Tuesday, July 01, 2003
In War In Iraq from www.FeedRoom.com
CIA Pulls Iraqi Centrifuge Photos Off Its Web Site: "The CIA abruptly removed from itsWeb site photos that showed key uranium enriching equipmentfound hidden in Iraq because they revealed secrets thatcountries seeking to develop nuclear weapons might findhelpful, analysts said Monday. (Reuters)"
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Amnesty Criticizes U.S. Interrogations: "An Iraqi businessman detained during a raid on his home says U.S. interrogators deprived him of sleep, forced him to kneel naked and kept him bound hand and foot with a bag over his head for eight days. (AP)"
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Amnesty Criticizes U.S. Interrogations: "From the Kansas City Star / AP :
An Iraqi businessman detained during a raid on his home says U.S. interrogators deprived him of sleep, forced him to kneel naked and kept him bound hand and foot with a bag over his head for eight days.FYI, here's the link to the Amnesty International press release, and here's the link to their report."
Khraisan al-Abally's story, told to an Associated Press correspondent, comes as an Amnesty International report released Monday harshly criticizes American interrogation techniques.
A U.S. Army officer confirmed receiving a complaint from al-Abally, but coalition officials declined to discuss his account. The activist group Human Rights Watch said it was trying to corroborate his story.
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Reporter Injured In Iraq Grenade Attack: "The reporter is with NBC; this report is from The Guardian :
Insurgents fired a rocket propelled grenade at a military vehicle in the restive town of Fallujah, injuring an "embedded'' reporter with NBC News, the military said Monday. Three Iraqis were killed when their pickup truck slammed into a vehicle helping evacuate the wounded reporter."
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'Many dead' in Iraq blast: "BBC :
An ammunition dump has exploded in Iraq, killing at least 25 people, according to reports.
Many of the dead were said to have been looting the site at the time, looking for artillery casings to sell.
Local residents quoted by Reuters news agency said scores of people were also injured in the blast, which happened in a desert area near the town of Haditha, about 260 kilometres (160 miles) north-east of the capital, Baghdad.
A spokesman for US Central Command in Baghdad said that the dump was Iraqi, not American.
Because of that, he said, US forces in the area were not taking responsibility for caring for the wounded.
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