http://iraqi.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for iraqi en Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:19:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2041558 unknown@Netscape.com "Slow as a turtle" was how one Iraqi lawmaker on Tuesday described Iraq's faltering progress in meeting political benchmarks set by Washington to encourage national reconciliation and end sectarian violence. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:19:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2041558iraqMalikisectarianviolenceiraqigovernmentbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2024523 unknown@Netscape.com As U.S. jets roared overhead, Mahdi Army militiamen on Sunday battled with Iraqi troops and local police searching for two militia leaders in the southern city of Diwaniyah. At least three people were killed and 24 wounded, official Iraqi sources reported. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:41:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024523MahdiMilitiairaqiTroopsusBattlesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2023095 unknown@Netscape.com Nearly 2000 Iraqi civilians died in May, almost a third more than the previous month, government ministries reported, showing that after a brief improvement the country's conflicts are worsening. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:29:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2023095iraqwarciviltroopsurgeiraqideathsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2014750 unknown@Netscape.com Since the start of the Iraq war in 2003, the United States Government has granted political asylum to a whopping 486 Iraqis in need. Sweden, a country that refused to take part in the invasion of Iraq, will, by contrast, accepted 25,000 refugees in 2007 alone. Tue, 29 May 2007 17:04:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2014750iraqiraqiRefugeeswarswedenNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2014483 unknown@Netscape.com With no jobs and no money, many female Iraqi refugees in Syria have turned to prostitution to survive. 'Many of these women and girls, including some barely in their teens, are recent refugees,' writes Katherine Zoepf. 'Some are tricked or forced into prostitution, but most say they have no other means of supporting their families.' Tue, 29 May 2007 05:30:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2014483iraqiRefugeesSextradeprostitutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2012828 unknown@Netscape.com On his 3rd deployment in Iraq, he is no longer a believer in the mission. The pivotal moment came this past February when soldiers killed a man setting a roadside bomb. When they searched the bomber's body, they found ID showing him to be a sergeant in the Iraqi Army. "I thought, 'What are we doing here? Why are we still here?'" Sun, 27 May 2007 22:53:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2012828TroopsiraqiraqiarmydeploymentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1881799 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. and Iraqi forces exchanged fire with suspected Sunni insurgents, killing two and wounding four of them during a massive search for three missing American soldiers in a volatile area south of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said. Mon, 14 May 2007 13:49:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1881799iraqiraqisunniinsurgentsbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1813243 unknown@Netscape.com Sitting on Iraq's death row is a 25-year-old woman convicted in the slayings of three relatives. She says her husband carried out the killings and fled. She confessed to being an accomplice, she says, only after being tortured in police custody. Wed, 09 May 2007 18:48:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1813243iraqwariraqiwomendeathrolltortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1800283 unknown@Netscape.com The author is an Iraqi women who recently left Baghdad to study in the United States. Out of concern for the safety of our Iraqi contributors and their families and friends, Electronic Iraq does not reveal an Iraqi author's full identity unless the author gives us permission to do so. Tue, 08 May 2007 08:50:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1800283iraqiwomanstudyusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1792756 unknown@Netscape.com The chance that an Iraqi child will live beyond age 5 has plummeted faster than anywhere else in the world since 1990, according to a report released Tuesday, which placed the country last in its child survival rankings. Tue, 08 May 2007 04:58:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1792756iraqichildrenrankedlastsurvivalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1787647 unknown@Netscape.com Almost one in ten US combat troops deployed in Iraq have mistreated a civilian, according to a new survey conducted by an army mental health advisory team. Mon, 07 May 2007 20:25:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1787647TroopsiraqimistreatAdmitNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1691496 unknown@Netscape.com Chaos in Iraq was her subject. But now Iraq's best-known blogger is leaving her beloved land for an uncertain future in an unknown country. Her departure will be missed by many - although George Bush and Tony Blair will not be among them. Tue, 01 May 2007 09:55:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1691496iraqiNewsbloggerwarwomen http://web2announcer.com/go/1674904 unknown@Netscape.com The line of ships at the Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) stretches south to the horizon, patiently waiting in the searing heat of the Northern Arabian Gulf as four giant supertankers load up. Close by, two more tankers fill up at the smaller Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT). Guarding both terminals are dozens of heavily-armed U.S. Navy troops and I Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:06:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1674904howmuchiraqicrudeoilisbeingstolenNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1427436 unknown@Netscape.com Refugees from Iraq scattered around Damascus describe hellish conditions in the country they managed to leave behind. "I used to work with the Americans near Kut (in the south)," Sa'ad Hussein, a 34-year-old electrical engineer said. "I worked for Kellogg, Brown & Root in construction of an Iraqi base there, until I returned t Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:46:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1427436iraqiRefugeesSpeakofescapefromhellNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1242571 unknown@Netscape.com Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, a secular Shiite just back from barnstorming for support among Sunni Arab leaders across the Middle East, appears determined to make another run at the premiership. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:18:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1242571FormeriraqipremierCriticizesusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1243181 unknown@Netscape.com The Iraqi government has endorsed a decision to relocate and compensate thousands of Arabs who moved to the northern city of Kirkuk as part of Saddam Hussein 's campaign to push out the Kurds, the justice minister said Saturday. The decision was a major step toward solidifying the status of the disputed oil-rich city. