Monday, July 14, 2003
Iraq-Niger uranium claim came from third country: Straw: "Britain cannot tell the United States how it knew that Iraq tried to get uranium from Niger because the information originated from a third country, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw revealed. (AFP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
U.S. Sweep Nabs Iraqi Brass: "U.S. troops trying to root out Iraqi fighters captured more than 200 people, including six former regime leaders, but violence continued: A grenade attack killed one soldier and wounded six others."
In CBS News: Iraq Crisis
Diplomat: U.N. Thinks British Proof Based on Fakes: "The United Nations nuclear watchdogbelieves Britain's evidence on Iraq trying to import uraniumfrom Africa is all based on forged documents, a diplomat closeto the agency said Monday. (Reuters)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Car Blows Up in Baghdad Near New Council Offices: "An explosion badly damaged a car incentral Baghdad Monday, a few hundred meters from a compoundhousing Iraq's new Governing Council, witnesses and the U.S.military said. (Reuters)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Analysis: Anatomy of a Quack-Mire: " (OneWorld.net)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Iraq to send delegation to U.N.: "The new governing council - a U.S.-sanctioned first step toward democracy in postwar Iraq - voted Monday to send a delegation to the U.N. Security Council. Violence against U.S. forces erupted again in the capital, with one soldier killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq