News: Iraq

We have started to collect the most important news related to Iraq in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Iraq – overview

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• November 11th 2005 – December 2nd 2005
• December 3rd 2005 – December 28th 2005
• December 28th 2005 – January 31st 2006
• February 1st 2006 – March 6th 2006
• March 7th 2006 – April 7th 2006
• April 7th 2006 – May 17th 2006
• May 18th 2006 – June 13th 2006
• June 13th 2006 – July 10th 2006
• July 10th 2006 – August 26th 2006
• August 26th 2006 – October 5th 2006
• October 6th 2006 – November 4th 2006
• November 4th 2006 – November 27th 2006
• November 27th 2006 – December 21st 2006
• December 21st 2006 – January 14th 2007
• January 14th 2007 – February 6th 2007
• February 6th 2007 – February 28th 2007
• February 28th 2007 – March 29th 2007
• March 31st 2007 – April 27th 2007
• April 27th 2007 – May 29th 2007
• May 29th 2007 – July 9th 2007
• July 9th 2007 – August 12th 2007
• August 12th 2007 – September 9th 2007
• September 10th 2007 – October 6th 2007
• October 7th 2007 – November 9th 2007
• November 9th 2007 – December 22nd 2007
• December 22nd 2007 – February 15th 2008
• February 16th 2008 – March 20th 2008
• March 20th 2008 – April 26th 2008
• April 26th 2008 – June 12th 2008
• June 13th 2008 – July 31st 2008
• August 1st 2008 – September 20th 2008
• September 24th 2008 – November 10th 2008
• November 10th 2008 – December 26th 2008
• December 26th 2008 – February 27th 2009
• February 27th 2009 – April 26th 2009
• April 28th 2009 – June 29th 2009
• June 30th 2009 – August 22nd 2009
• August 23rd 2009 – October 26th 2009
• October 27th 2009 – December 31st 2009
• December 31st 2009 – March 5th 2010
• March 6th 2010 – May 14th 2010
• May 16th 2010 – August 3rd 2010
• August 4th 2010 – October 2nd 2010
• October 2nd 2010 – December 4th 2010
• December 8th 2010 – March 23rd 2011
• March 24th 2011 – August 29th 2011
• September 1st 2011 – December 22nd 2011
• December 23rd 2011 – May 23rd 2012
• May 24th 2012 – October 20th 2012
• October 23rd 2012 – March 13th 2013
• March 14th 2013 – May 29th 2013
• May 30th 2013 – September 14th 2013
• September 15th 2013 – January 4th 2014
• January 5th 2014 – May 11th 2014
• May 13th 2014 – June 20th 2014
• June 20th 2014 – July 10th 2014
• July 10th 2014 – August 13th 2014
• August 13th 2014 – September 4th 2014
• September 5th 2014 – October 8th 2014
• October 9th 2014 – December 2nd 2014
• December 3rd 2014 – February 27th 2015
• February 28th 2015 – May 18th 2015
• May 18th 2015 – August 3rd 2015
• August 4th 2015 – November 10th 2015
• November 12th 2015 – February 6th 2016
• February 8th 2016 – May 30th 2016
• May 31st 2016 – August 21st 2016
• August 22nd 2016 – November 1st 2016
• November 2nd 2016 – February 5th 2017
• February 11th 2017 – May 11th 2017
• May 15th 2017 – October 13th 2017
• October 15th 2017 – April 2nd 2019
• April 29th 2019 – February 11th 2020
• March 12th 2020 – December 30th 2020

Iraq: news

Jordan mourns victims of bombing

Friday, November 11th 2005, 10:58
related places: `Amman

Jordanians say prayers for the victims of the bombings in Amman, as al-Qaeda in Iraq issues a rare explanation.
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Paper admits libel of Annan's son

Friday, November 11th 2005, 14:29
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Annan

Kojo Annan, son of the UN head, accepts damages from a UK newspaper over a claim he tried to sell Iraqi oil.
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Rice makes surprise trip to Iraq

Friday, November 11th 2005, 16:30
related countries: United States

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urges Iraqis to see differences as a strength, on a surprise stop in Iraq.
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Iraq gunmen target Oman embassy

