Iraq's prime minister, its president and most of the country's political elite met in an emergency session on Saturday night in an effort to contain the sectarian crisis that has paralyzed this country.The meeting, parts of which were broadcast live on national television from the house of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, was a highly public display of good will, and it came amid a fresh wave of violence that left about 46 dead. Sectarian reprisals by rioting mobs started Wednesday after the bombing in Samarra of one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines.Today, at least 15 people were killed and 45 injured in a mortar attack in Dora, the police and hospital officials told Reuters. Dora is a mixed neighborhood in southern Baghdad that has been gripped by sectarian assassinations for more than a year....
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 Defeat is victory. Death is life |
Everyone in the Middle East rewrites history, but never before have we had a US administration so wilfully, dishonestly and ruthlessly reinterpreting tragedy as success, defeat as victory, death as life - helped, I have to add, by the compliant American press. I'm reminded not so much of Vietnam as of the British and French commanders of the First World War who repeatedly lied about military victory over the Kaiser as they pushed hundreds of thousands of their men through the butchers' shops of the Somme, Verdun and Gallipoli. The only difference now is that we are pushing hundreds of thousands of Arabs though the butchers' shops - and don't even care. ...
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| Many Americans Urge for Immediate Iraq Withdrawal |
Many adults in the United States believe the coalition effort should end soon, according to a poll by the Sacred Heart University Polling Institute. 47.8 per cent of respondents think the U.S. should pull out of Iraq now, while 44.1 per cent disagree.The coalition effort against Saddam Hussein’s regime was launched in March 2003. At least 2,286 American soldiers have died during the military operation, and more than 16,800 troops have been injured. On Jan. 31 during his State of the Union address, U.S. president George W. Bush said a "sudden withdrawal of our forces from Iraq would abandon our Iraqi allies to death and prison." There are currently 132,000 American soldiers in the country.On Feb. 22, suspected insurgents placed two bombs inside Samarra’s Shiite Golden Mosque. The event has led to two days of sectarian violence. More than 130 people have died, and more than 180 Sunni mosques have been destroyed....
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| Bush to visit two nations 'undergoing great changes' |
Bush will spend most of this week in two countries that nearly went to nuclear war within the past decade — twice. India and Pakistan have opened a dialogue since near-wars in 1999 and 2002, giving Bush an opportunity to pursue agendas that include counterterrorism, nuclear diplomacy, the lowering of trade barriers and the promotion of democracy. "These nations are undergoing great changes," Bush said recently, "and those changes are being felt all across the world." Where he's going and why. India: The world's second-most-populous nation could surpass China in numbers this century. A diverse country of 1.1 billion, India has at least 17 major languages and hundreds of dialects. It is also the world's largest democracy, having broken from British colonial rule in 1947. The country's population is about 81% Hindu, 13% Muslim, 2% Christian and 2% Sikh. India and the United States had prickly relations for years when India leaned toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War. ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-26-bush-india-pakistan_x.htm?csp=34
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| Thai protesters vow to continue |
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand are vowing to continue demonstrations on Monday against their prime minister. The campaigners, many of whom attended a huge rally on Sunday night, say they will keep up the protests until Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra steps down. Mr Thaksin has refused to quit despite repeated rallies calling for him to go. On Friday he called snap elections, although opposition parties are said to be considering a boycott. The anti-Thaksin movement has gripped the Thai capital Bangkok. The latest demonstration, on Sunday, was the third rally in less than a month. Several thousands demonstrators camped out overnight in Sanam Luang field, where the rally drew tens of thousands of people. "Our Monday protest will have more people joining from the provinces," said Sondhi Limthongkul, the premier's fiercest public critic and a key figure of the protests. ...
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| Saudi forces clash with suspected militants: source |
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi security forces clashed with suspected militants in a suburb of Riyadh early on Monday, security sources said, just days after al Qaeda militants tried to storm a major Saudi oil facility.They said security forces had surrounded the men in the affluent al-Hamra district of east Riyadh. No more details were available. Al Qaeda suicide bombers attacked the world's largest oil processing plant in Abqaiq on Friday, in the first direct strike on a Saudi energy target since al Qaeda launched attacks aimed at toppling the U.S.-allied monarchy in 2003. It was also the first major attack by militants opposed to the Saudi royals since suicide bombers tried to storm the Interior Ministry in Riyadh in December 2004. ...
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