Monday, December 4, 2006

Meanwhile in Iraq

More than 140 killed in another bloody day in Iraq: Police found the bodies of 52 people around Baghdad in the 24 hours to Monday evening, an Interior Ministry source said.

Anger at UN chief's Iraq comments: Iraq's national security adviser says he is shocked by UN head Kofi Annan's suggestion that the average Iraqi is worse off than under Saddam Hussein.

Kofi Annan interview: Full Text: BBC: Was the invasion of Iraq in 2003, without a Security Council resolution, the most difficult point for you in your term?

S. Korea presents Iraq troop pullout plan to U.S.: South Korea has notified the United States of its plan to draw up a timetable for withdrawing all of its troops from Iraq next year, military sources said Tuesday.

James K Galbraith: The dollar melts as Iraq burns: The demise of the dollar has clear links to the Iraq war and the world's loss of confidence in America's elites.

Bush meets with Iraqi Shiite leader:
US President George W Bush met with one of Iraq's top Shiite leaders, Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, on Monday to discuss US relations with the country's largest ethnic group. Bush's meeting at the White House with al-Hakim came amid concerns that the Shiites and minority Sunnis were on the verge of an all-out civil war.

Dividing Iraq will create chaos: Brahimi: A decentralised policy in Iraq or splitting the country up will create chaos first in Iraq, and then regionally, said Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General.

Journalist gunned down in Iraq: An employee of an Iraqi radio station that provides news and educational programming in the capital was shot and killed as he traveled to work.

4 U.S. Troops Killed in Helicopter Crash: Four American troops were killed when a military helicopter broke down while flying over a lake in Anbar Province in western Iraq and made an emergency landing on the shore, American military officials said Monday.

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