Eurasia Press & News
(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Saturday. NEAR BAIJI – Gunmen killed four members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood patrol in a drive-by shooting at their checkpoint just south of Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
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August, 2008
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23 August
Pakistani troops kill 35 militant in clash: military
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani troops killed 35 militants in fighting in the Swat Valley northwest of Islamabad on Saturday, shortly after a suicide car-bomber killed eight policemen.
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23 August
Pakistan parties discuss president; militants killed
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s uneasy coalition partners discussed who should be the next president on Saturday as militant violence added urgency to their task of tackling security and economic problems.
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23 August
Russia WTO entry at risk over Georgia: U.S. official
BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) is at risk because of its military operations in Georgia, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez was quoted as saying on Saturday.
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23 August
Russian forces at Georgian port despite pullback
POTI, Georgia (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it would continue to patrol Georgia’s main Black Sea port, defying Western demands for a complete pullback to positions held before this month’s outbreak of fighting over a Georgian rebel region.
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23 August
Georgian town creeps back to life after blockade
GORI, Georgia (Reuters) – The fruit and vegetable market in Gori buzzed with life on Saturday after Georgian forces retook control of the strategically located town following nearly two weeks of Russian occupation.
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23 August
Tbilisi’s ethnic Russians face uncertain future
TBILISI (Reuters) – They are 21st century barbarians, thugs, thieves, fascist hordes bent on killing, sacking Georgian cities, burning treasured forests, humiliating and crushing a proud people.
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23 August
Georgians protest against Russian soldiers at port
POTI, Georgia (Reuters) – Up to 1,000 Georgians protested angrily on Saturday against the presence of about 20 Russian soldiers at a post just outside the strategic Black Sea port of Poti, insisting they had no right to stay there.
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23 August
Former Iraqi minister sentenced to hang for killing
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s former culture minister, believed to be in hiding since last year, has been sentenced to death by hanging for involvement in the killing of another politician’s two sons, a court spokesman said on Friday.
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23 August
Russia plans checkpoints outside S.Ossetia
GORI, Georgia (Reuters) – Georgia said on Saturday Russian forces planned to establish checkpoints at eight locations skirting South Ossetia and Georgia’s main East-West highway.
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