Americans in Iraq: back or forward?

Knight Ridder/Tribune;  January 31, 2007 ;     695 words ......is clear to everyone that the United States went into Iraq under a far-fetched pretext and it was not a smart decision...American invaders have become a containing factor in Iraq. Of course, they are still an evil, but it is a lesser...expert put it, right now, there are three gangs acting in Iraq, just ...

Does Iraq need more hot air?

Knight Ridder/Tribune;  March 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......above lead to a solution for the internal problems of Iraq? Although outside players frequently have the predominant...while disregarding the strife between political groups in Iraq. Russia has been persistently advocating the idea of a national-unity conference on Iraq, and many Middle Eastern ...

Russian parliament speaker criticises Bush's Iraq plans

The Hindustan Times;  January 11, 2007 ;     160 words ...Moscow, Jan 11 (RIA Novosti) The speaker of Russia's lower...decision to send more troops to Iraq but would continue to back...additional 21,500 troops to Iraq, almost four years after the...supported a military presence in Iraq and does not welcome plans...

RUSSIA: INSPECTORS LEAVE FOR IRAQ OCT. 19

United Press International;  October 5, 2002 ;     513 words ...00-00-0000 Russia: Inspectors leave for Iraq Oct. 19 MOSCOW, Oct 05, 2002 (United...United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq should not be hindered and indeed a...country on Oct. 19, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. The United Nations Security...return of international inspectors to ...

Arab nations gave the U.S. carte blanche in Iraq.

Knight Ridder/Tribune;  January 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......went to Riyadh to discuss how the Saudis could support Iraq's stabilization and unification. The response of the...his kingdom was concerned about foreign interference in Iraq's affairs, that the Saudi leaders considered it impermissible to intervene in Iraq and reserved for the Iraqis the right to find ...

Russia: Inspectors leave for Iraq Oct. 19.

United Press International;  October 5, 2002 ;     510 words ......Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq should not be hindered and...on Oct. 19, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. The United Nations...international inspectors to Iraq, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov...that the inspectors go back to Iraq as quickly as possible, Ivanov...passing new U.N. ...

How to protect humanitarian missions in Iraq?

Knight Ridder/Tribune;  February 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......assistant defense secretary. A year later, the situation in Iraq was aggravated by numerous abductions of citizens of...hostages exceeded 40 people. But in the fall of 2004, Iraq saw a real boom in hostage taking. In different estimates...taken hostage or killed in the almost 4-year-long war in Iraq. In ...

MOSCOW VOICES FRUSTRATION OVER IRAQ...

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  May 4, 2003 ;     205 words ......countries on the situation in Iraq are making little headway, RIA- Novosti and RosBalt reported. "The...S. and British positions on Iraq for the Security Council's...any decisions on the problem, RIA-Novosti reported. Referring to the...consultations about a postwar plan for ...

US-Iran to set up panel on Iraq

The Hindustan Times;  July 25, 2007 ;     258 words ......the troubled country, with Iraq as the third member. Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted an Iraqi official in...talks between US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and his Iranian...see security normalised in Iraq. There were arguments when...each other over their role in Iraq and in ...

Feature: Countries Worldwide Eying Iraq's Lucrative Market by Li Xuejun...

Xinhua English Newswire;  March 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Iraq in reconstruction, a 200 billion U.S. dollars market, is...establish a beachhead here despite the crippling U.N. sanctions. Iraq has become dilapidated after fighting an eight-year war with...around the world are selling their products and services to Iraq through the U.N.-permitted oil-for- food ...

Feature: Countries Worldwide Eying Iraq's Lucrative Market

Xinhua English Newswire;  March 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Iraq in reconstruction, a 200 billion U.S. dollars market, is...establish a beachhead here despite the crippling U.N. sanctions. Iraq has become dilapidated after fighting an eight-year war with...around the world are selling their products and services to Iraq through the U.N.-permitted oil-for- food ...

RUSSIAN EVACUATED FROM IRAQ

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  March 10, 2003 ;     77 words ......completed taking Russian citizens home from Iraq. According to RIA Novosti on Monday, the fourth and the last flight...plane carrying Russian citizens leaving Iraq has landed in Domodedovo airport near...Ministry aircraft carried 567 people from Iraq.

Charge Iraq Oil Export Fees

The Washington Post;  March 4, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Iraq is liable to many countries, individuals and corporations...collect these damages. An export fee could be assessed against Iraq's petroleum exports. The amount could be easily calculated...collected at the very few, readily monitored locations from which Iraq exports almost all its petroleum. Let us ...

Russian Envoy Killed, 4 Kidnapped in Iraq

AP Online;  June 3, 2006 ;     530 words ......06-03-2006 Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq A Russian Embassy official...Baghdad told Russia's RIA Novosti news agency that one Russian...Alexander Potapov told RIA Novosti on the phone but...have been kidnapped in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion...the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, has ...

Stakes are high on all sides of an unstable Iraq

The Boston Globe;  May 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ..."IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS have everything at stake here...to emphasize the link between the future of Iraq and the future of the Middle East. Yet, the...stark reality. The stakes are indeed high. Iraq's continuous slide into ethnic conflict and...