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Lawmaker pleads with Rice to engage Syria 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 10:14 AM
A veteran Republican congressman pleaded on Friday for the United States to talk to Syria about easing the violence in Iraq and proposed former Secretary of State George Shultz as an envoy.U.S. lawmaker pleads with Rice to engage Syria AlertNet - Feb 16 10:21 AM
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A veteran Republican congressman pleaded on Friday for the United States to talk to Syria about easing the violence in Iraq and proposed former Secretary of State George ... Iraq: Refugees Under Pressure in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Feb 16 6:00 AM
February 16, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Washington-based NGO Refugees International recently made a study of the situation of Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. RFE/RL Russian Service correspondent Irina Lagunina spoke with Kristele Younes, a Refugees International researcher was went to all three countries to talk to people who fled from Iraq.Israeli prime minister says Israel wants peace with Syria USA Today - Feb 15 4:06 AM
Israel wants to make peace with Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday, but he urged Damascus to stop supporting terrorism.Iraq shuts borders with Iran, Syria Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 2:04 AM
Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping foreign fighters and weapons entering the country, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said on Thursday.Israel wants peace with Syria: Olmert People's Daily - Feb 15 4:15 PM
Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told reporters Thursday in Ankara that he is "happy" to make peace with Syria, but Damascus must stop supporting what he called "terrorism".Syria blames March 14 for bus bombings as families bury victims The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 15 1:30 PM
As the families of the victims of the twin bus bombings in Ain Alaq, northeast of Beirut, held funerals for their loved ones on Thursday, Syria's state media accused the leaders of the March 14 Forces of being behind the blasts that claimed the lives of three people. Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday directed UN investigators.Borders with Iran and Syria shut as crackdown widens Gulf News - Feb 15 1:48 PM
Baghdad: Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as US and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad yesterday, searching neighbourhoods and setting up checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys.Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria Financial Times - Feb 15 4:18 AM
Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, setting up more checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys for weapons.Iraq shutting borders with Iran, Syria Stuff - Feb 15 8:13 AM
Iraq has begun closing its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping the flow of foreign fighters and weapons into the country, the United States military said today.U.S. military says Iraq shutting borders with Iran and Syria Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 15 12:48 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has begun closing its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping the flow of foreign fighters and weapons into the country, the U.S. military said on Thursday.Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria Guardian Unlimited - Feb 15 3:04 AM
Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown to block fighters and weapons from entering the country, US commanders said today.Iraq shutting borders with Iran, Syria - US military AlertNet - Feb 15 12:50 AM
Source: Reuters (Updates with more details) BAGHDAD, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Iraq has begun closing its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping the flow of foreign fighters ... Iraq shutting borders with Iran, Syria-US military AlertNet - Feb 15 12:35 AM
Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Iraq has begun closing its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping the flow of foreign fighters and weapons into the country, the U.S ... Iraq to close borders with Syria and Iran Itar-Tass - Feb 15 2:45 AM
CAIRO, February 15 (Itar-Tass) - Iraq is closing as of Thursday its borders with Syria and Iran within the framework of a plan of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to ensure security in Baghdad.Iraq to close borders with Iran, Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 8:28 PM
The commander of the Baghdad security crackdown said Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and announced other measures Thursday as word emerged that anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had fled the country ahead of the pacification drive.Syria lashes out at Lebanese leaders AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 4:39 AM
Syrian state media has accused leaders of Lebanon's anti-Damascus parliament majority of being involved in a deadly bus bombing in a Christian village in which three people were killed.Iraq borders with Syria, Iran to be closed for Baghdad security drive USA Today - Feb 13 1:38 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security effort said Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours. Lt. Gen. Abboud Gambar, addressing the nation on behalf of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, also suggested Iraqi authorities plan to exercise wide-reaching powers to ensure the success of the plan.Iraqi commander: borders with Syria, Iran to be closed for Baghdad security drives WSTM-TV NBC 3 - Feb 14 7:07 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown says that Iraq plans to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the Iraqi capital.Iraqi commander: borders with Syria, Iran to be closed for Baghdad security drives KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Feb 14 1:01 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown says that Iraq plans to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the...Iraq to temporarily close borders with Iran, Syria Sports Illustrated - Feb 13 12:14 PM
