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Palestinians Storm UN Aid Convoy After Israeli Raid RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinians, angry over Israel's bloodiest raid in the Gaza Strip in years, smashed the windows of a U.N. car Saturday and mobbed a shipment of humanitarian aid.
"Where have you been?" one man screamed as others pounded on the cars in the U.N. convoy as it entered a sealed-off neighborhood in Rafah refugee camp to survey damage and deliver aid supplies, including powdered milk....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:46pm PDT
Iraqis lose right to sue troops Military win immunity pledge in deal on UN vote...
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:45pm PDT
In the Shadows of Abu-Ghraib Prison Many of the Americans working in the prisons of Iraq, especially in the reserves, are cops or prison guards in their civilian lives. Indeed, one of the men identified as a suspect in the brutal mistreatment of people in Abu Ghraib, indeed a corporal in the Army, works here, at SCI-Greene!...
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:45pm PDT
Report: US general witnessed Iraq abuse A military police commander at Abu Ghraib prison is to testify that the top US general in Iraq witnessed some of the abuses....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:30pm PDT
A Marine's tale: 'We killed 30 civilians in six weeks. I felt we were committing genocide' Back home in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, he says the cause of the uprising in Iraq is that "we killed a lot of innocent people...We would take over villages and control checkpoints...My men and I would fire warning shots at oncoming vehicles...if they didn't stop, we didn't have any qualms about loading them up." The Marines were told that Iraqis were filling ambulances with explosives, and that soldiers were dressed as civilians, but after pouring fire into vehicles and ...
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 9:51pm PDT
RAFAH: A brother, a sister, and a morgue too full for them both Ahmed Mughayer, 14, was laid out with 13 other corpses on the floor of the refrigeration room of a flower and plant growers' firm on the outskirts of town. Dr Ahmed Abu Nkaira removed the sheet and raised Ahmed's trunk for us to see where the bullet had made a small incision on his forehead just above his hairline. Then he pointed to the exit wound, a much larger and bloodier hole in the back of his head. Earlier, back at the hospital, he had brought out the body of Asmaa, his 16-year-old sis...
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 8:27pm PDT
Revelations Lead to Rumsfeld's Door As we go to press, senior CIA officials, both past and present, have reportedly leaked that Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld approved the extreme interrogation methods used against Iraqi detainees under U.S. control....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 6:23pm PDT
US Enters Kufa, Kills At Least 17 Iraqis KUFA, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. soldiers killed 17 suspected insurgents early Sunday and found a large cache of weapons at a mosque during an operation in the city of Kufa, a stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army militia, military officials said....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 4:33pm PDT
Bush suffers minor injuries in bike accident US President George Bush suffers abrasions in mountain mishap.
US President George Bush fell off his mountain bike while completing the 25-kilometre stretch of a 27-kilometre biking course on his Crawford, Texas ranch....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 4:04pm PDT
US forces re-enter Karbala US occupation forces have re-entered Karbala's city centre, but find no signs of the Mahdi Army....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 3:59pm PDT
Arafat appeals for international protection Arab leaders carried on with a summit in Tunis on Saturday despite a walkout by Libya's Muammar al-Qadhafi....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 3:58pm PDT
Iraqi militia to leave Karbala Fighters loyal to the radical Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, have agreed to withdraw from the centre of Karbala....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:27am PDT
EU Commission approves biotech sweet corn for food use Brussels, 19 May 2004:
Today, the EU Commission approved a genetically modified sweet corn (Bt-11) for food use in the European Union, which is the first GM food product to be approved in Europe since 1998....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 12:17am PDT
Southern Iraqi town of Majar al-Kabir turns against British troops As the British Government debates whether to send more troops to Iraq, Jack Fairweather in Majar al-Kabir looks at what could be in store for them...
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 12:15am PDT
5 Dead In Baghdad Blast. Deputy Interior Minister Abdul-Jabbar Youssef al-Sheikhli Injured At least five people have been killed and several injured in a suspected suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 12:01am PDT
Arab leaders to condemn attacks on Israelis for first time International Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat reports that in exchange for adopting resolution, U.S. will ease pressure on Arabs for reforms....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 11:32pm PDT
UN: Demolition of Gaza homes is violation of international law Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip is a violation of international law, United Nations Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Kiran Prendergast told members of the Security Council on Friday....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 11:25pm PDT
US troops clash with Sadr militia US troops fought battles with forces of Iraq's radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr in Najaf and elsewhere on Friday....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 11:23pm PDT
No Iraqi tears for Chalabi's downfall Iraqis are not exactly sympathising with embattled Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi after Iraqi police, backed by US forces, raided his home and office....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 11:16pm PDT
The Targets are Venezuela and Cuba-New Intrigues of US Imperialism Solidarity...
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 6:20pm PDT
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