Euronews – 30/01/2009 20:52 CET The walls of Ramadi are festooned with posters and slogans, evidence of a hotly contested election campaign. It is a far cry from 2005 when the ballot was boycotted by the majority Sunni community. Fearful of political violence and sceptical about the outcome their leaders …
Read More »Euronews : campagna elettorale in Irak (IT)
Euronews – 30/01/2009 20:52 CET A Ramadi, capoluogo della provincia di Al Anbar, la campagna elettorale è stata intensa. Siamo in Iraq occidentale, i sunniti sono la maggioranza. Nel duemilacinque, dopo l’offensiva dell’esercito americano su Falluja, avevano boicottato le elezioni, come imposto dagli insorti ; per mesi Al Qaeda ha …
Read More »Euronews : Elecciones en irak (ES)
Euronews – 30/01/2009 20:52 CET Ambiente electoral en Ramadi, capital de la provincia de Al Anbar. Aquí los suníes son mayoritarios. En 2005, tras los devastadores asaltos del ejército estadounidense contra Faluya, respondieron al llamamiento de la insurgencia y boicotearon las elecciones. Durante meses, Al Qaeda sembró el terror en …
Read More »Euronews : Expectativa dos sunitas e cristaos iraquianos (PT)
Euronews – 30/01/2009 20:52 CET A campanha eleitoral no Iraque pôs em ebulição Ramadi, capital da província de Al Anbar. Aqui os sunitas estão em maioria. Em 2005, responderam ao apelo da insurgência e boicotaram as eleições depois dos desvatadores assaltos do exército norte-americano a Faluja. Durante meses, a Al …
Read More »Èðàê – Èðàêñêèå ñóííèòû íàäåþòñÿ íà óñïåõ íà ðåãèîíàëüíûõ âûáîðàõ, õðèñòèàíå ñìîòðÿò â áóäóùåå áåç îïòèìèçìà
Euronews – 30/01/2009 20:52 CET Ïðåäâûáîðíàÿ êàìïàíèÿ â èðàêñêîé ïðîâèíöèè Àíáàð. Çäåñü â áîëüøèíñòâå ñóííèòû. Â 2005 ãîäó îíè áîéêîòèðîâàëè ìåñòíûå âûáîðû, ïîñëå òîãî êàê àìåðèêàíñêèå âîéñêà ïîäàâèëè ñóííèòñêîå âîññòàíèå â Ýëü-Ôàëëóäæå. Íà äîëãèå ìåñÿöû ïðîâèíöèÿ ïîãðóçèëàñü â òåððîð, íî ìåñòíûå ëèäåðû ïðè ïîääåðæêå àìåðèêàíöåâ, óñòàíîâèëè â íåé ñâîé êîíòðîëü. …
Read More »Iraq’s provincial elections: A test of fragile calm
Middle East FeaturesBy dpa correspondentsJan 27, 2009, 4:04 GMT Baghdad – As voters prepare to go to the polls on January 31, Iraq stands balanced on a knife-edge as the streets are safer now than they have been at any time since the country slid into civil war in 2005. …
Read More »Jordan: 12 men charged with terrorist attacks
The Associated Press Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Amman Jordan: Twelve Jordanians of Palestinian origin went on trial Tuesday on charges of carrying out what the Jordanian military court described as terrorist attacks on a Christian church and cemetery in the Arab country. The 12 men stood quietly in the dock …
Read More »Iraq – Push for power brings back Mosul’s dark legacy
Middle East FeaturesBy Elijah Zarwan and Muhaned al-SadiJan 27, 2009, 4:04 GMT Mosul – The river Tigris bisects Mosul, the capital of the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh. On the western bank is the old city, the centre of Nineveh’s majority Sunni population. The suburbs and villages to the east …
Read More »Saving the monastery of Mor Gabriel, to guarantee a multicultural Turkey
Ankara, Turkij – AsiaNews — Demonstrations are being held in many European countries to save the monastery of Mor Gabriel, a spiritual center for the Syriac Orthodox community in Turkey. Founded in 397, it is the oldest functioning Christian monastery in the world. It is located on the plateau …
Read More »Mosul, fresh anti Christian violence. Murder and torture
Mosul – AsiaNews — The lifeless body of a young Christian was found yesterday by the army in Mosul (Northern Iraq). The abandoned body uncovered in a street in the east of the city was that of 36 year old Chourik Bagrad. AsiaNews sources in Mosul – a city …
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