Friday, November 11th 2005, 18:31
related countries: Oman

Four people are wounded in a drive-by shooting outside Oman's embassy in Iraq, police say.
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Bush slams Iraq war 'revisionism'

Friday, November 11th 2005, 18:51
related countries: United States

President Bush says too much is at stake in Iraq for rivals to make "false charges" about the reasons for the war.
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Jordan links al-Qaeda to attacks

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 14:28
related countries: Jordan
related places: Amman

Jordan says an investigation into the triple bombings in Amman concludes that al-Qaeda in Iraq was responsible.
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Annan urges Iraq reconciliation

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 16:11
related places: Baghdad

UN head Kofi Annan says Iraqi reconciliation is "absolutely essential" as he pays a surprise visit to Baghdad.
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Bomber's wife arrested in Jordan

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 13:18
related countries: Jordan
related places: Amman

Police in Jordan arrest the Iraqi wife of one of the Amman bombers, suspected of wanting to blow herself up.
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Key Saddam aide 'died of cancer'

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 13:44
related places: Saddam

One of Saddam Hussein's most trusted aides, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, died of cancer, Iraq's ex-ruling party says.
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UK troops out of Iraq 'next year'

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 16:56
related countries: United Kingdom

Local forces could replace British troops in Iraq by the end of 2006, the country's president predicts.
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Jordan shows 'would-be bomber'

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 17:23
related countries: Jordan
related places: Amman

An Iraqi woman suspected of being a failed suicide bomber from the Amman hotel attacks appears on Jordanian TV.
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Ten die in Iraq roadside bombings

Monday, November 14th 2005, 16:35
related places: Baghdad

At least 10 people are killed in a series of roadside bombings in Iraq, including two South African security guards.
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Gandhi vows to punish oil guilty

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 8:14
related countries: India

India's ruling Congress party head says anyone who profited from Iraq's oil-for-food deal will be punished.
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Iraq attacks kill nine policemen

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 10:51
related places: Baghdad, Kirkuk

At least nine Iraqi policemen have been killed in three separate attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk on Tuesday.
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UN concern at Iraq mass arrests

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 13:58
related countries: United States

The UN expresses concern over mass arrests by the US-led troops in Iraq "without adequate judicial oversight".
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UN reverses oil-for-food sacking

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 22:33

The only UN official sacked over the Iraq oil-for-food scandal is reinstated after an internal appeal in his favour.
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Iraq detainees 'found starving'

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 2:51

Iraq's government begins an inquiry into the alleged abuse of 170 detainees found in an interior ministry building.
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US 'troubled' by Iraq abuse claim

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 8:54
related countries: United States
related places: Baghdad

The US condemns the alleged abuse of 173 prisoners held by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad.
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US used white phosphorus in Iraq

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 11:25
related countries: United States

The Pentagon confirms US troops used white phosphorus bombs against enemy fighters in the Iraqi city of Falluja.
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Iraq probes US phosphorus weapons

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 15:02
related countries: United States

Iraq investigates the US use of white phosphorus as a weapon in Falluja, a minister tells the BBC.
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Iraq Sunnis demand abuse probe

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 16:04
related places: Baghdad

Iraq's main Sunni party calls for an international inquiry into the alleged abuse of 173 prisoners in Baghdad.
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Five US troops die in Iraq battle

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 19:22
related countries: United States

Five US marines die in a firefight close to the Iraq-Syria border, as an offensive against insurgents continues.
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Saddam 'punched by court clerks'

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 0:15

Saddam Hussein was attacked by two court clerks while undergoing questioning for his trial, Iraqi television reports.
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Dick Cheney lambasts Iraq critics

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 8:31
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The US vice-president slams claims the White House misled on Iraq as Democrats question his credibility.
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Fraud charge for Iraqi contractor

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 11:27
related countries: United States

A US businessman is charged with fraud relating to contracts for reconstruction in Iraq, the New York Times reports.
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Iraq plays down claims of abuse

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 16:35

Iraq's interior minister says claims of prisoner abuse are exaggerated, and the problem is not widespread.
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Top Democrat urges Iraq pullout

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 17:23
related countries: United States
related places: Democrat

A senior Democrat who backed the Iraq war calls for the immediate pullout of US forces.
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New study details Iraq insurgency

