of Iraq said.
The Sunni coalition Iraqi Accordance Front withdrew from the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in August over disputes over detained IAF members. The group signaled recently it would return its five ministers to the central government, however.
The offices of Talabani and Mahdi issued a joint statement saying they also discussed the security crisis plaguing Iraq recently and reviewed their ties with neighboring countries.
In related news, VOI sources in Sadr City said the U.S. military withdrew its forces from an educational facility used as a barracks for the past month.
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