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Also Try Archives for 2002 - 2005 News -01-20-06 Shiites Win, But Must Share Power (ABC News) "An alliance of Shiite religious parties won the most seats in Iraq's new parliament but not enough to rule without coalition partners, the election commission said Friday. Sunni Arabs gained seats over previous balloting." 01-06 -01-25-06 U. S. Releases Iraqi Women Prisoners (MSNBC News) "The U.S. military in Iraq freed five women prisoners on Thursday, but American and Iraqi officials stressed their release was pre-planned and not linked to the case of kidnapped U.S. reporter Jill Carroll." 01-06 -01-29-06 Saddam Leaves Trial (BBC News) "Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has walked out of court just minutes after the resumption of his murder trial." "He left in protest after his defence team walked out, and was followed by two more of his co-defendants." 01-06 -02-01-06 Sunni Group Discusses Coalition Government (MSNBC News) "Iraq’s main Sunni Arab group made an unprecedented trip north to see the Kurds and agreed Monday for the first time on broad outlines for a coalition government — possibly opening a way out of the political turmoil that has gripped the country since disputed elections." 01-06 -02-22-06 Iraqi President: Danger of Civil War (CBS News) "Insurgents detonated bombs inside one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, destroying its golden dome and triggering more than 90 reprisal attacks on Sunni mosques. The president warned that extremists were pushing the country toward civil war." 02-06 -02-23-06 Iraq Close to Civil War (USA Today) "Sectarian battles between Shiite and Sunni Muslims raged across Iraq on Thursday, as furious reprisals to the bombing of the Askariya shrine in Samarra threatened to plunge Iraq into civil war and derail U.S. efforts to form a new government." 02-06 -03-18-06 Iraq Three Years Later (MSNBC News) "When I first arrived in Baghdad before the war, Iraq seemed lifeless. Baghdad felt like a city without oxygen, where those with big dreams couldn’t breathe or imagine a better life. Now, the country is very changed — in some ways for the better (as you'll see in the chart below) — but it has become equally menacing, terrifying and sinister." 3-06 -03-18-06 Thousands Protest War in Iraq (MSNBC News) "Thousands of anti-war protesters took to the streets around the world Saturday, marking the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq with demands that coalition troops leave immediately." 3-06 -03-24-06 American Veterans Discuss War in Iraq (PBS.org) "Three years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, how do the men and women who fought there feel about the war now?" 03-06 -03-30-06 Jill Carroll Released in Iraq (TimesOnline.co.uk) "JilI Carroll, the American journalist held hostage in Iraq, was freed yesterday in Baghdad after nearly three months in captivity." "She appeared almost immediately on Iraqi television to say that she had been treated very well by her captors. Her release sparked a huge outpouring of relief across America." 03-06 -04-05-06 CBS Cameraman Acquitted in Iraq (CBS News) "An Iraqi cameraman working for CBS News was acquitted Wednesday of insurgent activity, a year after being wounded and detained by the U.S. military after a car bombing." 04-06

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