NEWS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 10, 2006
“By Last Week, 22 Arab Sunni Armed Groups Had
Agreed To Join The [National Reconciliation] Process
Initiated By [Prime Minister] Maliki.” (Amir Taheri, Op-Ed, “Iraq:
The Politician’s Progress,” New York Post, 7/12/06)
“At The Same Time, A Group Of 18 Senior Officers Of
The Former Regime’s Army Have Met With President
Jalal Talabani To Seek Ways Of Bringing Hundreds Of
Arab Sunni Cashiered Officers And NCOs Into The New
Iraqi Army And Police.” (Amir Taheri, Op-Ed, “Iraq: The Politician’s
Progress,” New York Post, 7/12/06)
“[A] Number Of International Organizations Are Also
Returning To Iraq. Last Week, The Organization Of The
Islamic Conference (OIC), A Grouping Of 57 Muslim-
Majority Countries, Ended Its Iraq Boycott By Reopening
Its Offices In Baghdad.” (Amir Taheri, Op-Ed, “Iraq: The Politician’s
Progress,” New York Post, 7/12/06)
“Coalition Forces (CF) Detained One Senior Al Qaida …
Terrorist And Four Suspected Terrorists During A Raid
In The Vicinity Of Tikrit July 3.” (State Department Website,
www.state.gov, Accessed 7/11/06)
• “The Raid Successfully Targeted A Senior Al
Qaida Member Known To Be Involved In
Facilitating Foreign Terrorists Throughout
Central Iraq.” (State Department Website,
www.state.gov, Accessed 7/11/06)
“The Central Criminal Court Of Iraq Convicted 11
Detainees During The Week Of June 21 For Crimes,
Including Possession Of Illegal Weapons And Illegal
Border Crossing.” (State Department Website, www.state.gov,
Accessed 7/11/06)
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Maj. Gen. William Caldwell: “[T]here’s some great things that
are happening … that the Iraqi Security Forces are doing,
unfortunately, [it] just never reach[es] the attention of anybody.”
(CNN’s “The Situation Room,” 7/12/06)
This Week Coalition Forces Handed Over Security Of The
Muthanna Province To The Iraqi Security Forces. (Bushra Juhi,
“Iraqis Take Over Security In Muthanna,” The Associated Press, 7/13/06)
• This Transfer Of Security Marks The First Such
Transfer Of An Entire Province. (Bushra Juhi, “Iraqis
Take Over Security In Muthanna,” The Associated Press, 7/13/06)
To Date, There Are More Than 268,000 Trained And
Equipped Iraqi Security Forces. (State Department Website,
www.state.gov, Accessed 7/11/06)
“Since She Was A Little Girl In Sulemaniya, Shahla Always
Wanted To Be A Soldier In The Iraqi Army. But Women
Weren’t Allowed To Fight Under Saddam.” (Sarah Childress,
“Everybody Must Make Sacrifices,” Newsweek, 7/10/06)
• “[A]s Soon As Hussein Was Gone In 2003, The
Attractive Young Mother Put Her Name On The List.
Shahla Is Now A First Lieutenant.” (Sarah Childress,
“Everybody Must Make Sacrifices,” Newsweek, 7/10/06)
• Shahla: “Before, during Saddam’s time, women in the
army could only be doctors. They didn’t recognize their
rank. Now, we see the difference. Now, they respect us.
Now they call us by our ranks.” (Sarah Childress, “Everybody
Must Make Sacrifices,” Newsweek, 7/10/06)