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A Soldiers News Blog
Saturday, July 10, 2004
 
Iraq War News
Army cover-up accusation: "The brother of a British soldier killed in Iraq has expressed anger over the Army's decision to hand the investigation into his death over to the Iraqi authorities."

In Ananova: War In Iraq



Philippines troops to leave Iraq in CNN: War in Iraq



Filipino Hostage Begs for Troop Withdrawl: "A Filipino worker being held hostage in Iraq appealed to his country to give in to insurgents' demands and withdraw its small contingent of troops, according to a video shown on the Al-Jazeera television station Saturday. (AP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Filipino Hostage in Video Appeal for Troop Pullout: "A Filipino driver held hostage issued a"final appeal" to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to withdrawtroops from Iraq before a deadline for his execution, Arabictelevision station Al Jazeera said Saturday. (Reuters)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



U.S. Marines Kill Two Iraqis in Ramadi: "U.S. Marines killed two Iraqis andwounded six in the restive town of Ramadi, west of Baghdad,Saturday, but accounts of the shooting conflicted. (Reuters)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



IN BRIEF: "KABUL, Afghanistan ? Afghanistan's oft-delayed presidential election will take place Oct. 9, but a parliamentary vote originally scheduled to be held simultaneously has been put off until spring."

In Kansas City Star: Iraq



Arabs want Israeli barrier destroyed: "Following their victory in the U.N.'s highest court, the Palestinians will ask the General Assembly next week to demand that Israel destroy the barrier it is building to seal off the West Bank."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



Iraqi prisoners form women's association: "Weeping broke the silence inside Iraq's National Theater as people watched the drama of a woman pleading for five more minutes with her baby. Instead, her guards took her away to be executed for spying."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



Iraq - 'buck stops with Blair': "The buck must stop with Prime Minister Tony Blair for intelligence failings on Iraq, a former top 'spook' said."

In Ananova: War In Iraq



Cleric to address Muslim conference: "A Muslim cleric under fire over his alleged support for suicide bombing is due to address an influential Muslim conference."

In Ananova: War In Iraq



US report gives Bush a breathing space (10 July 04) in Radio Free USA



Marine mystery...False intelligence...Bush and Kerry trade barbs in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



Attorneys for alleged enemy combatant file federal petition for his release in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



Iraq insurgency far larger than thought: "BAGHDAD, Iraq - Contrary to U.S. government claims, the insurgency in Iraq is led by well-armed Sunnis angry about losing power, not foreign fighters, and is far larger than thought - up to 20,000 fighters who cannot be militarily defeated, American military officials say."

In kgw.com: Iraq News



Politicians must not escape blame over Iraq intel errors: British press: "The US intelligence community should not be made to shoulder full responsibility for misjudging Saddam Hussein's weapons capability ahead of last year's Iraq war, British newspapers said after a Senate investigation exonorated US politicians of blame. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Kidnapped Filipino's family pleads with Arroyo to pull troops from Iraq: "The family of a Filipino held hostage in Iraq made an emotional appeal to President Gloria Arroyo to bow to the kidnappers' demands and withdraw Philippines troops from the shattered country. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Three die in mortar attacks as another hostage crisis grips Baghdad: "Mortar fire killed a six-year-old Iraqi boy in Baghdad and two Iraqis in Samarra on Friday, as a campaigning US President George W. Bush defended his war on Iraq in the face of scathing congressional criticism, while another hostage crisis gripped Iraq. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Mystery Marine In Germany: "U.S. Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, who was reported to have been kidnapped and threatened with beheading by terrorists, is now at a military hospital in Germany, but under investigation as a possible deserter."

In CBS News: Iraq Crisis



Mortars wound three in Baghdad attack: "Two mortar shells targeting a hotel housing foreigners in the capital hit a house instead Friday night, killing a child and wounding three others. A third mortar hit a nearby road, causing no damage."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq

  6:15 AM
Friday, July 09, 2004
 
Iraq War News
IRAQ: Teaching conflict management in a northern war-torn town: "SULAYMANIYAH, 9 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - It all began with a story of two minibus drivers, Ismail and Adil. There was bad blood between them: Ismail suspected Adil of trying to poach his customers."

