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1. Many Iraqis distrust legitimacy of Sunday's elections

Author

Youssef, Nancy A. and Alawsy, Shatha R.

Subjects
Hussein, Saddam
Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef and Shatha R. Alawsy BAGHDAD, Iraq _ In between the Iraqis who adamantly oppose the upcoming elections and those who consider them the beginning of a […]

Published
2005

2. Al-Zarqawi declares war on democracy

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Members of the Iraqi government downplayed a purported threat from the nation's most wanted terrorist Sunday that there will be a "fierce war" […]

Published
2005

3. Attacks on Shiite mosque, wedding kill 21

Author

Youssef, Nancy A. and Awsy, Mohammed Al

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef and Mohammed al Awsy BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Fourteen people were killed when a car bomb exploded Friday outside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Baghdad, as worshippers […]

Published
2005

6. Leading Shiite cleric's aide assassinated outside Baghdad

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Assassins late Wednesday killed an aide to the Grand Ayatollah Ali al Husseini al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential religious leader, further aggravating tensions between […]

Published
2005

7. In Iraq, key Sunni party resigned to elections

Author

Youssef, Nancy A. and Strobel, Warren P.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef and Warren P. Strobel BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Iraq's principal Sunni Muslim political party conceded Wednesday that its effort to delay Iraq's parliamentary election had failed and […]

Published
2005

8. Baghdad police official assassinated

Author

Youssef, Nancy A. and Salihee, Yasser

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef and Yasser Salihee BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Gunmen assassinated Baghdad's deputy police chief and his son Monday, and a car bomb exploded near a police station as […]

Published
2005

12. At least 30 killed in attacks on Iraqi forces

Author

Salihee, Yasser and Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Yasser Salihee and Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Insurgents launched a series of attacks Tuesday on Iraqi police and national guardsmen that killed more than 30 people, a […]

Published
2004

13. Video shows insurgents planning attack on military base

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ The suicide bomber who killed 22 people and injured dozens hugged his comrades goodbye and asked that God welcome him as a martyr […]

Published
2004

14. Troops can only contribute to Iraq security, Rumsfeld tells them

Author

Allam, Hannah and Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Hannah Allam and Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ In a surprise Christmas Eve visit to Iraq, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told U.S. troops Friday that they […]

Published
2004

17. 11 Iraqi national guardsmen killed, insurgents say

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Iraq's hostage crisis continued unabated Thursday, with one group of insurgents claiming it had killed 11 Iraqi national guardsmen, another saying it had […]

Published
2004

19. Kidnapped head of CARE pleads for life in video

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped Iraq director of the aid group CARE International, pleaded for her life in a video that played on the […]

Published
2004

20. Most Iraqis don't care who wins U.S. election, poll finds

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Subjects
Kerry, John
Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ While domestic polls find the U.S. presidential election is too close to call, in Iraq few people are losing sleep picking between President […]

Published
2004

21. Humanitarian group's director kidnapped among increasing threats

Author

Youssef, Nancy A. and Allam, Hannah

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef and Hannah Allam BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Kidnappers on Tuesday grabbed the Iraq director of CARE International, a humanitarian group dedicated to poverty relief that's operated in […]

Published
2004

22. Bombings inside fortified Green Zone kill at least 5

Author

Youssef, Nancy A. and Kerkstra, Patrick

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef and Patrick Kerkstra BAGHDAD, Iraq _ On the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Iraq's most-feared terrorist group claimed credit for setting off two […]

Published
2004

23. Iraq begs nations to send promised aid

Author

Johnson, Tim and Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Tim Johnson and Nancy A. Youssef TOKYO _ Iraqi officials on Wednesday begged foreign donors to deliver aid to Iraq rapidly, asserting that the nation isn't in as much […]

Published
2004

24. Sunni Muslim political leaders reach out to Iraqi militants

Author

Youssef, Nancy A. and Allam, Hannah

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef and Hannah Allam BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Sunni Muslim political leaders are reaching out to militants in Iraq's most violent cities for help getting out the vote […]

Published
2004

25. Terrorists execute British hostage in Iraq

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ A British national who was kidnapped along with two Americans was beheaded, his family said Friday, ending hopes that the family's relentless fight […]

Published
2004

26. U.S., Iraqi forces take control of Samarra

Author

Youssef, Nancy A. and Kerkstra, Patrick

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef and Patrick Kerkstra BAGHDAD, Iraq _ U.S. and Iraqi forces, trying to pave the way for January elections, took control Friday of the center of the […]

Published
2004

27. British hostage's relatives intensify efforts for release

Author

Youssef, Nancy A. and Kerkstra, Patrick

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef and Patrick Kerkstra BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Relatives of British hostage Ken Bigley stepped up their campaign to save his life Wednesday, thanking his captors for the […]

Published
2004

29. Saddam trial may take a long time to prepare, official says

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Subjects
Hussein, Saddam, Ayad, Allawi
Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ The likelihood that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would be tried anytime soon is "remote," a U.S. official said Friday, nearly one week […]

Published
2004

30. Many Iraqis don't share interim prime minister's upbeat view

Author

Kerkstra, Patrick and Youssef, Nancy A.