Iraq plans to close its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours in an attempt to secure the capital, the Iraqi commander in charge of Baghdad's security plan announced Tuesday.Iraq to shut borders with Iran, Syria Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 10:46 AM
Iraq announced plans on Tuesday to close its borders with Iran and Syria and lengthen a night curfew on vehicles in new emergency measures to try to curb unrelenting violence in Baghdad.Syria lashes out at Lebanese leaders Gulf Times - Feb 15 11:56 PM
DAMASCUS: Syrian state media yesterday accused leaders of Lebanon s anti-Damascus parliament majority of being involved in a deadly bus bombing in a Christian village in which three people were killed.Iraq to try closing Syria, Iran borders The Columbus Dispatch - Feb 14 6:04 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced yesterday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Iraq: Borders with Syria, Iran to close AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 9:46 AM
Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said Tuesday, hours after a suicide bombing in a mainly Shiite neighborhood killed at least 15 people.Iraq to close borders with Iran and Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 10:34 AM
Iraq announced it will close its borders with Iran and Syria and impose draconian emergency-style security measures on Baghdad after two days of bombings left around 100 dead.Iraq says closes borders with Syria, Iran Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 8:51 AM
Iraq's government said on Tuesday it would close its borders with Syria and Iran and extend the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.- backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 9:07 AM
Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria and imposed Draconian emergency-style security measures on its war torn capital after two days of bloody bomb attacks left around 100 people dead.Syrian Official Says Country Free of Bird Flu RedNova - Feb 16 1:12 PM
Text of report in English by Syrian News Agency SANA website ["Syria free of Bird Flu, Health Ministry says." - SANA headline] DAMASCUS, (SANA)-Director of the Chronic Diseases at Syrian Health Ministry Mahmud Karim on Thursday underlined that Syria is free of bird flu disease.Stateless children: A hidden population Kurdish Media - Feb 16 2:38 PM
Life without freedom, democracy, national & human rights is not a life. That must be the reason Refugees International identified Kurdish nation in Syria as "Buried alive nation".Iraq to close border with Iran and Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 8:14 AM
Iraq is to close its border with Iran and Syria for at least three days, the commander of Baghdad's new security plan Lieutenant General Abboud Gambar has announced on state television.Iraq To Close Borders With Iran, Syria CBS News - Feb 13 6:08 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Obama: Meet Syria, Iran Baltimore Jewish Times - Feb 15 10:14 PM
The brand-new Barack Obama presidential campaign, the hottest thing in the political world and the media, is accelerating efforts to build a strong Jewish political base -- a factor in some primary states, a much bigger factor in the all-important race for campaign money.Iraq To Close Borders With Iran, Syria CBS News - Feb 13 4:08 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Syria: Beatings of PoCs must end, officials who have perpetrated or facilitated abuses must be prosecuted Amnesty International - Feb 15 9:26 AM
Amnesty International is alarmed by reports that several prisoners of conscience have recently been subjected to beatings and other ill-treatment by prison guards and criminal detainees in 'Adra prison, near Damascus, and is calling for urgent intervention by the Syrian authorities to halt the abuses and punish those suspected of carrying them out.Iraq shuts borders, clamps down in Baghdad Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 8:03 AM
Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, searching neighborhoods and setting up checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys.Syria pulls troops out of Lebanon ITV.com - Feb 14 1:27 AM
Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon has come to an end following an official handover ceremony in the Bekaa Valley. The withdrawal comes after the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri on February 14.Iraq shuts borders with Iran and Syria Independent Online - Feb 14 7:05 AM
Iraq's borders with Syria and Iran have been closed in accordance with a new security plan designed to halt violence in Baghdad, according to a senior Iraqi security official.Iraq To Close Border With Iran, Syria In New Security Plan Nasdaq - Feb 13 11:08 PM
(RTTNews) - Iraq will be closing its border with Iran and Syria for at least three days as part of its new security plan for the capital, Baghdad.Iraq to seal borders with Syria and Iran The Washington Times - Feb 13 9:09 PM
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced yesterday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Iran-Iraq-Borders Iraq closes borders with Iran, Syria for three days Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 13 11:38 PM
Iraq announced Tuesday it would close its borders with Iran and Syria for three days starting Wednesday in line with the new security plan for Baghdad.Iraq to close borders to Syria, Iran Calcutta News - Feb 15 12:14 PM
