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Us Troops One Killed Three Wounded
US Troops: One Killed, Three Wounded Guerrillas killed one US paratrooper and wounded three others on Sunday near Falluja with a roadside bomb that blew […]
5 Members Of Interim Governing Council
5 Members of Interim Governing Council Press for Power Ahmad Chalabi, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, and three other members of the American-appointed Interim Governing Council are […]
Constitutional Preparatory Report At
Constitutional Preparatory Report at end of September Fuad Masum, head of the Preparatory Committee for the Iraqi Constitution, announced Sunday that his committee’s report would […]
Iraq Petroleum Production Jumps Iraq Is
Iraq Petroleum Production Jumps Iraq is back to producing 1.5 million barrels a day, up from the 800,000 typical of August. With its present equipment, […]
Najaf Police Chief Dismissed For
Najaf Police Chief Dismissed for Corruption Haydar Mahdi Matar al-Miyali, the Governor of Najaf, announced Sunday that the city’s police chief, Husayn Yasin al-Juburi, had […]
Four Us Soldiers Wounded Guerrillas
Four US Soldiers Wounded Guerrillas fired a rocket propelled grenade at US troops in Mosul on Saturday, wounding three of them. Also, guerrillas near Falluja […]
Case Of Missing Weapons Of Mass
The Case of the Missing Weapons of Mass Destruction Josh Marshall has an excellent piece today, Sunday, on how the British and US governments are […]
Baathist Resistance Fighters Highly
Baathist Resistance Fighters Highly Organized in Iraq The Baathist cells hitting American troops in and around Baquba are tightly knit, organized and take direction from […]
Massacre Condemned By Sunni Clerics In
“Massacre” Condemned by Sunni Clerics in Falluja Angry crowds chanted anti-American slogans in the western city of Falluja (pop. 256,000) as the security police killed […]