Posts Tagged ‘iraq’

Bush promises that Iraqi elections will be held as scheduled

July 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
President George W. Bush on Tuesday visited the Marine base at Camp Pendleton in southern California for the 63rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this time promising that elections in Iraq would take place as planned.
“As election day approaches, we can expect more terrorist violence,” he said during a speech to marines. [...]

The foreign ministers of NATO will discuss Iraq and Afghanistan

July 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The foreign ministers of the Organization of the Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will meet Thursday to discuss the training mission in Iraq and peacekeeping in Afghanistan, said Thursday an official of the NATO.
The issue of training Iraqi security forces will top the list of the agenda of the meeting, member countries of NATO seeking to [...]

Telephone interview Chirac-Blair on Iraq, the Middle East and the PO and Lebanon

July 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair met Monday morning to telephone the situation in Iraq and the Middle East, said the Elysee.
The two leaders discussed “the situation in Iraq, including the aftermath of the Sharm El-Sheikh, and the situation in the Middle East in preparation for the peace process and Palestinian [...]

The two French hostages were alive on November 10

June 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The two French journalists held hostage in Iraq since August “were alive at November 10, said Wednesday Robert Menard, secretary general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
“We know that November 10th they were alive,” Mr. Menard said to the press. Asked about the information it had that effect, the secretary general of the defense organization of [...]

The Chinese special envoy attends conference on Iraq

June 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Chinese Permanent Representative to UN Wang Guangya attended Tuesday at the international conference on Iraq and spoke about the position of the Chinese government.
Mr. Wang said the future of Iraq should be determined by the Iraqi people and the independence, sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity of Iraq should be respected.
Security problems in Iraq [...]

Annan said the UN role in rebuilding Iraq

June 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , ,
Secretary General of UN Kofi Annan said Tuesday in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the international community should make efforts to establish a “new” Iraq “stable”, “peaceful” and ” ; Democratic.
The UN wants Iraq to help organize general elections next January 30, Annan said, stressing that elections should take place in a constructive environment.
“Elections are an important [...]

More than 1 200 U.S. troops killed in Iraq since war began

June 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
In total 1 210 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the start of the war in Iraq by the United States in March 2003, according to figures released Tuesday by the Pentagon.
Of these deaths, 943 were killed in the fighting.
Eighty-eleven victims have been recorded since early November, including 38 soldiers killed during U.S. operations [...]

The Chinese and Egyptian ministers of EA discussed the situation in Iraq

June 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Chinese Minister Li Zhaoxing and his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Aboul Gheit held talks Saturday by telephone from the international conference on Iraq scheduled for late November in Egypt.
Mr. Li is currently in Brasilia with Chinese President Hu Jintao, on a state visit to Brazil.
international conference on Iraq scheduled for 22 and November 23 in Sharm [...]

China hopes the situation in Iraq will stabilize as soon as possible

June 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
China hopes the situation in Iraq will stabilize as soon as possible and that the parties concerned should create favorable conditions for elections soon, and China will support this end, said Thursday the spokesman of China Foreign Zhang at a regular press conference, adding that China was concerned about the plight of innocent civilians injured, [...]

A Chinese envoy will attend the international conference on Iraq held in Egypt

June 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Permanent Representative of China to the UN Wang Guangya will attend the international conference on Iraq scheduled for 22 and 23 November in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, as a special envoy of Chinese government said Wednesday sources from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
China hopes the conference will help expand consensus between the [...]