<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Insurgent Violence Escalates in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12417-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12417-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ambushes and kidnappings targeting Iraqis and foreigners have surged this month while the new government is caught up in power struggles over cabinet positions.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Security Workers Living on Edge in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10547-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10547-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With more hired guns in Iraq than in any other U.S. conflict since the 1991 Persian Gulf War,  armed contractors admit their role is cloudy and controversial.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senior Army Officers Are Cleared in Abuse Cases]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10546-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10546-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An Army inspector general's report has cleared senior Army officers of wrongdoing in the abuse of military prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurgents Down Civilian Helicopter Near Iraqi Capital]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6493-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6493-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD, April 21  --  Insurgents shot down a helicopter with a heat-seeking missile north of the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing all six American security contractors and five others on board, according to U.S. officials and insurgents.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Berlusconi Resigns but Plans New Cabinet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4304-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4304-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, his government reeling from recent electoral setbacks, resigned on Wednesday, technically ending the life of Italy's longest-lasting post-World War II government.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.N. Envoy To N. Korea Steps Aside For Probe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United Nations' special envoy to North Korea, Maurice F. Strong, decided Wednesday to step aside until U.N.-appointed investigators and federal prosecutors finish examining his financial ties to a South Korean lobbyist accused of trying to bribe U.N. officials.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sectarian Strife Rises in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4390-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4390-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The bodies of 19 Iraqi soldiers were found piled in a soccer stadium in western Iraq. At the same time, police announced the discovery of 58 corpses, also suspected victims of insurgents, floating in the Tigris River.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer and Caryle Murphy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horror Seen From Inside of a Humvee in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6110-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6110-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. troops on patrol in the largely ungoverned lands known as the "throat of Baghdad" understand that no matter how hard they try, any mission could be their last.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Soldier Described 'Bad Feeling,' Father Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3072-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3072-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tromaine K. Toy Sr. was a husband, father and soldier, an outgoing man who left a tiny town on Virginia's Eastern Shore to serve in the Army all over the world: in Kosovo, in Korea and, finally, in Iraq.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein and Martin Weil</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marines Recount Assault at U.S. Outpost in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64291-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64291-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The sophisticated attack last Monday on a remote Marine base signaled a dramatic change in the methods of the insurgents, who have staged mostly guerrilla-style hit-and-run attacks against the U.S. military.]]></description><author> Steve Fainaru</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers' 'Wish Lists' Of Detainee Tactics Cited]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64409-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64409-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Army intelligence officials in Iraq developed and circulated "wish lists" of harsh interrogation techniques they hoped to use on detainees in August 2003, suggestions that some soldiers believed spawned abuse and illegal interrogations.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shiite Bloc in Iraq Wouldn't Fight Execution of Hussein]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64603-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64603-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD, April 18  --  The Shiite Muslim bloc leading Iraq's new government will oppose any move to spare former president Saddam Hussein's life if a special tribunal convicts and condemns him, a spokesman for the alliance said Monday.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Increased Security In Fallujah Slows Efforts to Rebuild]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64292-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64292-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[FALLUJAH, Iraq  --  On a sweep through southern Fallujah, U.S. Marines uncovered a suspected insurgent safe house: four Iraqi men of military age living alone in a small, unkempt dwelling with a Russian heavy machine gun, ammunition and two grenades buried in the front yard.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victims' Champion Is Killed in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61492-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61492-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD, April 17  --  In a one-woman battle for the victims of war, 28-year-old Marla Ruzicka won over Congress and the U.S. military, persuading the United States to free a precedent-setting $20 million for civilians it injured by mistake in Afghanistan and Iraq.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruling Iraqi Bloc to Oust  Hussein-Era Officials]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61487-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid 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housing complexes, small shops and recent immigrants. But this time around the party's candidate is in trouble here, and the reason is simple: the war in Iraq.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forces Launch Bid to Rescue Shiites Reportedly Being Held]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59118-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59118-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Iraqi commandos supported by U.S. military forces have launched an operation to locate and release scores of Shiite Muslim hostages reportedly held and threatened with death by Sunni extremists.]]></description><author> Caryle Murphy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi Cleric Hails Amnesty Idea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55816-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55816-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A prominent Sunni Muslim cleric on Friday welcomed an amnesty offer for Iraq's Sunni-led insurgency and called on President Jalal Talabani to make it a general amnesty that would also apply to those in U.S. detention.]]></description><author> Ellen Knickmeyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preaching the Rule of Law in a Tribal Land]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57533-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57533-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Iraq negotiates the high drama of politics on a national stage, Mohammed Musabah is the point man on the more mundane task of making government work in Basra.]]></description><author> Anthony Shadid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Koreagate' Figure Tied  To Oil-for-Food Scandal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54646-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54646-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iraq/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:55:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["An American success story" was how Tongsun Park described himself when he first came to the attention of the media and the FBI, in 1977, with gifts of hundreds of thousands of dollars to prominent politicians in an influence-peddling scandal that came to be known as "Koreagate."]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item></channel></rss>