Friday, June 20, 2003
US soldier killed, several wounded as sweep goes on for Saddam loyalists: "US troops again came under fire, with one soldier killed in a rocket attack near Baghdad and several more wounded in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Fallujah, despite a fierce US campaign to root out supporters of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime. (AFP)"
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Net Tightens on Saddam After Aide Seized: "The capture of Saddam Hussein's closestaide tightened the net on the missing Iraqi leader on Thursdayas a U.S. medic was killed and two were wounded when theirambulance was ambushed south of Baghdad. (Reuters)"
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U.N. Warns S. Iraqi Poverty May Worsen: "Nearly one in every five Iraqis living in the southern half of the country suffers from chronic poverty, the World Food Program said Thursday, warning that the situation could worsen in the aftermath of the war. (AP)"
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Amnesty head: Current state of human rights in Iraq "worrying": "In an interview with IRIN from her office in London, Irene Zubaida Khan, the head of Amnesty International, described the current state of human rights in Iraq as "worrying", and called on the international community to make human rights the focus of the country's future reconstruction."
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One in five Iraqis suffers from chronic poverty: "One in five Iraqis or 4.6 million people suffer from chronic poverty according to a survey* conducted by the UN World Food Programme in Southern and Central Iraq."
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Just another day in Baghdad: ""In the eyes of the US military, the crowd of frustrated former soldiers was a threat and they eventually opened fire. The Iraqi soldiers see themselves very differently - as husbands and fathers, struggling to make a living, gripped with defeated pride and disappointment." Rory McCarthy writes from Baghdad."
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Iraqi political leaders concur on need to 'Iraqi-ize' political process - UN envoy: "United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, well into the second week of meetings with a full spectrum of Iraqi political leaders, said today he was discovering by the day a convergence of views on the need for the "Iraqi-ization" of the process of moving the country forward."
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HRW: U.S. Should Investigate al-Falluja: "With major military operations continuing in al-Falluja, U.S. authorities should investigate the apparent use of excessive force against Iraqi protesters there on April 28 and 30, Human Rights Watch urged in a new report released today. The 18-page report challenges the US military's assertion that its troops came under fire. Human Rights Watch found no conclusive evidence of bullet damage on the school where the soldiers were based."
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Net Tightens on Saddam After Aide Seized: "The capture of Saddam Hussein's closestaide tightened the net on the missing Iraqi leader on Thursdayas a U.S. medic was killed and two were wounded when theirambulance was ambushed south of Baghdad. (Reuters)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
U.N. Warns S. Iraqi Poverty May Worsen: "Nearly one in every five Iraqis living in the southern half of the country suffers from chronic poverty, the World Food Program said Thursday, warning that the situation could worsen in the aftermath of the war. (AP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Amnesty head: Current state of human rights in Iraq "worrying": "In an interview with IRIN from her office in London, Irene Zubaida Khan, the head of Amnesty International, described the current state of human rights in Iraq as "worrying", and called on the international community to make human rights the focus of the country's future reconstruction."
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One in five Iraqis suffers from chronic poverty: "One in five Iraqis or 4.6 million people suffer from chronic poverty according to a survey* conducted by the UN World Food Programme in Southern and Central Iraq."
In Electronic Iraq
Just another day in Baghdad: ""In the eyes of the US military, the crowd of frustrated former soldiers was a threat and they eventually opened fire. The Iraqi soldiers see themselves very differently - as husbands and fathers, struggling to make a living, gripped with defeated pride and disappointment." Rory McCarthy writes from Baghdad."
In Electronic Iraq
Iraqi political leaders concur on need to 'Iraqi-ize' political process - UN envoy: "United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, well into the second week of meetings with a full spectrum of Iraqi political leaders, said today he was discovering by the day a convergence of views on the need for the "Iraqi-ization" of the process of moving the country forward."
In Electronic Iraq
HRW: U.S. Should Investigate al-Falluja: "With major military operations continuing in al-Falluja, U.S. authorities should investigate the apparent use of excessive force against Iraqi protesters there on April 28 and 30, Human Rights Watch urged in a new report released today. The 18-page report challenges the US military's assertion that its troops came under fire. Human Rights Watch found no conclusive evidence of bullet damage on the school where the soldiers were based."
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