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 23:12

Some 3,000 foreigners may be fighting in Iraq, a new report says, three times more than previous Pentagon estimates.
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Two huge blasts hit Baghdad

Friday, November 18th 2005, 9:57

Twin car bombs kill at least six people outside an Iraqi interior ministry building at the centre of an abuse scandal.
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S Korea to table Iraq troops cut

Friday, November 18th 2005, 10:15
related countries: South Korea, United States

South Korea's government is to propose withdrawing a third of its troops in Iraq, reports say, surprising the US.
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Iraq suicide attacks kill dozens

Friday, November 18th 2005, 17:22

A series of suicide bombings kills at least 80 at two mosques in eastern Iraq and in the capital, Baghdad.
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Zarqawi 'defends Jordan attacks'

Friday, November 18th 2005, 21:31
related countries: Jordan

An audiotape purportedly from the al-Qaeda in Iraq head says the Jordan blasts were not meant to hit Muslims.
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Fresh wave of bombs strikes Iraq

Saturday, November 19th 2005, 22:28

Renewed bomb attacks across Iraq kill more than 50 people - including five US soldiers - and injure dozens more.
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UK soldier killed by Iraq blast

Sunday, November 20th 2005, 13:45
related countries: United Kingdom

One soldier dies and four are injured in a roadside bomb attack on a British patrol in Basra, southern Iraq.
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Influential family spurns Zarqawi

Sunday, November 20th 2005, 14:18
related countries: Jordan

Relatives of Jordanian-born head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, openly disown him.
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Talabani offers insurgents talks

Sunday, November 20th 2005, 15:46

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani says he would be willing to talk to insurgents if they want to speak to him.
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Rumsfeld rejects Iraq withdrawal

Sunday, November 20th 2005, 20:26
related countries: United States

The US defence secretary says an immediate pullout of troops from Iraq would be a "terrible thing".
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Iraq genocide trial for Dutchman

Monday, November 21st 2005, 10:48
related countries: Netherlands

A Dutch businessman goes on trial accused of complicity in Iraqi chemical weapons attacks.
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Five Iraqis shot at US checkpoint

Monday, November 21st 2005, 12:49
related countries: United States

Five members of an Iraqi family are killed when US forces open fire on their vehicle near Baquba.
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Talabani 'trusts in Iran support'

Monday, November 21st 2005, 17:37
related countries: Iran

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani says he is confident of Iran's support in fighting terrorism in his country.
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Cheney says Iraq debate essential

Monday, November 21st 2005, 18:01
related countries: United States
related places: America

The US vice-president says he does not believe it is wrong for opponents to criticise America's Iraq policy.
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DNA test to check Zarqawi report

Tuesday, November 22nd 2005, 10:32

DNA tests are being done to determine if the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq was been killed in a recent raid.
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Gunmen kill Iraqi tribal chief

Wednesday, November 23rd 2005, 13:02
related places: Baghdad

The police in Iraq say a prominent Sunni Arab tribal chief has been shot dead in the capital, Baghdad.
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Italy mulls 2006 Iraq withdrawal

Wednesday, November 23rd 2005, 13:31
related countries: Italy

Italy will probably withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of 2006, according to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Iraqi detainees tell of torture

Thursday, November 24th 2005, 0:06

Prisoners tell of abuse at an Iraqi detention centre opened to journalists, the BBC's Caroline Hawley reports.
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Saddam lawyers end trial boycott

Thursday, November 24th 2005, 15:07

Lawyers defending ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein say they will attend his trial despite safety fears.
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Bomb kills 30 near Iraqi hospital

Thursday, November 24th 2005, 16:25
related places: Baghdad

At least 30 people are killed by a car bomb outside a hospital in Mahmudiya, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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Man in court on terrorist charges

Saturday, November 26th 2005, 12:05

A 25-year-old Iraqi man appears in court charged under the Terrorism Act.
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Iraq abuse 'as bad as Saddam era'

Sunday, November 27th 2005, 14:52
related places: Saddam

Iraq's ex-prime minister urges action on human rights abuses he says are as bad as under Saddam Hussein.
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Iraq leader attacks abuse claim