Subjects
Ayad, Allawi
Abstract

Byline: Patrick Kerkstra and Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi appeared before the U.S. Congress Thursday and declared that Iraq is on the right […]

Published
2004

31. U.S., Iraqi officials at odds over release of female prisoners

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ U.S. and Iraqi officials on Wednesday publicly wrangled over releasing a high-profile female prisoner, raising questions about who's in control of the country […]

Published
2004

35. Kidnapping explodes in Iraq, as pool of potential victims widens

Author

Kerkstra, Patrick and Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Patrick Kerkstra and Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ There's a simple explanation for the kidnapping epidemic in Iraq, which grows worse day by day: The tactic works. Whether […]

Published
2004

37. At least 25 Iraqis killed in Baghdad in series of violent attacks

Author

Kerkstra, Patrick and Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Patrick Kerkstra and Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ An intense, well-coordinated and widespread series of mortar blasts, rocket attacks and suicide car bombings rocked Baghdad Sunday in a […]

Published
2004

38. Beauty salons under attack in Iraq

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Two months ago, Baghdad had a spree of attacks on liquor and music stores. Now beauty salons are being bombed. Women in Baghdad […]

Published
2004

39. Salem Chalabi reportedly removed from post overseeing Saddam trial

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Subjects
Hussein, Saddam
Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Salem Chalabi, the man charged with organizing the trial of Saddam Hussein, will be removed from his post by the interim government because […]

Published
2004

40. 7 U.S. Marines killed in attack near Fallujah

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ A suicide bomber killed seven U.S. Marines and three Iraqi national guardsmen on Sunday in Fallujah, just hours after the U.S. military announced […]

Published
2004

41. Iraqi militants execute 12 Nepalese construction workers

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ A militant Iraqi group has beheaded one Nepalese kidnap victim and executed 11 others with bullets to the backs of their heads, in […]

Published
2004

42. Najaf residents begin cleanup; Iraq leaders pledge to rebuild city

Author

Hannah, Dogen and Youssef, Nancy

Subjects
Sadr, Muqtada al-
Abstract

Byline: Dogen Hannah and Nancy Youssef NAJAF, Iraq _ Residents and shopkeepers began returning to Najaf Saturday as a quintet of Iraqi ministers, after touring the destruction of the city […]

Published
2004

43. Al-Sistani again shows he's most powerful political figure in Iraq

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Subjects
Sadr, Muqtada al-, Ayad, Allawi
Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ By ending the country's most dangerous political standoff after just one brief round of negotiations, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani proved again this […]

Published
2004

44. Leading Shiite cleric returns to Iraq

Author

Allam, Hannah and Youssef, Nancy A.

Subjects
Sadr, Muqtada al-
Abstract

Byline: Hannah Allam and Nancy A. Youssef NAJAF, Iraq _ Iraq's most prominent Shiite Muslim religious leader, the Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al Sistani, made a dramatic return to Iraq […]

Published
2004

45. Iraqis follow fortunes of national soccer team

Author

Youssef, Nancy

Abstract

Byline: Nancy Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Iraqi National Olympic Committee member Hassan Bahriya was hoping a third bullet would come through the roof of his car Tuesday, just as two […]

Published
2004

46. At least 5 die in failed attacks on 2 Iraqi government officials

Author

Hannah, Dogen and Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Dogen Hannah and Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Assassins attacked two Iraqi interim government ministers with bombs about a half-hour apart Tuesday in southeastern Baghdad but failed to […]

Published
2004

47. At least 4 die in failed attacks on 2 Iraqi government officials

Author

Hannah, Dogen and Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Dogen Hannah and Nancy A. Youssef BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Assassins attacked two Iraqi interim government ministers with bombs about a half-hour apart Tuesday in southeastern Baghdad but failed to […]

Published
2004

48. President gets mixed welcoming

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef DETROIT _ President George Bush's arrival in Detroit converted Woodward and Jefferson Avenues into a quasi-U.S. Senate chamber Friday. A group of Republicans stood together on […]

Published
2004

49. Suspect in shootings proclaims innocence

Author

Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef DETROIT _ A 32-year-old Detroit man suspected of randomly shooting nine people during Wednesday's Freedom Festival fireworks show professed his innocence as he was formally charged […]

Published
2004

50. Federal jury clears 8 Detroit police officers of rights violations

Author

Ashenfelter, David and Youssef, Nancy A.

Abstract

Byline: David Ashenfelter and Nancy A. Youssef DETROIT _ A federal court jury Thursday acquitted eight Detroit police officers of violating the constitutional rights of drug dealers, pimps and prostitutes. […]

Published
2004

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