Iraqi officials have announced they will close all checkpoints on the Iranian and Syrian borders. The move is part of the new plan to crack down on religious militias and end the rampant sectarian cleansing in the capital.Iraq to close Syria, Iran borders Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Feb 14 4:15 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced yesterday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.Richardson urges diplomacy in Mideast AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 6:43 PM
Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Friday that President Bush should learn from recent successes with North Korea and engage in intense diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East to end the Iraq war.New Threats Arise For Border Agents KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com via Yahoo! News - 56 minutes ago
It's not just the number of people coming into the U.S. that is a concern for the Department of Homeland Security, but it's from which countries they are coming.IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS CALL FOR HELP WITH REFUGEES Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Feb 16 5:56 AM
Syrian and Jordanian officials have asked for international help in dealing with the growing numbers of Iraqi refugees seeking refuge inside their borders. While exact numbers are not known, it is estimated that there are up to 1 million Iraqis now living in Syria, and nearly the same amount in Jordan.Syria blames US for recent bombings in Iraq, Lebanon and Algeria EARTHtimes.org - Feb 14 2:11 AM
Damascus - Syria on Wednesday held the United States fully responsibility for the recent spate of explosions in Lebanon, Algeria and Iraq, saying that Washington was the first to release, nurture, arm and train terrorists in recent decades.Jury remains out on Baghdad crackdown AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 0 minute ago
As a military offensive seeks to bring Baghdad from the brink of anarchy, a top Iraqi security officer tried Friday to measure its early stages using the grim logic of a place with daily bloodshed:Iraq closes Iran and Syria borders Guardian Unlimited - Feb 15 3:27 AM
Roadblocks on routes into Basra.Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria Guardian Unlimited - Feb 15 3:06 AM
Iraqi and British forces set up roadblocks on routes to Basra.Syria lashes out at Lebanese leaders Middle East Online - Feb 15 6:50 AM
Syrian daily likens Lebanon's majority leaders to snakes who hiss on orders of Americans. Massive crowd marks Hariri assassination in Beirut Baku Sun - Azerbaijan - Feb 16 4:22 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Government supporters, carrying balloons and Lebanese flags, filled a downtown square Wednesday to remember a slain prime minister and criticize Syria. But the mood was subdued amid fears this divided country could erupt and exhaustion over the unending political crisis.Refugee-Friendly Sweden Attracts War-Weary Iraqis Blogcritics.org - Feb 16 8:54 AM
Largely barred from U.S. entry, growing numbers of Iraqi refugees are knocking on the doors of Europe and particularly refugee-friendly Sweden. The estimated 20,000 refugees who found haven last year in northerly Sweden are only a handful compared to around 1.8 million who have stampeded into neighboring Syria and Jordan. The difference is that Sweden is attracting both the very wealthy and ...Iraq to Close Borders With Iran, Syria Journal Gazette & Times Courier - Feb 13 7:51 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran as word emerged that anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had fled the country ahead of the drive to pacify the capital.Rice Grilled on Extra Funding Sought for Iraq, Afghanistan Washington Post - Feb 16 5:40 PM
Skeptical lawmakers yesterday demanded a detailed accounting of how Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to spend $6 billion in supplemental funds that the administration has asked for the State Department this year, much of it for Iraq and Afghanistan.Iraq's borders with Syria and Iran blocked Independent - Feb 13 4:12 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown said that Iraq planned to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the Iraqi capital.Iraq to close borders with Syria and Iran The Scotsman - Feb 13 4:15 PM
IRAQ will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad, the man overseeing the new US-backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence said yesterday.Iraq to close border with Iran and Syria IranMania.com - Feb 13 9:46 PM
LONDON, February 14 (IranMania) - Iraq is to close its border with Iran and Syria for at least three days, the commander of Baghdad's new security plan Lieutenant General Abboud Gambar has announced on state television, according to an AFP report.Palestinian official expresses appreciation over Syria's role in achieving Mecca agreement People's Daily - Feb 13 5:31 PM
A visiting Palestinian official expressed on Tuesday appreciation over Syria's positive role in achieving the Mecca agreement between the rival Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas on the formation of a national unity government.Only the Lebanese can prevent an Iraq in their country Russian Information Agency Novosti - Feb 16 12:50 AM
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Marianna Belenkaya) - The Lebanese ruling coalition has accused Syria of attempts to turn Lebanon into another Iraq and demanded that the international community should impose sanctions against Damascus.Iraqi commander: borders with Syria, Iran to be closed for Baghdad Fox 6 News San Diego - Feb 13 5:24 PM