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:33:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1243181iraqigovernmentbacksrelocationplanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1180025 unknown@Netscape.com Bomb attacks killed 75 people in Iraq on Tuesday, including 48 who died in twin truck bombings in the northwestern town of Tal Afar, police said. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:08:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1180025iraqibombattacksiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1061146 unknown@Netscape.com The Iraqi patrol walked quickly through the dark and empty streets of Sadr City - too quickly for the soldiers to spot signs of trouble. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:39:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1061146iraqiForcesonTheJobtrainingU.S.TroopsRealMissionssadrcitymentorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1031092 unknown@Netscape.com Traffic stopped and people stood still in the streets despite rain for a period of silence Friday as Kurds in northern Iraq commemorated the anniversary of a 1988 chemical weapons attack that killed an estimated 5,600 people. Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:42:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1031092iraqikurdsCommemorateChemicalAttackNews http://web2announcer.com/go/982820 unknown@Netscape.com Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fears the Americans will torpedo his government if parliament does not pass a law to fairly divvy up the country's oil wealth among Iraqis by the end of June, close associates of the leader told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:28:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/982820iraqileaderfearsOusteroveroilMoneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/852807 unknown@Netscape.com Iraq's press syndicate condemned the murder of Mojan Dhahir on Sunday morning by unidentified gunmen near his home in western Baghdad, urging the Iraqi government and U.S. forces to protect journalists. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:24:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/852807iraqwariraqijournalistmojandhahirNews http://web2announcer.com/go/811207 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S.-backed Iraqi cabinet approved oil law that gives foreign companies contracts. Labor unions insist oil production should remain in the hands of Iraqis. "...transferring ownership to the foreign companies would give a further pretext to continue the U.S. occupation on the grounds that those companies will need protection." Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:03:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/811207iraqiraqioiloccupationnewlawNews http://web2announcer.com/go/775698 unknown@Netscape.com Iraqi troops are taking the lead in securing parts of their country, but much work remains to improve the number and quality of those forces, the nation's newly installed spy chief, Mike McConnell, said Tuesday. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:32:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/775698spychiefiraqiTroopsSlowlyImprovingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/751500 unknown@Netscape.com A car bomb has exploded near a building where the Iraqi vice president was attending a conference, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring 18. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:17:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/751500baghdadiraqwarcarbombiraqiVicepresidentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/729194 unknown@Netscape.com Americans are keenly aware of how many U.S. forces have lost their lives in Iraq, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll. But they woefully underestimate the number of Iraqi civilians who have been killed. Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:47:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/729194iraqwarcivilciviliandeathsiraqideathtollNews http://web2announcer.com/go/708497 unknown@Netscape.com A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year. Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, also was given a dishonorable discharge. He will be eligible for parole in 10 years under the terms of his plea agreement. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:37:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/708497paulCortez100yearsentencemurderrapeiraqigirlNews http://web2announcer.com/go/507815 unknown@Netscape.com Many Women In Syria Are Forced To Sell Their Bodies To Support Their FamiliesIt's after midnight, and the action on the Jermana strip on the edge of Damascus is just picking up. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports that this might seem an unlikely place to look for war refugees from Iraq, but inside - beyond the musicians and the floor s Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:16:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/507815iraqiRefugeesturnToprostitutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/403828 unknown@Netscape.com Two suicide bombers blew themselves up Thursday in a crowded outdoor market in a Shiite city south of Baghdad, killing 45 people and wounding 150, police said, the latest in a series of insurgent attacks against the majority sect during the Islamic holy month of Muharram. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:10:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/403828suicideBomberskills45iraqimarketwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/400697 unknown@Netscape.com This story by a former Reuters reporter is part of a special report on the exodus from Iraq. The author has requested that her location not be identified. "After losing loved ones and neighbors to the revenge killings and suicide bombings that have become Iraq's daily curse, I knew it was time to seek a safer haven abroad." Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:52:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/400697FormerreutersreporteriraqiExileRefugeeoccupationiraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/310438 unknown@Netscape.com Fernando Botero's suite of paintings and drawings depicting the torture of Iraqi prisoners at the hands of their American jailers in Abu Ghraib prison, will at last be exhibited in an American museum. Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:11:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/310438artistFernandoBoteroiraqiPrisonersAbuGhraibtorturepaintingsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/100810 unknown@Netscape.com The reason that George W. Bush insists that "victory" is achievable in Iraq is not because he is deluded or isolated or ignorant or detached from reality or ill-advised. At any time within the next few days, the Iraqi Council of Ministers is expected to approve a new "hydrocarbon law" essentially drawn up by the Bush Admin. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:14:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/100810ClaimingTheprizeiraqioilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/91148 unknown@Netscape.com A 101st Airborne Division soldier who had been charged with murder in the deaths of three Iraqi detainees pleaded guilty Tuesday to a lesser offense of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:52:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/91148Newssoldieriraqideathsmurder http://web2announcer.com/go/53008 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:49:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/53008Israeliraqvotewar in iraqHezbollahpresident bushsenatorjudgeIraq Wardemocratdemocratsiraqivotesbfit'sthe lastcolumistssenatorsfree iraqfuture of iraq