In IRIN: Iraq Crisis



Bulgaria, Filippino Nationals Held in Iraq: "Bulgaria and the Philippines insisted Friday they would not be cowed by terrorists after insurgents captured and threatened to kill their nationals in Iraq, the latest hostage takings in the country. (AP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



U.S. Marine to Leave Lebanon for Germany-Brother: "The Lebanese-born U.S. marine,who turned up in his native country after going missing inIraq, will leave on Friday for Germany and then most likelyhead to the United States, his brother said. (Reuters)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Rethinking Iraq's insurgency...Senate intel report...Terror warning in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



Saddam's Lawyer Seeks Supreme Court Action: "Attorney Curtis F.J. Doebbler has made an unusual appeal to the Supreme Court on behalf of an unlikely client - Saddam Hussein. (AP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



U.S. soldier dies after insurgent attack: "A U.S. soldier has died from wounds sustained in an insurgent attack on his patrol, the U.S. military command said Friday."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



Two Bulgarians taken captive in Iraq: " AL -JAZEERA: Two Bulgarians taken captive in Iraq
Aljazeera has aired a video of two Bulgarians taken captive by a group calling itself Liberation and Jihad Movement.
The group claimed it captured the two men in Iraq and asked the US -led forces in Iraq to release all Iraqi detainees within 24 hours or they would be killed.
The tape had come from the Tawhid and Jihad group, allegedly headed by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
It showed the two men who were identified as Bulgarians sitting in front of their captors with their hands cuffed.
The two captors in the video were carrying rifles and a rocket propelled grenade launcher. On the wall behind them was their black flag with a golden circle.
One of the men read a statement, though his voice could not be heard.
"

In Command Post: Irak



Americans on notice...Mistakes corrected...Star-studded fund-raiser in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



This May Be News to Hussein, but He's Got a Defense Team, and It's Hoping for Bail: "The lawyers claim that it is illegal to try Saddam Hussein in his own country because he is immune from prosecution as a head of state."

In New York Times: World Special



Defectors' Reports on Iraq Arms Were Embellished, Exile Asserts: "The dramatic stories defectors offered the Bush administration about Iraq's illicit weapons remain unproven."

In New York Times: World Special



Army Looks for Airmen and Sailors: "Military experts see the move to recruit thousands of sailors and airmen as another sign of how commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan have strained the Army's ranks."

In New York Times: World Special



Missing Marine Turns Up at Embassy in Beirut, but the Mystery Only Deepens: "Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun's resurfacing further clouded the already murky circumstances surrounding his disappearance."

In New York Times: World Special



5 G.I.'s Killed in Attack; Philippines Bars Iraq Trips: "Mortar rounds slammed into an Iraqi National Guard base in the city of Samarra, killing five American soldiers and at least one Iraqi guard."

In New York Times: World Special



Israel court orders U.S. activist expelled: "An Israeli court on Thursday ordered the expulsion of an American activist who came to the country to protest against Israel's West Bank separation barrier."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



Diplomats: Pakistani may be envoy to Iraq: "Secretary-General Kofi Annan is now considering Pakistan's ambassador to Washington for the job of U.N. envoy to Iraq, U.N. diplomats said Thursday."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq

  6:17 AM
Thursday, July 08, 2004
 
Iraq War News
4 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Gunfire: "Insurgents fired mortar rounds at an Iraqi National Guard headquarters in the city of Samarra on Thursday, killing four U.S. soldiers and one Iraqi guardsman, the military said. A fifth U.S. soldier was unaccounted for and 20 were wounded. (AP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



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Philippine president bars contract workers from Iraq: "CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Armed Iraq insurgents threatened to kill a Filipino hostage if his country does not withdraw from Iraq, according to a video that aired Wednesday. The Philippines responded by barring Filipino workers from traveling to Iraq."

In Fresno Bee: Iraq



Three Americans arrested in Kabul: "Three Americans arrested in Afghanistan were on a self-appointed counterterrorism mission that included holding eight inmates in a private jail, a senior official said Thursday."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



Top officer says police have prevented terror attacks in London in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



US Marine freed in Iraq believed back home in Lebanon, keeps out of sight: "The US embassy said it believed a Lebanese-born US Marine missing in Iraq last month and once feared beheaded by Islamist captors was now back in Lebanon, although he was keeping out of sight. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Australian opposition slams "thuggish and dumb" US criticism on Iraq: "The opposition Labor Party dismissed a US attack on its pledge to withdraw troops from Iraq as "thuggish and dumb" and warned White House officials against trying to influence the looming Australian election. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Violence flare in Baghdad as government unveils sweeping security measures: "Violence flared in central Baghdad as the new interim government unveiled sweeping security measures aimed at crushing a tenacious insurgency, and interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi scheduled talks with the EU next week on his country's reconstruction. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



