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	List of cities by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of the largest cities of the world estimated for the year 2005.
		The populations listed are, in most cases, for the city proper and not for the entire metropolitan area.
		For a list of the most populous metropolitan areas, go to List of metropolitan areas by population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Largest_cities_of_the_world (126 words)

	Iraq - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In 1955 Iraq signed the Baghdad Pact, a regional collective security agreement, with the USSR seen as the main potential threat, and in 1958 joined Jordan in an Arab Federation, with King Faisal as head of state.
		The constitution was suspended, and Iraq was declared a republic, with Brig Abd al-Karim Kassem as head of a left-wing military regime.
		Iraq had, since 1970, enjoyed a fluctuating relationship with Syria, sometimes distant and sometimes close enough to contemplate a complete political and economic union.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Iraq (4111 words)

	Iraq: iraq war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Iraq is in southwestern Asia encompassing most of Mesopotamia as well as the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert.
		The Republic of Iraq sits on land that is historically known as Mesopotamia (Al-Rafidayn in Arabic and Beth Nahrain in Aramaic), which means 'land between the rivers' in Greek, also largely comprising the eastern and bigger arm of the Fertile Crescent.
		Iraq was granted independence in 1932, though the British retained military bases and transit rights for their forces in the country.
	winelib.com /wiki/Iraq (3205 words)

	The tentative list of Irak
		The city of Ashur, the first capital of the Assyrian empire and the religious centre of Assyria, can be compared with great ancient capitals in the world such as Babylon, Athens, Rome, Thebes and other cities that have influenced the history of humankind.
		The city gained its reputation because it was the city of the god Ashur, the national deity of the Assyrians.
		An8 km-long wall surrounds the 200 hectares city, which includes a citadel in the southwest corner, where a Ziggurat was erected, a temple dedicated to Ninurta (patron deity of the city), a temple dedicated to Nabu (god of writing) and a series of palaces.
	whc.unesco.org /news/news_170203_tentiv_irak.htm (1500 words)

	Cities for Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Others cities have passed city council resolutions calling to bring the troops home, and they've prepared first-hand reports on the process to be shared with other groups or officials who want to take action.
		Cities for Peace will work as a hub of communication among cities taking action on this issue, and help all these cities express their opinion as a bloc of people that they represent, rather than as isolated cities.
		Cities for Peace voter education materials present cutting edge policy information and analysis to help make sure people are informed voters and citizens...before and after the election.
	www.ips-dc.org /citiesforpeace (1222 words)

	Iraq (Harpers.org)
		In fact, the report said that Iraq had been six to 24 months away from developing the bomb prior to the Gulf War and the subsequent weapons inspections but that there was no evidence that Iraq had retained the physical capability to develop nuclear weapons now.
		Iraq was upset that the United States took possession of the only copy of its weapons declaration that was given to the United Nations Security Council; Norway and Syria, nonpermanent members of the council, complained that they would receive only edited versions of the document.
		Iraq crushed four Al Samoud 2 missiles with a bulldozer; Hans Blix said that the decision to destroy the missiles was a “very significant piece of real disarmament.” A pack of dogs attacked six parked cars in Munich.
	www.harpers.org /Iraq.html (4533 words)

	InterAction.org \| Disaster Response
		CARE has been operating in Iraq without interruption for the last decade and is continuing to respond to the needs of the Iraqi people in Iraq when it is safe for staff to do so.
		It is doing this by: (1) expanding access to essential humanitarian assistance of target vulnerable populations; (2) improving the capacity of social service organizations to serve their constituents; and (3) establishing sustainable relationships for future development with people and organizations in the United States.
		The IRC’s work in Iraq is focusing on water and sanitation, primary health care and child protection programs around the cities of Najaf and Karbala in the upper south region of the country.
	www.interaction.org /iraq/index_press.html (3662 words)

	WORLD HERITAGE LATEST NEWS
		Iraq, the "Land between the two Rivers", has been the cradle of major civilizations starting from the fifth millennium BCE, which marked the watershed between the prehistory and history of humanity.
		Among these are the cities of Ur of the Chaldees, birthplace of Abraham, Babylon, with the legendary Babel Tower, Nineveh, Hatra, Ashur and Samarra, just to name some of the most famous.
		Also included in the Tentative List of Iraq, Ashur was the first Capital of the Assyrian Kingdom and a very important religious centre, from the third to the first millennium BCE.
	whc.unesco.org /news/news170203.htm (1341 words)

	City Mayors: The world's largest cities (1 to 100)
		City Mayors ranks the world’s largest and richest cities and urban areas.
		City Mayors lists and features urban events, conferences and conventions aimed at urban decision makers and those with an interst in cities worldwide.
		City Mayors questions those who govern the world’s cities and talks to men and women who contribute to urban society and environment.
	www.citymayors.com /features/largest_cities1.html (534 words)

