Saturday, September 27, 2003
Iraq war news
U.S. official: Rockets hit Iraq hotel in CNN - War in Iraq
US troops 'kill four Iraqis': "US troops fired on two cars at a checkpoint in Fallujah, killing four Iraqis and injuring five others, residents and Arab satellite television reported today."
In Ananova: War In Iraq
Grenades strike U.S. compound in Baghdad: "Three rockets slammed into a hotel housing U.S. troops and civilians on Saturday but caused no injuries, while in the explosive town of Fallujah, U.S. troops killed two Iraqis at a checkpoint, the military said."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Witnesses: Rockets fired at Iraq hotel in CNN - War in Iraq
Al-Qaeda suspects held in Iraq in BBC: War in Iraq
Russia Sends Message to U.S. About Iraqi Oil Contracts: "Russian oil companies are hoping that their efforts to preserve old Iraqi oil contracts gain some traction with the White House."
In New York Times: World Special
Iraq Leaders Seek Greater Role Now in Running Nation: "Iraqi officials are growing impatient with the strictures of the American occupation, which they say has slowed reconstruction efforts."
In New York Times: World Special
Bremer Says 19 Qaeda Fighters Are in U.S. Custody in Iraq: "The top American official for Iraq said that the United States was holding at least 19 members of Al Qaeda in custody there."
In New York Times: World Special
Mortar Shell Kills at Least 7 Iraqis Near U.S. Position: "It was the third fatal attack in recent weeks by mortars ? whose powerful and portable shells are questionably accurate but, when they hit, do so lethally."
In New York Times: World Special
Debate Rises Where Bush and Marshall Plans Diverge: "The Bush administration says its plan to rebuild Iraq is modeled on the the Marshall Plan, but lawmakers and historians are finding flaws in the analogy."
In New York Times: World Special
Once an Ally of Bush at Home, Kennedy Lashes Out on Iraq: "Senator Edward M. Kennedy is digging in for a fight over Iraq, calling it the "defining issue" of this congressional session."
In New York Times: World Special
U.S. OKs greater U.N. oversight of Iraq: "The United States has agreed to give the United Nations a bigger political role in overseeing Iraq's transition to democracy, an American official said Friday, while Britain and Spain welcomed a tentative U.S. timeline for handing over power to an elected Iraqi government."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Soldiers Get Break From Iraq Deployment: "Glancing up from her ticket counter at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Sharon Whittington couldn't believe what she saw: her son, Army Reserve Spc. Adrian Dupree, home from Iraq. (AP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Anti-war group takes out NY Times ad calling on Rumsfeld to resign: "A US anti-war group took out a full-page advertisement in the New York Times calling on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign, accusing him of leading the United States into a "quagmire" in Iraq. (AFP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
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U.S. official: Rockets hit Iraq hotel in CNN - War in Iraq
US troops 'kill four Iraqis': "US troops fired on two cars at a checkpoint in Fallujah, killing four Iraqis and injuring five others, residents and Arab satellite television reported today."
In Ananova: War In Iraq
Grenades strike U.S. compound in Baghdad: "Three rockets slammed into a hotel housing U.S. troops and civilians on Saturday but caused no injuries, while in the explosive town of Fallujah, U.S. troops killed two Iraqis at a checkpoint, the military said."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Witnesses: Rockets fired at Iraq hotel in CNN - War in Iraq
Al-Qaeda suspects held in Iraq in BBC: War in Iraq
Russia Sends Message to U.S. About Iraqi Oil Contracts: "Russian oil companies are hoping that their efforts to preserve old Iraqi oil contracts gain some traction with the White House."
In New York Times: World Special
Iraq Leaders Seek Greater Role Now in Running Nation: "Iraqi officials are growing impatient with the strictures of the American occupation, which they say has slowed reconstruction efforts."
In New York Times: World Special
Bremer Says 19 Qaeda Fighters Are in U.S. Custody in Iraq: "The top American official for Iraq said that the United States was holding at least 19 members of Al Qaeda in custody there."
In New York Times: World Special
Mortar Shell Kills at Least 7 Iraqis Near U.S. Position: "It was the third fatal attack in recent weeks by mortars ? whose powerful and portable shells are questionably accurate but, when they hit, do so lethally."
In New York Times: World Special
Debate Rises Where Bush and Marshall Plans Diverge: "The Bush administration says its plan to rebuild Iraq is modeled on the the Marshall Plan, but lawmakers and historians are finding flaws in the analogy."
In New York Times: World Special
Once an Ally of Bush at Home, Kennedy Lashes Out on Iraq: "Senator Edward M. Kennedy is digging in for a fight over Iraq, calling it the "defining issue" of this congressional session."
In New York Times: World Special
U.S. OKs greater U.N. oversight of Iraq: "The United States has agreed to give the United Nations a bigger political role in overseeing Iraq's transition to democracy, an American official said Friday, while Britain and Spain welcomed a tentative U.S. timeline for handing over power to an elected Iraqi government."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Soldiers Get Break From Iraq Deployment: "Glancing up from her ticket counter at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Sharon Whittington couldn't believe what she saw: her son, Army Reserve Spc. Adrian Dupree, home from Iraq. (AP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Anti-war group takes out NY Times ad calling on Rumsfeld to resign: "A US anti-war group took out a full-page advertisement in the New York Times calling on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign, accusing him of leading the United States into a "quagmire" in Iraq. (AFP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
