Iraq MPs clash over which Sunni Arab will be speaker.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  March 30, 2005 ;     294 words ......trying to come up with a name for the Sunni Arab candidate that MPs promised would be...Allawi, interim President Ghazi alYawer, a Sunni Arab, insisted on turning down the speaker...Alliance was considering nominating a Sunni Arab from its coalition, Sheik Fawaz al-Jarba...

Urgent: Sunni Arab linked to Allawi chosen as speaker nominee

Xinhua News Agency;  March 29, 2005 ;     64 words ...Urgent: Sunni Arab linked to Allawi chosen as speaker nominee BAGHDAD, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A Sunni Arab linked to outgoing Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has been selected by Sunni Arab politicians as the nominee for the post of speaker, a legislator...

VOA NEWS: BODIES OF 14 SUNNI ARAB MEN FOUND IN BAGHDAD

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 4, 2006 ;     129 words ......Voice of America issued the following story: Sunni Arab groups in Iraq are blaming Shi'ite-led security forces for the killing of 14 Sunni Arab men whose bodies were found Friday in Baghdad. The Sunni Arab groups say Interior Ministry forces picked...

Iraq's parliament rejects Sunni Arab candidate for defense minister

Xinhua News Agency;  May 3, 2005 ;     197 words ...Iraq's parliament rejects Sunni Arab candidate for defense minister BAGHDAD...legislators in the Iraqi parliament rejected the Sunni Arab candidate for the post of new defense minister, a Sunni Arab member of parliament told Xinhua on Tuesday...

Iraqi Sunni Arab lawmakers boycott parliament meetings

Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2006 ;     117 words ...Iraqi Sunni Arab lawmakers boycott parliament meetings BAGHDAD, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Sunni Arab bloc in the Iraqi parliament decided on...morning unknown gunmen kidnapped a female Sunni Arab lawmaker, Taiseer Najah al-Mashhadani, along...

Iraq says 80 rebels killed in attack on training camp: Team forming new...

Charleston Daily Mail;  March 23, 2005 ;   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS;   613 words ......days said negotiators are considering a Sunni Arab as defense minister in a move aimed at...bloc and a Kurdish coalition could tap a Sunni Arab to head the ministry of defense, which...insurgency. "The Defense Ministry will go to a Sunni Arab because we do not want Arab Sunnis to...

Bodies of 14 Sunni Arab Iraqi men found dumped in Baghdad

AP Worldstream;  February 4, 2006 ;     307 words ......Iraq The bullet-riddled bodies of 14 Sunni Arab men purportedly seized by police a week...week ago they were while praying at the Sunni Arab Al-Aqsa Mosque in Shula, northwestern...fall in prominence for the once powerful Sunni Arab community, from whose numbers now spawn...

Iraq says 80 rebels killed in clash; politicians say Sunni Arab could be...

AP Worldstream;  March 23, 2005 ;   QASIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer;   557 words ......negotiators are considering naming a Sunni Arab as defense minister in a move aimed at...bloc and a Kurdish coalition could tap a Sunni Arab to head the ministry of defense, which...insurgency. "The defense ministry will go to a Sunni Arab because we do not want Arab Sunnis to...

Sunni Arab leader calls for Iraqi alliance

Xinhua News Agency;  December 17, 2005 ;     170 words ...Sunni Arab leader calls for Iraqi alliance BAGHDAD, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The head of leading Sunni Arab political bloc said on Saturday that his...Saddam Hussein in 2003. The former ruling Sunni Arab minority was marginalized after they largely...

1st lead: Sunni Arab linked to Allawi chosen as speaker nominee

Xinhua News Agency;  March 29, 2005 ;     342 words ...1st lead: Sunni Arab linked to Allawi chosen as speaker nominee...designating a speaker as scheduled, but a Sunni Arab linked to outgoing Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has been selected by Sunni Arab politicians as the nominee for the post...

Parliament and Sunni Arab groups reach agreement on Iraq's constitutional...

AP Worldstream;  June 16, 2005 ;   QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer;   552 words ......constitution reached a compromise Thursday with Sunni Arab groups on the number of representatives...committee _ Shiite Bahaa al-Aaraji and Sunni Arab Adnan al-Janabi. Both have led contacts with the Sunni Arab community over the size of their participation...

Sunni Arab Delegation to Meet With Kurds

AP Online;  January 1, 2006 ;   SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer;   546 words ......Ahmed) A delegation from Iraq's main Sunni Arab group planned to meet with senior Kurdish...Kurds would take place. The visit by a Sunni Arab delegation to Iraq's northern Kurdish...and govenrment. The delegation from the Sunni Arab Iraqi Accordance Front was to be led...

Sunni Arab politician accuses Iraqi gov't of trying to make himsilent

Xinhua News Agency;  December 2, 2007 ;     464 words ...Sunni Arab politician accuses Iraqi gov't of trying...Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi leader of main Sunni Arab political bloc on Sunday accused the Shiite-dominat...the National Accordance Front, the main Sunni Arab political bloc, is under house arrest...

Sunni Arab, secular Shiites threaten to boycott new Iraqi parliament

AP Worldstream;  December 22, 2005 ;   SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer;   787 words ......Worldstream 12-22-2005 Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq Sunni Arab and secular Shiite factions threatened...met with representatives of the main Sunni Arab coalition Iraqi Accordance Front, headed...elections and said 'no' to the constitution." Sunni Arab groups had called on the minority ...

14 Sunni Arab Iraqi men shot dead, dumped in Baghdad

AP Worldstream;  February 4, 2006 ;   BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press Writer;   558 words ......Iraq The bullet-riddled bodies of 14 Sunni Arab men purportedly seized by police a week...week ago while they were praying at the Sunni Arab Al-Aqsa Mosque in Shula, northwestern...fall in prominence for the once powerful Sunni Arab community, from whose numbers now spawn...