February, 2007

• 10 February

  U.S. general: Iraq war is ‘not hopeless’

  BAGHDAD, Iraq — The new top U.S. commander in Iraq said Saturday that the stakes are high but the situation is “not hopeless” as American and Iraqi forces move to end the sectarian violence threatening to tear apart the country.

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• 10 February

  اختلاس اموال اعادة بناء العراق

        تم القبض في رومانيا على المواطن الأمريكي “مايكل موريس”  والمتزوج من سيدة  رومانية  وصاحب شركة للاستشارات المالية في قبرص ورومانيا وسويسرا بعد أن  وجهت له  مع ثلاثة ضباط سابقين في الجيش الأمريكي ورجل أعمال  روماني تهمة الاحتيال واختلاس 8 ملايين الدولارات من سلطة الائتلاف المؤقتة في العراق من خلال …

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• 9 February

  US has’ intelligence’ of Iran helping insurgents in Iraq

  Serial numbers and markings on explosives used in Iraq provide “pretty good” evidence that Iran is providing either weapons or technology for militants there, US defence secretary Robert Gates said today.

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• 9 February

  Hamas wants West to end blockade

  MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government but leading officials from the Islamist group said they would never recognize Israel nor abide by existing peace accords.

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• 9 February

  Lebanon’s DM rejects Hizbullah demand to return truckload of weapons

  Lebanon’s Defense Minister Elias Murr refused to return a truckload of weapons that was seized by Lebanese authorities on Thursday to Hizbullah, and said there were reports of possible attacks being planned by

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• 9 February

  Romney Affirms Opposition to Abortion

   Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sought to dispel doubts about his opposition to abortion while campaigning Friday in the heart of South Carolina’s Bible Belt

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• 9 February

  Iraq: US raids kill at least 38, gunmen execute at least 11 villagers

  Gunmen dressed in Iraqi army uniforms swept into a village south of Baghdad early Friday, abducting 13 civilians and killing at least 11 of them, police said.

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• 9 February

  U.S. cautious on Hamas-Fatah agreement

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday was cautious about a deal signed between the Hamas militant group and Fatah aimed at establishing a new Palestinian unity government.

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• 9 February

  Hezbollah war and protest spelled disaster to tourism sector

  Beirut- It was projected to be a golden year for Lebanon and one to beat all records; instead 2006 with its string of crises including a 34-day war proved a disaster for the tourism sector.

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• 9 February

  The U.S. military said it killed five armed men in an air strike in the northern city of Mosul after U.S. troops hunting suspected al Qaeda militants there came under fire from a bunker near the building they were targeting.

  LONDON (Reuters) – A British soldier was killed and three were wounded by a roadside bomb in Basra in southern Iraq on Friday, the Ministry of Defence said.

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