IN THE NEWS - Week in Iraq

IN THE NEWS - Week in Iraq By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, July 03, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with In the News, in VOA Special English. Saddam Hussein This week brought events many Iraqis never th

Bush Speak About Iraq Power Transfer

Paula Wolfson President Bush delivers a speech Monday on plans for the transfer of power in Iraq. It will be an unusual evening address delivered from an Army facility in Pennsylvania. It will be the

UN Experts in Iraq to Study Early Elections

UN Experts in Iraq to Study Early Elections Kirk Troy A United Nations fact-finding team arrived in Iraq Saturday to decide if the country would be ready for general elections this summer. As the U.N.

Annan Recommends Iraq Elections be Put off until after Power

Annan Recommends Iraq Elections be Put off until after Power Transfer Peter Heinlein U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has agreed with the United States that elections in Iraq are not feasible before

Bush Consults with Foreign Leaders on Iraq

Paula Wolfson President Bush is monitoring events in Iraq from his Texas ranch . He is also calling foreign leaders, and consulting by video conference with his top advisors . It has turned into a wor

VOA标准英语2008年-US Senators Want Iraq to Spend Oil Revenue on R

U.S. lawmakers want Iraq to use bigger oil profits to pay for more of its own reconstruction. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Iraq's parliament has approved a supplementary budget that raises this year's spending to more than $70 billion. A

2007年VOA标准英语-US, Iran, Iraq Setting Up Subcommittee on Iraqi

By David Gollust State Department 24 July 2007 U.S. and Iranian diplomats, meeting in Baghdad for the second time in two months, agreed Tuesday to set up a joint subcommittee with Iraq on Iraqi security issues. But U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crock

2007年VOA标准英语-US Military in Iraq Reports Success Against Ter

By Alex Villareal Washington 28 September 2007 A U.S. military commander in Iraq says coalition forces have crippled the core leadership group of al-Qaida in Iraq in a series of raids over the past few months. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washi

VOA标准英语2008年-US Troop ‘Surge’ in Iraq One Year Old

By Bill Rodgers Washington 10 January 2008 It was one year ago that President Bush addressed the nation to announce an increase of U.S. combat forces in Iraq. Sectarian violence was spiraling out of control, American casualties were rising, and some

Japanese Ground Troops Leave for Iraq

Japanese Ground Troops Leave for Iraq Amy Bickers Japanese ground troops have left for Iraq - marking the country's first full military deployment to a combat zone since World War II. The humanitarian

Russia Advises Its Citizens to Leave Iraq

Peter Thackery Russia is advising its citizens to get out of Iraq after eight workers at a Russian energy company were taken hostage by masked gunmen in Baghdad . All eight have been released unharmed

100 Day Countdown to US Handover Begins in Iraq

100 Day Countdown to US Handover Begins in Iraq Laurie Kassman The top U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer has marked the start of a 100-day countdown to the handover of power to a provisional gove

Six More Civilians Killed by Suspected Insurgents in Iraq

Six More Civilians Killed by Suspected Insurgents in Iraq Nick Simeone In Iraq, at least six more Iraqi civilians have been killed by suspected insurgents, three of them when a bomb exploded outside a

VOA常速英语2007年-US Commander in Iraq Says 2008 Goal is to Build

By Paula Wolfson Washington 23 December 2007 The top U.S. commander in Iraq - General David Petraeus - spelled out his goals for 2008 in an interview Sunday on American television. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Washington that General Pertraeus ap

VOA标准英语2008年-US Hands Over Seized Antiquities to Iraq

Home to what was once ancient Mesopotamia, Iraq has long been a target of looters and thieves intent on stealing the country's treasure trove of antiquities. But a large cache of priceless artifacts has been returned to Iraq's government, thanks to

VOA常速英语2008年-Iraq War Enters Sixth Year

By Bill Rodgers Washington 17 March 2008 Five years ago, on March 20, 2003, U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq to overthrow a dictatorship that President Bush accused of developing weapons of mass destruction. No WMD were ever found. As VOA's Bill Rodgers

VOA标准英语2008年-Pentagon: Too Soon for Next Iraq Assessment

By Al Pessin Pentagon 03 January 2008 The U.S. Defense Department says it is too soon to begin the next assessment of the troop surge and the new counterinsurgency strategy implemented in Iraq last year, and that the violence of the last two days doe

Obama: All US Troops Out of Iraq by Year End

President Barack Obama announced on Friday that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of this year. The announcement came after months of negotiations with the Iraqi government on extending a U.S. troop presence there. In a video con

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraq Government Says Need for US Troops Will De

By Jim Randle Baghdad 11 September 2007 The government of Iraq says the need for U.S. combat troops in the country will decrease in the near future and it welcomed Monday's congressional testimony by the U.S. commander in Iraq and the U.S. Ambassador

Iraq ready to promote ties with China: Talabani

BAGHDAD, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the newly-arrived Chinese ambassador Tuesday that Iraq is willing to expand cooperation and strengthen ties with China. Talabani made the statement when receiving the credential from Ni