Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Key Developments in Iraq
From: Patti Patton-Bader
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Key Developments in Iraq
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By The Associated Press
May 14, 2003, 8:53 AM EDT
Key developments concerning Iraq:
* More than 3,000 bodies have been retrieved or located in a mass grave during the past nine days, a doctor leading a group of people excavating the site said Wednesday. The victims were believed to have been killed as Saddam Hussein and his security apparatus stamped out a Shiite uprising following the 1991 Gulf War, Dr. Rafed Husseini said.
* Adnan Pachachi, a former foreign minister who returned to his native Iraq this month after 32 years in exile, said he blamed the United States for Iraq's persistent lawlessness and the failure to restore basic services a month after major combat ended.
* The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research used coalition-run Voice of New Iraq radio to call on people to return equipment and furniture that was looted from colleges and universities in the wake of the U.S. invasion.
* A military vehicle overturned in northern Iraq, killing a U.S. soldier with the 101st Airborne Division and injuring another, officers and witnesses at the scene said.
* A CBS News-New York Times poll found that 49 percent said the Bush administration overestimated the amount of mass destruction weapons in Iraq and 56 percent said the war will have been worth it even if the weapons are never found. The poll's margin of error was 3 points.
Copyright (c) 2003, The Associated Press
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This article originally appeared at:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-developments,0,1256047.story
Visit Newsday online at http://www.newsday.com
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Blog Updates
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Key Developments in Iraq
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By The Associated Press
May 14, 2003, 8:53 AM EDT
Key developments concerning Iraq:
* More than 3,000 bodies have been retrieved or located in a mass grave during the past nine days, a doctor leading a group of people excavating the site said Wednesday. The victims were believed to have been killed as Saddam Hussein and his security apparatus stamped out a Shiite uprising following the 1991 Gulf War, Dr. Rafed Husseini said.
* Adnan Pachachi, a former foreign minister who returned to his native Iraq this month after 32 years in exile, said he blamed the United States for Iraq's persistent lawlessness and the failure to restore basic services a month after major combat ended.
* The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research used coalition-run Voice of New Iraq radio to call on people to return equipment and furniture that was looted from colleges and universities in the wake of the U.S. invasion.
* A military vehicle overturned in northern Iraq, killing a U.S. soldier with the 101st Airborne Division and injuring another, officers and witnesses at the scene said.
* A CBS News-New York Times poll found that 49 percent said the Bush administration overestimated the amount of mass destruction weapons in Iraq and 56 percent said the war will have been worth it even if the weapons are never found. The poll's margin of error was 3 points.
Copyright (c) 2003, The Associated Press
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This article originally appeared at:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-developments,0,1256047.story
Visit Newsday online at http://www.newsday.com
