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Najim Abid Hajwal thought he would be back in Baghdad by now.
The 49-year-old businessman fled Iraq after a worker in one of his factories warned that his name had appeared on a local hit list. He needed no convincing: By then, he says, two of his sons...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Hospitals and Clinics, Murder, Iraq, Apartments
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For Iraqis, working with U.S. has a price
Sun reporterWhen three men wearing the black of the Mahdi Army came looking for him, Khalid Abboud al-Khafajee knew it was time to leave Iraq. For more than three years, the retired manufacturing clerk had served as an interpreter for the U.S. military. One Marine...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Migration, Iraq, U.S. Military, Defense
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From Jordan, Iraqis stream back home to fight
Special To The SunAMMAN, Jordan - The men came scrambling through the streets, clutching kerosene lanterns, bedrolls, a few days of food. They reached the bus, heaved their baggage into the underbelly and clambered aboard as if it were the last ride out of town. There was...Tags: Iraq, Civil Rights, Family, Transportation Accidents, Los Angeles Times
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U.S. firms in gulf area fear war fallout
Associated PressDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - With the Iraq war in its fourth week and anti-American sentiment running high in the Arab world, U.S. companies in the region are anxious about the war's effects on their earnings and their employees' security. During the...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), U.S. Department of State, Murder, Iraq, Bombings
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Airline decides to cancel regular flights to Baghdad
Associated PressAMMAN, Jordan - Royal Jordanian, the only commercial airline with regularly scheduled flights to Baghdad, said yesterday it was canceling the service in anticipation of a U.S.-led war on Iraq. But as more airlines canceled flights to the region, others...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Cairo (Egypt), Transportation
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In Amman, anxiety about U.S.
Sun Foreign StaffAMMAN, Jordan - The restaurant called Whispers offers a slice of Americana, from cheeseburgers to chocolate shakes, and is where several Jordanians who studied or worked in the United States were talking yesterday about what seemed an abrupt change in...Tags: Hamburgers, Iraq, Anxiety, Religious Conflicts, Social Sciences
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Alliances with U.S., Iraq put Jordan in tight spot
Associated PressAMMAN, Jordan - The bombers who struck the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad yesterday might have been angry that Jordan offered sanctuary to the daughters of a ruler they hated. Or they could have been Saddam Hussein loyalists who saw Jordan as his betrayer....Tags: Iraq, Jordan, Petroleum Industry, Defense, National Security
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Jordan gives asylum to two Hussein daughters
Associated PressAMMAN, Jordan - Two of Saddam Hussein's daughters and their nine children received sanctuary yesterday in Jordan on humanitarian grounds, granted by King Abdullah II. Raghad Saddam Hussein and Rana Saddam Hussein - who had reportedly been living in...Tags: Migration, Iraq, Civil Rights, U.S. Military, Family
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Powers to make Iran detailed offer in Baghdad talks
ReutersAMMAN, May 22 (Reuters) - Global powers will present Iran with a detailed proposal including confidence-building measures when the two sides meet in Baghdad on Wednesday for talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, a senior Western official said on Tuesday....Tags: Tehran (Iran), Baghdad (Iraq), Iran's Nuclear Program, European Union, Iran
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ANALYSIS-Rifts widen in Syrian opposition
Reuters* Islamists and secularists at loggerheads * Divisions undermine opposition * Squabbles discourage international recognition By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, May 22 (Reuters) - A power struggle within Syria's main opposition group is pitting Islamists...Tags: Bashar Assad, Free Syrian Army, Islam, France, Wars and Interventions
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Clashes erupt across Syria; at least 48 reported dead
World NowClashes between Syrian government forces and the rebel Free Syrian Army erupted across the country, despite the peace plan that calls on both sides to lay down their arms.... -
Syrian National Council re-elects Ghalioun as president
ReutersAMMAN, May 15 (Reuters) - The Syrian National Council opposition group re-elected liberal politician Burhan Ghalioun as president at a meeting in Rome on Tuesday, two sources at the meeting told Reuters. Ghalioun, a secular academic, has been leader of...Tags: Elections
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