	National Priorities Project - Local Costs of the Iraq War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Click on a state to find a list of the cities, towns and counties for which we have calculated the taxpayer cost of the Iraq War.
		The taxpayer cost of the Iraq War is broken down for various towns, cities and counties across the U.S. The breakdown is based on a total cost of $318.5 billion.
		The estimate is based on an NPP analysis of the legislation appropriating money for the Iraq War and a report published by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in June 2006.
	www.nationalpriorities.org /warcitycost (308 words)

	FP Iraq War, a Project at the Brookings Institution
		With continuing sectarian violence in Iraq, Brookings senior fellow Michael O'Hanlon and former representative Stephen Solarz argue that a new "conditions-based" strategy is required to help the Iraqi government succeed.
		Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, was killed in a U.S. attack but the effect of his death on the tide of violence that has marred the Iraqi political process remains to be seen.
		The Iraq Index is designed to quantify the rebuilding efforts and offer an objective set of criteria for benchmarking performance.
	www.brook.edu /fp/research/projects/iraq/war.htm (490 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Iraq : Biological Chonology
		Iraq submitted an anthrax destruction study report to UNMOVIC to prove its previous unilateral destruction of anthrax stocks at Al Hakam in 1991.
		Iraq could have quickly re-established small scale BW programs within a few weeks through the dual-use civilian facilities in the country.
		Iraq had no immediate comment on UNMOVICâs concerns, but the US State Department, which has been helping Iraq set up methods to restrict the movement of these materials, said that Iraq has put new export controls in place to prevent WMD materials or technology from leaving Iraq.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Iraq/Biological/3889_3894.html (4022 words)

	Groups list worst cities for homeless - U.S. Life - MSNBC.com
		Twenty-seven percent of the cities surveyed prohibit sitting or lying in certain public places, a 14 percent increase over the number of cities surveyed in the groups’ last report, in 2002.
		Some cities have adopted the argument that the predatory aspect of life on the streets makes laws isolating the homeless from the general population necessary.
		But cities aren't getting any help from the federal government, Stoops said, citing legislation passed in December by the House and Senate that is meant to slash Medicaid funding by $4.8 billion and trim Supplemental Security Income assistance by more than $700 million over the next five years.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10823343/from/RL.2 (893 words)

	Shiite Election List Points to Iraq's Political Future
		Top billing on the list goes to this fl-turbaned, pro-Iranian cleric who heads the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq and opposed Saddam Hussein from exile in Iran before returning after last year's U.S.-led invasion.
		He was a member of the dissolved Iraq Governing Council and is allied to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Hussein al-Sistani, the country's top Shiite cleric, who was instrumental in setting up the coalition.
		The Shemar tribe is one of Iraq's most prominent Sunni clans, crossing into Iraq from Saudi Arabia in the 17th century and scattering across the country.
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/printer_121204B.shtml (1453 words)

	OVER A CENTURY OF U
		Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, and Syria spend $14.4 billion combined; Iran accounts for 52 percent of this total.
		Among sources used, besides news reports, are the Congressional Record (23 June 1969), 180 Landings by the U.S. Marine Corps History Division, Ege and Makhijani in Counterspy (July-Aug. 1982), and Daniel Ellsberg in Protest and Survive.
		Bombing, troops, naval Blockade of Iraqi and Jordanian ports, air strikes; 200,000+ killed in invasion of Iraq and Kuwait; no-fly zone over Kurdish north, Shiite south, large-scale destruction of Iraqi military.
	www.zmag.org /CrisesCurEvts/interventions.htm (656 words)

	Yorkshire CND - 42 US Cities now against Iraq War - 21/1/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cities for Peace is a rapidly growing effort to get City Councils and other civic bodies to pass resolutions against a war on Iraq.
		We see this as a potentially dangerous distraction from fighting terrorism and we are aware that such a war would have devastating consequences on our city budgets and on local capacity to meet the current needs of our own communities in these difficult economic times.
		NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, oppose a pre-emptive U.S. military attack on Iraq unless it is demonstrated that Iraq poses a real and imminent threat to the security and safety of the United States; and
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /news/articles/iraq/42citiesagainstwar.htm (309 words)

	ParaPundit: Samarra Joins Growing List Of US Military No-Go Cities In Iraq
		A downside of a Shia-dominated Iraq is that it shifts the balance of power in the Middle East, to the benefit of Shia-dominated Iran.
		The Iraq war has effectively undone all of those objectives, and after all of this we still don't have control of the Iraq oil.
		The idea that Iraq is a total waste is, by the way, the general opinion of various fringe groups like the Army War College, Norman Schwartzkopf, two out of the last three Centcom commanders (Hoare and Zinni), people like General Odom (Head of NSA under Reagan), people like Brent Scowcroft (NSC head under Bush I).
	www.parapundit.com /archives/002336.html (6606 words)

	[A-List] US imperialism: Iraq & Saudi Arabia
		If the Iraqi dictator thinks a campaign to oust or kill him is under way, he will have no incentive to play by the rules and might choose to take as many of his enemies with him as possible using weapons of mass destruction.
		John Warden, a former US air force colonel who helped plan the 1991 Gulf war air campaign, said more attention would have to be paid to harnessing internal opposition in Iraqi army units.
		The British and Australian embassies, meanwhile, repeated calls for vigilance after it emerged that an Australian working for British Aerospace in Saudi Arabia escaped unhurt on June 5 after being fired on five times by a sniper near a BAE compound in Tabuk.
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2002-June/006459.html (581 words)