The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown says that Iraq plans to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the Iraqi capital.Baghdad Commander Says Borders With Iran and Syria To Close Voice of America - Feb 13 12:04 PM
The Iraqi commander of the U.S.-backed security crackdown in Baghdad says his country will close its borders with Iran and Syria for at least three days.Norwegian envoy hails Syria's effort in achieving Mecca agreement People's Daily - Feb 13 4:30 PM
A Norwegian envoy hailed here on Tuesday Syria's effort in achieving the Mecca agreement between the mainstream Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas on the formation of a national unity government.Maliki Hails Lull in Violence Washington Post - Feb 16 2:08 PM
BAGHDAD, Feb. 16 -- The relative lull in violence is a promising sign that the Baghdad security plan is off to a good start, the Iraqi prime minister said yesterday, while a top U.S. military official cautioned that it might be a temporary letup as militant organizations assess the new measures and gear up to fight back....Iraq to close borders with Syria, Iran The Washington Times - Feb 13 11:53 AM
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said today, hours after a suicide bombing in a mainly Shi'ite neighborhood killed at least 15 persons.Report: 1 million Iraqis may flee in '07 AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 11:11 AM
Unrelenting violence and insecurity in Iraq could cause as many as 1 million Iraqis to flee their homes this year, the world's migration body said Friday.Iraq to close borders with Iran, Syria after 100 die in two days of bombings Japan Today - Feb 13 2:30 PM
BAGHDAD Iraq announced Tuesday it will close its borders with Iran and Syria and impose draconian emergency-style security measures on Baghdad after two days of bombings left around 100 dead.Iraq to close borders with Syria, Iran People's Daily - Feb 13 5:15 PM
Iraq said Tuesday it would close borders with Syria and Iran for at least three days under security plan aimed at pacifying the capital, said Lieutenant General Abboud Gambar, commander of the Iraqi troops in Baghdad.Iraq shuts borders with Iran, Syria for 72 hours The Peninsula - Feb 13 4:35 PM
baghdad Iraq announced yesterday that it will close its borders with Iran and Syria and impose draconian emergency-style security measures on Baghdad after two days of bombings left around 100 dead.Iraq closes borders as forces try to bring peace to Baghdad The Scotsman - Feb 15 6:45 PM
IRAQ has closed its borders with Iran and Syria, as its troops and American forces try to tighten their grip on Baghdad, searching neighbourhoods and setting up checkpoints to stop and search even official convoys.U.S. doubts police wounded al Qaeda in Iraq leader CNN.com - Feb 16 12:57 PM
The U.S. military on Friday cast doubt on a report from the Iraqi government that al Qaeda in Iraq chief Abu Ayyub al-Masri was wounded in clashes with police.Iraq shuts borders, cracks down in capital Pretoria News - Feb 16 1:13 AM
Baghdad - Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as US and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad, setting up more checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys for weapons.Iraq Closing Borders With Syria, Iran Time Magazine - Feb 13 8:44 AM
(BAGHDAD, Iraq) The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown said Tuesday that Iraq planned to close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure the Iraqi capital.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - Feb 16 2:40 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Syrian strongman Bashar Assad met a senior Hamas delegation headed by Khaled Mashaal Thursday, and according to Al Hayat newspaper, expressed Syria's "full support" for the Mecca agreement between Hamas and Fatah, and for the creation of a unity government in the PA.Iraqi refugees dismiss U.S. resettlement AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 14 5:39 PM
Some Iraqi refugees living in Syria dismissed on Wednesday a Bush administration plan to allow some 7,000 Iraqi refugees to settle in the U.S., saying they preferred to stay closer to home and planned to return to Iraq.Syria bars Iraq refugees, crisis worsens AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 12 12:31 PM
Syria, the last Arab country welcoming large numbers of Iraqi refugees, is now all but closing the gates and leaving 40,000 Iraqis who flee their country each month with almost no place to go.'Honor' killing spurs outcry in Syria The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Feb 14 12:00 AM
Sixteen-year-old Zahra Ezzo died at the hospital last month after a brutal attack. But it was her brother who confessed to killing her - and her family who appointed him to carry out the murder.Iraq will close borders with Syria, Iran for 3 days Baltimore Sun - Feb 13 9:39 AM
Lockdown latest effort in security sweep across Baghdad The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced today that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines. Iraq to shut borders with Iran and Syria Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Feb 13 9:40 AM
Iraq will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad as part of a U.S.- backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence, an official said on Tuesday.Iraq To Close Borders With Syria, Iran For 72 Hours Nasdaq - Feb 13 9:37 AM
(RTTNews) - Lt. Gen. Abboud Gambar, the Iraqi general leading the new security sweep in Baghdad, said on Tuesday that Iraq was closing its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours.Commander: Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours Boston Herald - Feb 13 9:12 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said Tuesday, hours after a suicide...Iraq will close borders with Syria, Iran for 3 days Baltimore Sun - Feb 13 9:35 AM
