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February, 2007

  • 10 February

    Oil’s Not Well in Iraq

    On March 27, 2003, Paul Wolfowitz, then deputy secretary of defense, predicted that Iraq’s oil revenue would “finance” its reconstruction and do so “relatively soon.” With wise investment and management, Wolfowitz might have been right.

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  • 10 February

    Iraq, Palestine to be discussed at OIC moot

    KUALA LUMPUR: Lawmakers representing more than 40 Muslim countries will gather next week to discuss how to help resolve the conflicts in Iraq and Palestinian territories, the meeting’s host Malaysia said Friday.

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  • 10 February

    Sanctions Against Iran Would Work

    After nearly four years of fruitless negotiations between the EU-3 (France, Germany, and the United Kingdom) and Iran over the nuclear issue, the U.N. Security Council on December 23 passed Resolution 1737.

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  • 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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