Author: DXO
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Iraq Asks Muslim States for Support After Envoy’s Killing
By JOHN F. BURNSPublished: July 9, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 8 – Iraq’s transitional government reached out anxiously on Friday to Arab and other Muslim nations, asking them not to be intimidated by the killing of Egypt’s top diplomat here by an Islamic terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda. The appeal, in a Foreign Ministry…
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Rebels Kill Egyptian Diplomat, Adding Pressure on Others in Iraq
By JOHN F. BURNSPublished: July 8, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 7 – The insurgent group Al Qaeda in Iraq said Thursday that it had killed Egypt’s ambassador-designate in Iraq, Ihab al-Sharif, four days after gunmen seized him on a street in a diplomatic quarter in western Baghdad, where he had driven alone to buy a…
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Iraq Asks Muslim Nations Not to Be Deterred by Envoy’s Death
By JOHN F. BURNSPublished: July 8, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 8 – Iraq’s transitional government anxiously reached out to Arab and other Muslim countries today, urging them not to be intimidated by the killing of Egypt’s top diplomat in Iraq by an Islamic militant group linked to Al Qaeda. The appeal, in a Foreign Ministry…
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Get Your Knives Sharpened for the Holidays
Get Your Knives Sharpened for the Holidays, originally uploaded by juggernautco. As the summer family barbeque season is upon us, a friendly business near my house reminds us to get our knives sharpened.
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Rebels Kill Egyptian Diplomat, Adding Pressure on Others in Iraq
By JOHN F. BURNS Published: July 8, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 7 – The insurgent group Al Qaeda in Iraq said Thursday that it had killed Egypt’s ambassador-designate in Iraq, Ihab al-Sharif, four days after gunmen seized him on a street in a diplomatic quarter in western Baghdad, where he had driven alone to buy…