Lockdown latest effort in security drive on Baghdad Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said today, hours after a suicide bombing in a mainly Shiite neighborhood killed at least 15 people. Missing Soldier s Mother: I Knew He Was in Syria Israel National News - Feb 13 7:55 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Rina Hever, the mother of missing soldier Guy Hever, responded to an announcement by a Syrian organization that they are holding her son captive. She said I never had a doubt that he was held captive in Syria. CORRECTED: Iraq to close borders with Syria, Iran Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 13 8:46 AM
(Corrects to show government says will close the borders, not that it has already shut them) BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government said on Tuesday it would close its borders with Syria and Iran and extend the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.- backed security plan to ...Iraqis hope changes allow return home AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 11:21 AM
Threats by Sunni gunmen forced Akram Farah, his mother and seven siblings to flee their home in northern Baghdad. Four months later, the Shiite student is confident that measures announced this week to reverse sectarian cleansing will make it possible for him to return home.Iraq says closes borders with Syria, Iran Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Feb 13 8:35 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government said on Tuesday it had closed its borders with Syria and Iran, and extended the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.-backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.Iraq to close borders with Iran and Syria Dawn - Feb 13 7:32 PM
BAGHDAD, Feb 13: Iraq announced on Tuesday it would close its borders with Iran and Syria and impose draconian emergency-style security measures on Baghdad after two days of bombings left around 100 dead.Iraq To Close Iran, Syria Borders, Extend Baghdad Curfew -BBC Nasdaq - Feb 13 8:23 AM
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Iraq will close its borders with Iran and Syria for up to three days, Lt. Gen. Abboud Gambar, commander of the Baghdad security crackdown, said Tuesday , the BBC reported.Report: 1M Iraqis May Flee Violence Time Magazine - Feb 16 6:44 AM
Iraq closes borders with Iran, Syria The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 13 12:53 PM
Iraq will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad as part of a US-backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence, an official said on Tuesday. The new measures were announced during another day of violence in Baghdad, in which a suicide bomber blew up a truck rigged with explosives near a college.Iraq to close Iran, Syria border News Interactive - Feb 13 10:09 AM
IRAQ is to close its border with Iran and Syria for at least three days, the commander of Baghdad's new security plan said.Iraq Plans to Suspend Checkpoints at Syria, Iran Borders Washington Post - Feb 13 9:02 PM
BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- Iraqi officials on Tuesday announced the temporary closure of checkpoints at the Syrian and Iranian borders, as well as an expanded nighttime curfew in the capital, as part of the new Baghdad security plan. Jury Remains Out On Baghdad Crackdown CBS News - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
As a military offensive seeks to bring Baghdad from the brink of anarchy, a top Iraqi security officer tried Friday to measure its early stages using the grim logic of a place with daily bloodshed: by counting the bodies arriving at the morgue. A total of 10 corpses were collected off the streets _ apparently all victims of the city's lawless jumble of gang justice and sectarian payback. The ...Madrid trial: Moroccan trio deny involvement CNN.com - Feb 16 9:07 AM
The Madrid train bombings trial entered its second day Friday with three more defendants denying involvement in the 2004 attacks that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.Syria gets stricter on refugees from Iraq The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 13 12:08 AM
Syria, the last Arab country welcoming large numbers of Iraqi refugees, is now all but closing the gates, leaving fleeing Iraqis - about 40,000 a month - with almost no place to go.Iraq says to close borders with Syria, Iran AlertNet - Feb 13 8:21 AM
Source: Reuters (Corrects to show government says will close borders, not that it has already shut them) BAGHDAD, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Iraq's government said on Tuesday it would close its borders with Syria and Iran ... Iraq to shut borders with Iran, Syria Nyngan Observer - Feb 13 1:32 PM
Iraq will shut its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours and extend the hours of a nightly curfew in Baghdad as part of a US- backed plan to rein in unrelenting violence, an official says.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - Feb 15 8:10 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Israel's New IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi backed surrendering the Golan Heights in return for a peace agreement with Syria, according to past reports.Troops clamp down in Baghdad Reuters.co.uk - Feb 15 10:57 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, searching neighbourhoods and setting up checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys.Lebanese mark date Hariri assassinated AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 14 12:22 PM
Government supporters carrying balloons and Lebanese flags filled a downtown square Wednesday to remember a slain former prime minister and criticize Syria. Hezbollah-led opposition supporters looked on from behind razor wire separating the two sides.