	List of city listings by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is the list of city listings by country and territory:
		List of cities with more than 100 000 inhabitants
		This page was last modified 09:00, 15 July 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_cities (63 words)

	USAID: Assistance for Iraq - Reconstruction Overview
		In 2003, USAID framed its assistance program for Iraq around the minimum conditions that the country must attain if it were to have a stable government and economy.
		USAID works with U.S. and multinational units to help cities recover from the effects of battle and to gain a sense of balance after the insurgency has departed.
		A demographic bulge threatens Iraq's future: In 2004, half of all Iraqis are under the age of 20 years, and the population will double by 2030.
	www.usaid.gov /iraq/accomplishments (581 words)

	Cities for Peace
		City and County Council and Related Resolutions Opposing Preemptive/Unilateral War in Iraq
		In those cases, councils have often drafted a letter to the President and others in Washington in lieu of a resolution.
		Letters listed here were signed by a majority of the city's council members.
	www.ips-dc.org /citiesforpeace/resolutions.htm (142 words)

	Water, Electricity Top List of Iraq's Needs
		The U.S.-led war on Iraq has left many cities without power or water supplies, government buildings burned and looted and a security situation so bad that many essential workers are too frightened to report for duty.
		While a convoy of 50 trucks carrying food aid headed to Baghdad from Jordan, the few aid agencies operating in the capital said they were concentrating their efforts on restoring water supplies in the city and ensuring hospitals had power.
		On the positive side, at least five medical supply warehouses in the city were still intact despite earlier fears they had been looted and destroyed, WHO said in a statement.
	www.worldrevolution.org /Article/833 (1037 words)

	Books for Understanding: Iraq
		Cradle of Conflict: Iraq and the Birth of the Modern U.S. Military
		Iraq from Monarchy to Tyranny: From the Hashemites to the Rise of Saddam
		Shi‘i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The ‘Ulama’ of Najaf and Karbala’
	aaupnet.org /news/bfu/iraq/list.html (1642 words)

	Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Winning the peace in Iraq may be a far greater challenge than winning the war.
		This challenge falls largely on President George W. Bush, who must make clear to the American people that the United States is willing to stay the course with a multibillion-dollar, multiyear commitment of troops, civilian personnel, and other resources.
		The United States and Iraq: A Strategy for the Long Haul
	www.brookings.edu /press/books/iraqthedayafter.htm (368 words)

	Iraq current local time from WorldTimeServer.com
		Before making travel plans for a hotel or flight to Baghdad, Iraq or placing a telephone call to Iraq with a phone card or direct dial, or even with an online chat room, it can be useful to understand the difference between locations, so make sure you know the correct and current local time.
		A comprehensive list of other locations in addition to Iraq is also available which you can view current time by country name or by city name.
		You can even create a list of your favorite locations where you have business or personal interests.
	www.worldtimeserver.com /current_time_in_IQ.aspx (253 words)

	Iraq Coalition Casualties
		ALTHOUGH the idea of women fighting on the frontline might still be controversial, the right of a woman to represent her country in the armed forces is now well established.
		Artillery shells fired from Iran have landed in remote northern villages of Iraqi Kurdistan in the past four days and have killed at least two civilians and wounded four others, a senior Kurdish official said Saturday.
		Three U.S.-led coalition soldiers were killed during a combat operation Saturday in eastern Afghanistan...Col. Tom Collins said an unspecified number of coalition soldiers also were wounded in the operation in Pech district...
	icasualties.org /oif (741 words)

	Twin Cities Campaign - Lift Sanctions
		Birth defects and childhood cancers increased 600 to 1,100 percent in the areas of Iraq where DU was used in the first Persian Gulf war.
		Environmental Degradation: The soil and water in Iraq have been severely contaminated as a result of two wars and thirteen years of debilitating sanctions.
		FFI: Twin Cities Peace Campaign Focus on Iraq at 612-522-1861 or Women Against Military Madness at 612-827-5364 (www.worldwidewamm.org) To receive periodic information on a list serve, contact Marie.
	www.justview.org /iraq.html (482 words)

	Cities with Bring the Troops Home resolutions - Cities for Progress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cities with Bring the Troops Home resolutions - Cities for Progress
		Cities for Progress - Urban Network for Social Change is a project of the Institute for Policy Studies, a multi-issue progressive think tank based out of Washington, DC.
		Cities for Progress & The Institute for Policy Studies is located at 733 15th Street NW Suite 1020, Washington, DC, 20005.
	citiesforprogress.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111 (75 words)

	Cities for Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		To see a full list of current or pre-war resolutions, click here.
		Amherst, MA passed its resolution with an inspiring call to action.
		The reading of names is also done in Cambridge, MA.
	www.citiesforpeace.org (1222 words)

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