U.S. Quietly Sneaks Once-Looted Uranium Out of Iraq: "Washington has spirited 1.8 tonsof enriched uranium out of Iraq for safekeeping, more than ayear after looters stole it from a U.N.-sealed facility leftunguarded by U.S. troops, U.S. and U.N. officials said onWednesday. (Reuters)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Real-life drama last month over capital showed limitations of air defenses in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



Lebanon US Marine URGENT in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



Pentagon announces new tribunal, new legal procedures for detainees in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



Amid violence, Iraq unveils security law: "BAGHDAD, Iraq ? As Iraq's interim government announced its long-awaited special security law Wednesday, dozens of militants fought a gunbattle with Iraqi and American troops just blocks away."

In Kansas City Star: Iraq



Abuse of prisoners in the US: "      Salon has a very in-depth article by Michelle Goldberg on the latest prisoner abuse scandal, this one in Brooklyn.  Of course, prisons in the US have long been places of abuse, as the recent Boondocks..."

In Catalyzer Newsroom

  7:16 AM
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
 
Iraq War News
Group threatens to kill al-Zarqawi; car bomb kills 14: "BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An armed vigilante group threatened on Tuesday to kill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi for anti-insurgency attacks that have killed Iraqis, making the first internal threat against the Jordanian militant with al-Qaida ties."

In Modesto Bee: Iraq



Iraq car bombing causes carnage: "A car bomb kills at least nine people and wounds dozens more near the Iraqi town of Baquba."

In BBC: Conflict with Iraq



Zarqawi told 'leave Iraq or die': "A masked group accuses Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi of murdering innocents."

In BBC: Conflict with Iraq



Bush welcomes Edwards...Campaigning together...Marine family hopeful in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



CNN: Family Reports US Marine Is Free And Safe: "CNN TV just broke with this ? has the Marine's brother on TV, saying they have a "sign" that they can't discuss, but that Sami Hassoun is "free and safe." They don't know where he is, but the family is saying "he is alive and he has been released." The brother is in Tripoli, Lebanon at the moment."

In Command Post: Irak

  6:27 AM
Sunday, July 04, 2004
 
Iraq War News
Iraqi militants claim to behead Marine: "Iraqi militants claimed on a Web site Saturday that they beheaded a captive U.S. Marine, in what would be the fourth decapitation of a foreign hostage in the region since May."

In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press



Iraq may give amnesty to insurgents: "Iraq's prime minister, less than a week after taking power, may offer amnesty to insurgents and could extend it to those who killed American troops in an apparent bid to lure Saddam Hussein loyalists from their campaign of violence."

In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press



Iran prepares complaint against Saddam: "Iran said Sunday it has prepared a criminal complaint against former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for his 1980 invasion of Iran and for using chemical weapons against Iranians during the neighboring nations' eight-year war."

In JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press



Illegals' jet forced down: "IMMIGRANT smuggling operation is smashed in a dramatic air chase"

In The Sun - News



Government 'to allow mild smacks': "Parents would be restricted to giving their children mild smacks under plans to prevent excessive punishment."

In Ananova: War In Iraq



Airlines 'must pay for damage': "Government plans for airport expansion are in direct conflict with targets to reduce greenhouse gases, the chief cause of climate change, according to a major new report."

In Ananova: War In Iraq



Saddam 'very likely' to be hanged: "Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is "very likely" to be hanged if convicted on charges of war crimes and genocide, Britain's former special envoy to Iraq said."

In Ananova: War In Iraq



Authorities detain six militants in Iraq: "U.S. and Iraqi forces have detained six members of a militant group suspected of carrying out a series of assassinations in the country's northern region, Iraqi police said Sunday."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



Lebanese government condemns killing of American Marine in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



Iraq Marine URGENT in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror



Heavily armed security contractors to increase presence in Iraq: "Heavily armed foreign security contractors immune from Iraqi law are likely to increase their presence in the country as violent attacks continue and international forces begin to scale back. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq

  5:53 AM
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