Sunday, August 31, 2003
Iraq war news -9-01-03
At least 19 arrested in deadly Iraq blast: "Police have arrested 19 men - many of them foreigners and all with admitted links to al-Qaida - in the car bombing of the Imam Ali shrine in the holy city of Najaf, a senior Iraqi investigator told The Associated Press on Saturday."
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Recent Israeli strikes against militants: "The Israeli army has killed 10 members of the militant group Hamas in helicopter missile strikes in the Gaza Strip since a suicide bombing in Jerusalem on Aug. 19:"
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At Least 11 Arrested in Deadly Iraq Blast: "Al-Qaida-linked terrorists - two of them Saudi - organized the car bombing at the Imam Ali shrine in the holy city of Najaf, the third in a string of deadly attacks apparently aimed at undermining the U.S.-led occupation, police said Saturday. (AP)"
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U.N. Staff in Baghdad Salutes Colleagues: "U.N. staffers stood Saturday amid the rubble at the world body's Baghdad headquarters to pay final tribute to 22 of their colleagues who died in a truck bomb attack earlier this month. (AP)"
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Saudi Extremists Said Fighting in Iraq: "Despite official denials, there have been signs for months that Saudi Muslim extremists have traveled to Iraq to take on U.S.-led forces. (AP)"
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Saudi extremists said fighting in Iraq: "Despite official denials, there have been signs for months that Saudi Muslim extremists have traveled to Iraq to take on U.S.-led forces."
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Russia would back US-led international Iraq force with UN mandate: "Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would not oppose the establishment of an international force in Iraq under US command so long as it was authorised by the United Nations Security Council. (AFP)"
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Turks seek U.S. help vs. Kurdish rebels: "Turkey's war with Kurdish rebels threatens to become a whole new headache for the U.S. military in Iraq."
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al-Hakim's Death Complicates Iraqi Power Race: "Fox News reports on what the death of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim in the Najaf car bombing means for the balance of power in Iraq. Many had compared al-Hakim's return to that of Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who spent 14 years in exile in Iraq before returning to lead his country's 1979 Islamic revolution and head its clerical regime until his death in 1989.
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On his return to Iraq, al-Hakim denounced the U.S.-led occupation forces. He demanded they withdraw and allow the country's people to establish their own government -- one Islamic in nature."
The war for Iraq has changed from a two-way contest between Saddam and the Coalition, into a battle with a multitude of players: international terrorists, Ba'athists, Coalition forces, United Nations bureaucrats, Iranian theocrats, and Coalition forces. It will be interesting to see how the different groups affect each other."
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Three Detained in Hunt for Iraq Mosque Bombers: "U.S. forces and Iraqi police havedetained three people in connection with the car bomb attackthat killed a top Shi'ite cleric and scores of his followers, asenior U.S. military officer said on Saturday. (Reuters)"
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Iraqi oil pipeline ablaze north of Tikrit: "An oil pipeline linking Iraq's oilfields in Kirkuk with the Baiji refinery to the south was on fire this afternoon after a possible sabotage attack, the US military said. (AFP)"
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At least 19 arrested in deadly Iraq blast: "Police have arrested 19 men - many of them foreigners and all with admitted links to al-Qaida - in the car bombing of the Imam Ali shrine in the holy city of Najaf, a senior Iraqi investigator told The Associated Press on Saturday."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Recent Israeli strikes against militants: "The Israeli army has killed 10 members of the militant group Hamas in helicopter missile strikes in the Gaza Strip since a suicide bombing in Jerusalem on Aug. 19:"
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
At Least 11 Arrested in Deadly Iraq Blast: "Al-Qaida-linked terrorists - two of them Saudi - organized the car bombing at the Imam Ali shrine in the holy city of Najaf, the third in a string of deadly attacks apparently aimed at undermining the U.S.-led occupation, police said Saturday. (AP)"
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U.N. Staff in Baghdad Salutes Colleagues: "U.N. staffers stood Saturday amid the rubble at the world body's Baghdad headquarters to pay final tribute to 22 of their colleagues who died in a truck bomb attack earlier this month. (AP)"
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Saudi Extremists Said Fighting in Iraq: "Despite official denials, there have been signs for months that Saudi Muslim extremists have traveled to Iraq to take on U.S.-led forces. (AP)"
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Saudi extremists said fighting in Iraq: "Despite official denials, there have been signs for months that Saudi Muslim extremists have traveled to Iraq to take on U.S.-led forces."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Russia would back US-led international Iraq force with UN mandate: "Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would not oppose the establishment of an international force in Iraq under US command so long as it was authorised by the United Nations Security Council. (AFP)"
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Turks seek U.S. help vs. Kurdish rebels: "Turkey's war with Kurdish rebels threatens to become a whole new headache for the U.S. military in Iraq."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
al-Hakim's Death Complicates Iraqi Power Race: "Fox News reports on what the death of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim in the Najaf car bombing means for the balance of power in Iraq. Many had compared al-Hakim's return to that of Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who spent 14 years in exile in Iraq before returning to lead his country's 1979 Islamic revolution and head its clerical regime until his death in 1989.
...
On his return to Iraq, al-Hakim denounced the U.S.-led occupation forces. He demanded they withdraw and allow the country's people to establish their own government -- one Islamic in nature."
The war for Iraq has changed from a two-way contest between Saddam and the Coalition, into a battle with a multitude of players: international terrorists, Ba'athists, Coalition forces, United Nations bureaucrats, Iranian theocrats, and Coalition forces. It will be interesting to see how the different groups affect each other."
In Command Post: Irak
Three Detained in Hunt for Iraq Mosque Bombers: "U.S. forces and Iraqi police havedetained three people in connection with the car bomb attackthat killed a top Shi'ite cleric and scores of his followers, asenior U.S. military officer said on Saturday. (Reuters)"
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Iraqi oil pipeline ablaze north of Tikrit: "An oil pipeline linking Iraq's oilfields in Kirkuk with the Baiji refinery to the south was on fire this afternoon after a possible sabotage attack, the US military said. (AFP)"
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