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World News Atlas    Arab Countries     2006   December

Arab Countries, December 2006 Timeline Saturday, October 11     Author
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Summary.     Click for More >   Huge rally demands PM quit  200,000 people packed the streets, as Christian opposition leader called for Fouad Siniora to step down Iraq Study Group: Situation grave   The report given to President Bush says the U.S. needs to change its strategy to tackle the deteriorating situation Huge protest pressures government Suicide truck bomb kills at least 54 Palestinian factions clash   President Abbas calls for early elections   Palestinian President called for presidential and legislative elections to end the stalemate between Fatah and the Hamas PM reaches out to Baathists HIV medics condemned to death Heavy fighting erupts Somalis 'at war' with Ethiopia Marines charged in Haditha killings Sudan agrees to U.N. peacekeeping plan Olmert frees $100 million to Palestinians Ethiopian jets bomb Somalia areas UK troops storm Iraqi police HQ Islamic forces retreat Islamists withdraw from Mogadishu   Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said that all Islamist forces had withdrawn from the capital Muslims begin the Hajj pilgrimage Mogadishu falls to government troops 'No delays' to Hussein execution   Saddam Hussein hanged
Dec.1   Beirut  
Dec.6   Washington  
Dec.10   Beirut
Dec.11   Baghdad
Dec.15   West Bank
Dec.16   West Bank  
  Baghdad
Dec.19   Libya
Dec.20   Somalia
Dec.21   Somalia
  Washington
Dec.22   Sudan
Dec.23   Jerusalem
Dec.24   Somalia
  Southern Iraq
Dec.26   Somalia
Dec.27   Somalia  
  Saudi Arabia
Dec.28   Somalia
Dec.29   Baghdad
  Baghdad  
  The celebrations broke out after Hussein was dead. There was dancing around the body. The execution was videotaped.    He was convicted of killings in the town of Dujail 25 years ago. U.S. district judge refused a request to stay the ex...
Dec.30   Iraq Saddam is buried in home village Dec.31   Somalia Militia abandon last major stronghold




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Dec.1   Beirut  
  200,000 people packed the streets, as Christian opposition leader called for Fouad Siniora to step down
 Demonstrators pitched tents outside the office of Siniora. Soldiers cordoned off the office complex with barbed wire
 Beirut  Protesters set up camp Dec.2  Beirut  Hezbollah tent city rises in mass protest  Baghdad  Dozens killed in bombings  Egypt  Egypt to dig up pharaonic tombs   Saudi Arabia Saudis arrest 139 'sleeper cell' suspects  Washington  Rumsfeld 'had doubts' over Iraq Dec.3  Beirut  More protests as political crisis deepens  Baghdad  Lawyers lodge Saddam death appeal  UN  UN chief tells of Iraq war sorrow Dec.4  Washington  Bush meets with Shiite leader  Baghdad  Gunmen kill 14 in bus attack Dec.5  U.S. Congress  R. Gates: US not winning conflict in Iraq  Beirut  Tense Beirut buries unrest victim  Baghdad  PM seeks conferences to stem carnage Dec.6   Washington   Iraq Study Group: Situation grave
  The report given to President Bush says the U.S. needs to change its strategy to tackle the deteriorating situation.    Report calls for a diplomatic offensive, end U.S. combat role by 2008. U.S. mission should evolve to role of su...
 Baghdad  Iraqi leaders play down U.S. study report Dec.7  Somalia  Islamist warning for peacekeeper force  Jordan  Death sentences for U.S. warship attack  Qatar  Equestrian rider killed at Asian Games  Beirut  Hezbollah leader urges defiance   Washington Bush says Iraq policy will change   Baghdad Iraq plans international, regional summits  Somalia  Rains bring no relief to starving Somalis Dec.8   Iraq Coalition: crackdown kills 20 insurgents  UN  Annan to press world on 'horror' of Sudan  Beirut  Outbursts deepen Lebanon crisis  Somalia  'Heavy fighting' in town of Dinsoor  Kurdistan  Kurds brand report 'unrealistic'  Somalia  Somalia militia fighting Ethiopian troops Dec.9   Southern Iraq Blast shakes Shiite holy city  Washington  Bush sees US consensus over Iraq  Darfur  Women demand end to Darfur rapes  Palestine  Early election talk angers Hamas Dec.10   Beirut   Huge protest pressures government  Hundreds of thousands flooded central Beirut after a call by the Hezbollah-led opposition to topple the government  Baghdad  Talabani rejects Baker-Hamilton report  Darfur  22 civilians killed Dec.11   Baghdad     Suicide truck bomb kills at least 54   Many of the killed were unemployed Iraqis lured toward the explosion by an offer of work  Switzerland  UN rights body to discuss Darfur Dec.12   Washington Bush delays fresh Iraq strategy  Qatar  Celebrations as Iraq reach final  Lebanon  U.N. probe IDs Hariri suspects  Baghdad  Car bomb strikes eastern Baghdad Dec.13   Baghdad Bombers strike workers for second day  London  UK supports Darfur no-fly zone  Darfur  U.N. rights watchdog to Darfur Dec.14   Baghdad Gunmen in uniforms kidnap 20-30 Dec.15   West Bank   Palestinian factions clash   More than a dozen people were injured when fighting broke out in the city of Ramallah  Darfur  Violence 'preventing aid'  Egypt  Egypt seeks to ease Gaza tensions  Somalia  Islamists vow not to strike government Dec.16   West Bank     President Abbas calls for early elections
  Palestinian President called for presidential and legislative elections to end the stalemate between Fatah and the Hamas.    Abbas said that Palestinians would not be drawn into civil war, noting the recent violence, including an attack...
