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1924 of 1986 
Iraqi Islamic shrine damaged in attack 
The Imam Ali shrine in Najaf - a site of great importance to all Muslims in Iraq - has been damaged by rockets or mortars, witnesses have said....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 2:23pm PDT
Palestinians stranded on Rafah border The Rafah border crossing, Gaza's only route to the outside world, has been shut down again by Israeli occupation forces, leaving hundreds of Palestinians stranded in the crossing....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 2:21pm PDT
UN Iraq resolution needs 'improving' A draft UN resolution on Iraq's future submitted by Britain and the United States needs improving, anti-war countries have said....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 2:20pm PDT
UNRWA: IDF razed 45 buildings in Rafah during Operation Rainbow Israel Defense Forces troops destroyed 45 buildings during its six-day operation in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip - making 575 people homeless - the United Nations relief agency UNRWA said on Tuesday....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 9:12am PDT
Intense Fighting In Najaf Following Shrine Damage; Four Brits Dead In Baghdad 
Violent battles between US aggressor forces and Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen loyal to Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr overnight in the holy city of Najaf left at least one person dead and 20 injured, a hospital official said. The toll was likely to rise because ambulances had been dispatched to recover more casualties, according to the official, Fadil ‘Abbas. He also said the hospital was waiting for relatives of four people killed in clashes the previous night to identify the bodies. The...
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 9:10am PDT
Afghanistan, the war the world forgot The Independent has learnt that an all-party group of MPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee has returned from a visit to the country shocked and alarmed by what they witnessed. They warn that urgent action must be taken to save Afghanistan from plunging further into chaos because of Western neglect....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 9:07am PDT
Iraqis Say U.S. Soldiers Steal During House Raids BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Besides the prisoner-abuse scandal, there is another, more pervasive problem Iraqis say they suffer daily at the hands of U.S. troops -- theft of money and other property during aggressive American raids....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 8:57am PDT
Iraqis dismiss Bush's Abu Ghraib plan US President George Bush's announcement he would demolish the notorious Abu Ghraib prison has drawn scant applause in Baghdad....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 8:56am PDT
Sacred Shia site damaged in Najaf fighting One of the most sacred Shia sites in Iraq was today damaged in clashes between US forces and fighters loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 8:54am PDT
Iraqi oil pipeline badly damaged An oil pipeline that carries crude from the northern Kirkuk oilfields to Turkey has been bombed and majorily damaged....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 9:18pm PDT
These on revolution and counterrevolution in Venezuela-Part 2 solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution...
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 5:30pm PDT
Over 800 US fatalities in Iraq so far Over 800 US fatalities in Iraq so far.
The total US fatalities just passed the 800 mark today. The total for the whole coalition is over 900. For the month of May, there has been an average of 2.78 coalition fatalities per day. The average since the war began is 2.11 per day....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 12:04pm PDT
Iraqi city of Karbala left in ruins by US military After three weeks of destructive fighting, the US military claims to have re-taken control of the city of Karbala from the Iraqi resistance fighters being led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. American tanks and armoured vehicles rolled through the centre of the city on Friday and Saturday nights, close to the holy Shiite shrines of Iman Hussein and Iman Abbas, without coming under attack. US-controlled Iraqi police are reported to be once again carrying out patrols....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 11:39am PDT
Haiti: Midnight Raid in by U.S. Troops Provokes Outrage An explosion tore open the gates on the home of Annette “So Anne” Auguste in the early morning of May 10, and dozens of heavily armed U.S. Marines charged in. Members of the household, including Auguste’s five year old granddaughter, were thrown to the floor, flexicuffed, and hauled off to U.S. military headquarters for questioning....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 11:31am PDT
Clashes as Gaza buries its dead Thousands of Palestinians have attended funerals for 16 people killed during an Israeli raid in Gaza, the biggest in recent years....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 10:13am PDT
Bay Area Congressman Tom Lantos Defends Israeli Actions In Rafah A visiting U.S. Democratic legislator on Monday defended Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip and praised Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 10:07am PDT
Arafat tells Egyptian intelligence chief PA is ready to take over in Gaza Strip General Omar Suleiman met in Ramallah on Monday with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat who told the Egyptian intelligence chief his forces were ready to take control of Gaza....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 10:06am PDT
Several killed in Baghdad bomb blasts Seven people, including two Britons, have died in blasts that rocked Baghdad, while clashes between US troops and Shia militiamen have left another 18 dead in the capital....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 10:01am PDT
Protest at Gaza Report and More 1) Israelis, Palestinians and Internationals Protest War Crimes in Rafah_ISM report
2) Caterpillar Should Do the Right Thing_Elizabeth Corrie
3) Haifa, Beirut and Beyond ..._ personal journal
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Posted: Sun, May 23, 2004 11:21pm PDT
US soldiers storm mosque in worst day of fighting with Sadr's militia US forces carried out air strikes on the Shia holy city of Najaf and stormed a mosque in nearby Kufa yesterday, as 34 people were killed in the worst fighting yet between American troops and Shia militiamen loyal to the radical cleric, Muqtada Sadr. At least three civilians were among the dead, according to doctors....
Posted: Sun, May 23, 2004 11:16pm PDT
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