French humanitarian organization to withdraw from Iraq

Topics, 21-09-2011

French humanitarian organization "Fight Against Hunger" has announced that starting the withdrawal of staff from Iraq for safety reasons. Currently in Iraq employs nearly 210 employees of the organization, of which 10 were Iraqis, Gazeta said Roux. The communication of the organization said that humanitarian action of American troops significantly hindered the activities of NGOs.

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Kidnapped foreign election observers in Afghanistan

Events, 20-09-2011

Armed men kidnapped three foreign election observers in Afghanistan capital Kabul, said representatives of UN and Afghan authorities, quoted by AP. A representative of the Central Election Commission of anonymity, said that all abductees are women, including Croatian and Irish nationality. However, the information was not confirmed officially.

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Polish woman kidnapped in Iraq

News, 19-09-2011

Iraqi militants claimed in a video aired on Qatar TV Al Jazeera that kept Polish hostage and demanded Poland withdraw its contingent from Iraq and all Iraqi prisoners be released. Record shows middle-aged woman with gray hair that sits between two masked insurgents. One of them pointed a gun to her head Raiders called Fundamentalistikite Brigades of Abu Bakr al Sidik and say that she is a Polish citizen working for U. S. forces in Iraq. Polish Defense Minister Jerzy Shmaydzhinski said the government will not bow to the demands of kidnappers, reports AP.

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Rumsfeld: Saddam may have moved explosives

Blog, 16-09-2011

U. S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke for the first time for the disappearance of tons of explosives from an army warehouse in Iraq - an issue that sparked heated debate in the presidential race. According to Rumsfeld very likely Saddam Hussein moved munitions, knowing that war is inevitable, forward Bi-Bi-His. U. S. Secretary of Defense stressed that the hypothesis of a sudden pillaging of explosives is the least controversial. Military Secretary to President Bush made indirect attacks against his rival in the upcoming election, John Kerry, saying: "The first reports are almost always false, and people who use hasty judgments to reach conclusions, often make mistakes that put them at a disadvantage.

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100 thousand victims of the war in Iraq

Events, 16-09-2011

For a year and a half years after the invasion of coalition forces in Iraq have died 100 000. Official figures for Iraqis do not exist, but according to NGOs, their number is between 10 000 and 30 000. According to the Pentagon on Wednesday in Iraq killed 1,081 th American soldier, BBC reports. The study, published in the medical journal Lancet, was conducted by specialists from Columbia University and the University "John Hopkins' University in Baltimore" Mustansiriya "in Baghdad. The report's authors warn that their data may not be strictly accurate, since the collection of information were occupied Iraqi doctors.

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Allawi: Our patience for a peaceful solution in Fallujah limited

World, 15-09-2011

Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said that the time for finding a peaceful solution to the conflict in the rebel city of Fallujah expires. At a press conference said Iyad Allawi, told the BBC that attempts to solve peacefully the crisis in Fallujah are now the final stage. Over the past few days continued negotiations between the government and local municipal leaders. Allawi himself yesterday met with tribal leaders from the region. Even before he was warned that these talks will be the last chance to avoid military action. Today, our patience is now exhausted, and time ends.

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Freed the chief negotiator for Fallujah

World, 14-09-2011

The Iraqi government released the chief negotiator for the city of Fallujah in an effort to resume peace talks in the troubled city, the AP reported. Sheikh Khaled al Dzhumeyli was released from U. S. custody, three days after he was arrested after unsuccessful negotiations with the Iraqi government. Al Dzhumeyli said he was arrested by American soldiers along with three other people. Witnesses say he was arrested when left the mosque after prayers. Dzhumeyli said the four were taken to a military base outside Fallujah and then transported by helicopter to another location.

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Two Macedonian hostages killed in Iraq

Events, 14-09-2011

Terrorist group in Iraq said it had killed two Macedonian hostages accused of spying for the United States, said Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday. Qatar TV has announced that it has obtained video of the murder of two men, accompanied by a statement of the group "Islamic Army in Iraq. " In a statement the group said the hostages were captured while exiting from a U. S. base in Iraq. In the video one of the men waving goodbye, but the TV channel shows no murders.

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