Thursday, June 26, 2003
Tony Blair to get Congressional Medal of Honor in IraqWar.info
Militants deny truce on Israel attacks: "Islamic militants agreed to halt attacks on Israelis for three months, Palestinian negotiators said Wednesday. But the tenuous deal was immediately undercut by an Israeli airstrike and Hamas threats of revenge."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
British forces hunt for gunmen in Iraq: "British forces hunted on Wednesday for Iraqis who killed six of their colleagues during a shooting rampage in which gunmen overwhelmed a group of badly outnumbered military police - including four cornered inside a police station."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
"Dreaming of return helps me survive," say Baghdad's evicted Palestinians: ""I have been a refugee my whole life and I have gone through many things, but this is the first time in my life that I am forced to live in a tent," says 73-year-old E'tidal Muhammad, sitting in her dust-covered tent in the Haifa Sports Club in Baghdad."
In Electronic Iraq
Explosive remnants of war in Iraq: "The term ERW describes a wide range of explosive munitions remaining in an area after the end of a conflict, a deadly threat to the population. Since the end of the conflict in Iraq dozens of victims have been reported in southern Iraq alone."
In Electronic Iraq
Occupational Hazards: ""If in the coming months you begin to notice cutbacks in your children's schools, your libraries, your public transportation, remember this: our leaders decided to fund military occupation there rather than vital services here. And what's worse: if we fail to provide services in Iraq-services that will be expensive--we should expect nothing but chaos and violence from the occupation." Elliott Colla of the Middle East Research and Information Project assesses the challenges awaiting the US as an occupying power in Iraq."
In Electronic Iraq
Iraqis themselves must make the decisions that affect them - UN envoy: "Reiterating that it was vital that the Iraqis themselves make all decisions affecting them, United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello today continued wide-ranging consultations with a full spectrum of the country's society, meeting with a group of eminent jurists to discuss reform of the justice system."
In Electronic Iraq
Deadly waste returned to US forces: "They claimed they were after weapons of mass destruction, but then allowed nuclear material to be carried off by the barrel. They said errant nuclear waste poses no health threat to the people in Iraq, but then denied access to experts."
In Electronic Iraq
Developing medical needs in Iraq are from lack of basics: "Health infrastructure in Iraq remains fragile and the outbreak of disease is a risk. Distribution and administration to medical facilites remains an ongoing problem."
In Electronic Iraq
UN refugee agency steps up efforts to help Palestinians, Syrians and Kurds in Iraq: "The United Nations refugee agency is stepping up its relief efforts in Iraq on several fronts, ranging from finding housing for hundreds of evicted Palestinians and registering undocumented Syrian refugees to providing aid for returning Iraqi Kurds forced from their homes by the previous regime."
In Electronic Iraq