Tribes Form Committees to "Liberate Iraq from Al Zarqawi"
January 31, 2006 --
Tribes Form Committees to "Liberate Iraq from Al Zarqawi"
The tribes of al Anbar formed "a front" for "the liberation of Iraq from Abu Musaab al Zarqawi," according to al Hayat newspaper. Sources close to "the front" told the paper that two committees were formed for that purpose. The first will be responsible for dialogue with the government to clarify misunderstandings between the Sunnis and the Shiites. The second will be active in the Arab world to stop all forms of support and financing to the radical networks in Iraq, especially in al Anbar. One of al Anbar's tribal leaders told al Hayat there were contacts with prominent politicians and religious figures about the situation. He said contacts with Shiite tribal leaders were also made. (Al Hayat)
Italy Has 'Paid Ransom for Hostages' in Iraq
Italy paid millions of dollars in ransom for the release of Italian hostages in Iraq over an 11-month period beginning in April 2004, left-leaning La Repubblica on January 30 quoted a carabinieri inquiry as saying. (The Middle East Times)
New Video Shows Kidnapped Reporter Weeping
The U.S. journalist Jill Carroll, weeping and veiled, appeared on a new videotape aired Monday by Al-Jazeera, and the Arab television station said she appealed for the release of all Iraqi women prisoners. (AP)
Hostage Killed After '$US10m Ransom' Refused
The kidnappers of Margaret Hassan, the British aid worker murdered in Iraq in 2004, demanded a ransom of $US10million to spare her life, according to a leaked Italian police report. (The Australian)
Several Bodies Found in Baghdad
Iraqi police have found the bodies of 11 young men, all blindfolded and shot in the head, in the back of a deserted truck in western Baghdad. (Al Jazeera)
100th British Military Death in Iraq
British soldier dies in explosion in southern Iraq, taking death toll of UK military personnel to 100 since US-led invasion in March 2003. (The Guardian)
Saddam Lawyers Say Will Not Attend Next Session
Saddam Hussein's lawyers said on Tuesday they would not attend Wednesday's session of his trial and threatened to boycott future sessions unless a new chief judge they accuse of bias apologises for "intimidating" them. (Reuters)
ABC News' Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt Heading Back to United States
'World News Tonight' Co-Anchor and Cameraman Responding Well to Treatment for Injuries in Iraq (ABC News)
A Trip from Iraq Aboard A Flying ICU
On the five-hour flight from a frontline airfield in Iraq to a US military hospital in Germany, a dozen doctors, nurses and therapists attended to the badly wounded ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt. (Boston Globe)
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