May 29, 2006:


1) To Iran's west lies a natural ally and perhaps its most potent weapon in the international fray over its nuclear program. While Iran and Iraq were arch enemies during the rule of Saddam Hussein, all signs point to an increasingly robust relationship now that Shiites have achieved a dominant role in the Iraqi leadership. ( AP via Yahoo! News )


2) Two out of four British soldiers hit by a roadside bomb in southern Iraq were killed, Britain’s Ministery of Defence says. ( AFP via Yahoo! News )


3) Car and roadside bombs killed more than 30 people in Iraq on Monday, a day after a tribal chief who challenged Iraq's most feared terrorists and sent fighters to help U.S. troops battle Al Qaeeda in western Iraq was gunned down.( International Herald Tribune )



May 30, 2006:


1) Italy will redouble its efforts to help the reconstruction of Iraq even after withdrawing its troops this year, new Defense Minister Arturo Parisi said.
( CNN.com )


2) A car bomb explosion in central Baghdad Monday killed two CBS News crew members, an Iraqi interpreter and a U.S. soldier, and severely wounded the news team's correspondent, in one of a string of attacks that killed dozens of people in Iraq over the course of the day. ( Washington Post )


3) Explosions killed two people in Baghdad and wounded seven on Tuesday as Iraq's prime minister held meetings aimed at finding new defense and interior ministers. ( AP via Yahoo! News )


4) Britain suffered its highest monthly death toll this May in southern Iraq since the US-led invasion after nine troops died in a wave of violence that the defence minister said was a "major concern". ( AFP via Yahoo! News )


5) Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will fly to Iraq's second city Basra on Wednesday to end faction fighting among fellow Shi'ites and said he is ready to use force against "gangs" holding oil exports and other trade to ransom.
( Reuters via Yahoo! News )


6) President George W. Bush again vowed to complete US military missions in Iraq and around the world as the United States honoured its war dead with the military toll in Iraq closing on 2,500 and a report of more reinforcements for the west of the country. ( AFP via Yahoo! News )




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