  Baghdad   PM reaches out to Baathists  Al-Maliki said former Baathists and army officers who committed no serious crimes should be allowed into the mainstream  Washington  US welcomes Palestinian poll call Dec.17   Baghdad Kidnapping overshadows Blair visit Dec.18   West Bank Blair, Abbas urge new efforts for peace Dec.19   Libya   HIV medics condemned to death   A court convicted 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of deliberately infecting 400 children with the virus  Washington  Pentagon: Militia 'has replaced al Qaeda'   Washington Bush considers US force expansion  United Arab Emirates  Blair warns of 'global struggle' Dec.20   Somalia   Heavy fighting erupts  A deadline from Islamists for Ethiopia to withdraw troops from Somalia expired. There is a mortar fire at Daynunay   Qatar Al Qaeda's No. 2 rejects elections  Northern Iraq  U.S. capture al Qaeda in Iraq leader   Washington Hard Iraq choices loom, says Bush   Baghdad Suicide bomber kills 12 Dec.21   Somalia     Somalis 'at war' with Ethiopia  The leader of the Union of Islamic Courts says they are in a state of war with Ethiopia   Washington   Marines charged in Haditha killings   4 Marines have been charged with murder in the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians, and 4 officers are accused of failing to investigate  Somalia  Carnage as Somalia 'in state of war' Dec.22   Sudan     Sudan agrees to U.N. peacekeeping plan  The government has accepted the package for Darfur, including the deployment of an operation of U.N. and AU troops   Somalia Ethiopian tanks heading to Somalia battle  Iraq  Insurgents offer U.S. truce to get out  Washington  Judge: Iran responsible for terror attack Dec.23   Washington Gates returns to brief Bush on Iraq   Jerusalem     Olmert frees $100 million to Palestinians   Israeli Prime Minister agreed Saturday to release frozen funds to Abbas and ease West Bank travel restrictions  Iraq  Ali al-Sistani opposes national unity plan Dec.24   Somalia   Ethiopian jets bomb Somalia areas  Ethiopian forces, committed to defending an interim government holed up in Baidoa, launched airstrikes on against Islamists   Ethiopia Ethiopia PM admits Somalia action   Southern Iraq   UK troops storm Iraqi police HQ  More than 1,000 troops demolished the Jamiat police station to rescue 178 prisoners Dec.25  Iraq  US arrest of Iranians upsets Iraq president   Basra UK raid angers Basra politicians  Jerusalem  Israel plans to ease W. Bank travel rules Dec.26   Baghdad Death sentence for Saddam upheld   Somalia     Islamic forces retreat  The government and Ethiopian troops advanced toward the capital as Islamists bloodied by a week of artillery attacks Dec.27  Baghdad  Saddam sees death as 'sacrifice'   Iraq Hussein loyalists warn against hanging   UN Security Council Somalia peace hopes stalled  Somalia  Clan leaders may help fight Islamists   Somalia   Islamists withdraw from Mogadishu
  Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said that all Islamist forces had withdrawn from the capital.    'We have withdrawn all the leaders and members,' the top Somali Islamic leader told al-Jazeera. Gunfire e...
  Saudi Arabia   Muslims begin the Hajj pilgrimage  An estimated 3 million Muslims have begun leaving for Mecca to begin the annual pilgrimage amid enhanced security  Darfur  First U.N. advisers headed to Darfur Dec.28   Somalia   Mogadishu falls to government troops  Triumphant government fighters backed by Ethiopian tanks and jets enter Mogadishu   Somalia Government seeks control   Baghdad Sources: Hussein to hang this weekend   Somalia Somalia OKs humanitarian flights Dec.29   Baghdad     'No delays' to Hussein execution   Hussein lawyer: Different sources think Hussein will be hanged Saturday   Somalia Mogadishu crowds greet Somali PM   Baghdad     Saddam Hussein hanged
  The celebrations broke out after Hussein was dead. There was dancing around the body. The execution was videotaped
 He was convicted of killings in the town of Dujail 25 years ago. U.S. district judge refused a request to stay the execution. Hussein executed before Eid Al-Adha, a holiday. The law does not permit executions during religious holidays
Dec.30   Baghdad PM: Saddam death 'ends dark chapter'  Arab Countries  No Arab euphoria at Saddam death   Iraq     Saddam is buried in home village  Former Iraqi President, hanged for crimes against humanity, has been buried in the village where he was born Dec.31   Baghdad Officials: Saddam not hanged for revenge  Somalia  Somalia says Islamists protecting al Qaeda   Somalia   Militia abandon last major stronghold   Islamist militiamen have fled the southern port city of Kismayo, their last major stronghold