Sunday, November 27th 2005, 17:51

Charges that human rights abuses are as bad now as under Saddam Hussein are dismissed by Iraq's president.
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Four Westerners kidnapped in Iraq

Monday, November 28th 2005, 2:17
related places: Baghdad

Four Western aid workers, including two Canadians and a Briton, are abducted in Iraq, officials confirm.
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Saddam opens hearing with tirade

Monday, November 28th 2005, 11:12
related places: Baghdad

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein upbraids his judge as his trial on murder and torture charges resumes.
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Deathbed evidence at Saddam trial

Monday, November 28th 2005, 18:59

The trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein hears its first witness - video testimony from a dying man.
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US official to hold Iran meeting

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 10:20
related countries: Iran, United States

The US ambassador in Iraq is to hold talks with officials from Iran, a state with which it has no diplomatic ties.
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German 'kidnapped in Iraq'

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 11:50
related countries: Germany

A German woman is believed to have been kidnapped in Iraq, German government officials say.
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Iranian pilgrims seized in Iraq

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 12:39
related countries: Iran
related places: Baghdad

A group of Iranian pilgrims are kidnapped north of the Iraqi capital by gunmen, who later release two women.
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Iraq video shows Western hostages

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 22:50

A video of four Westerners taken hostage in Iraq by a previously unknown militant group is shown by Arab TV.
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US defends Iraq phosphorus

Wednesday, November 30th 2005, 1:45
related countries: United States

The most senior US general defends the use of weapons containing white phosphorus in Iraq.
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US 'to reduce its forces in Iraq'

Wednesday, November 30th 2005, 2:32
related countries: United States

The US says it expects conditions in Iraq will allow a reduction in American troops numbers there next year.
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Japan 'to extend mission in Iraq'

Wednesday, November 30th 2005, 5:37
related countries: Japan

Japan is set to extend its military involvement in Iraq for up to another year, Japanese media report.
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Nine dead in Iraq minibus attack

Wednesday, November 30th 2005, 10:18
related places: Baghdad

Nine Iraqis are killed and two wounded by gunmen in an attack on a minibus near Baquba.
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Fears for Iraq hostages on video

Wednesday, November 30th 2005, 10:41

There are concerns for the fate of five Westerners held captive in Iraq after they appear on militant videos.
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Iraq bomber 'was Belgian woman'

Wednesday, November 30th 2005, 16:20
related countries: Belgium

Belgian prosecutors confirm a woman who carried out a suicide attack in Iraq was Belgian born.
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Bush outlines Iraq 'victory plan'

Wednesday, November 30th 2005, 18:12

President Bush says he will not accept "anything less than complete victory" in Iraq in a key speech on strategy.
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Insurgent 'attack' on Iraqi city

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 13:13
related countries: United States

Reports say insurgents have launched an attack on Ramadi, but the US military plays down the incident.
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Kurd oil deal alarms Iraqi Sunnis

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 15:50

News that a foreign firm is drilling for oil in Iraq's Kurdish north raises new Sunni concerns over the unity of the country.
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US 'admits' Iraq propaganda drive

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 17:41
related countries: United States

The US military in Iraq implicitly acknowledges it is running a campaign to plant articles in Iraqi papers.
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Bush concern at Iraq 'propaganda'

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 20:40
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The White House expresses concern over reports that the US military is paying Iraqi papers to run positive stories.
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Belgian 'suicide bomber' is named

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 0:48
related countries: Belgium

A newspaper names the Belgian woman believed to have carried out a suicide bomb attack in Iraq last month.
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US reservist on Iraq scam charges

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 13:05
related countries: United States

A US army officer is accused of accepting bribes and stealing reconstruction funds while serving in Iraq.
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India ex-FM denies new oil claim

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 17:27
related countries: India

Indian former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh dismisses new claims linking him to the Iraq oil-for-food programme.
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Ten US marines killed in Falluja

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 20:49
related countries: United States

Ten marines were killed and 11 wounded by a roadside bomb near the Iraqi city of Falluja, the US military says.
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Abductors threaten Iraq hostages

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 22:28

Four Western hostages in Iraq will be killed unless Iraqi detainees are freed, captors say in a new videotape.
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