Archive - May 18, 2005

Headlines
Another newly appointed Iraqi official was assassinated today in Iraq.  The Interior Ministry’s Brigadier General Ibrahim Khamas was shot dead by four gunmen as he rode through Baghdad.  Iraqi officials say they will increase security around government leaders.

Palestinian elections in the Gaza Strip may be tossed out for noted irregularities.  Manar Jibreen reports from the International Middle East Media Center.

Today the Republican leadership brought President Bush’s controversial judicial nomination Priscilla Owen to the Senate floor, moving forward on the showdown over the filibuster.  Mitch Jeserich reports from Washington DC.