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1928 of 1986 
Rafah: Israeli forces kill 39 Palestinians in four days For the fourth consecutive day, Israeli occupying forces (IOF) have expanded their military offensive in Rafah town and refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Overnight, IOF entered As-Salam and Brazil areas near the border with Egypt. At time of press, eight Palestinians, including a child, have been killed so far today. This brings the number of people killed in Rafah since Monday 17 May 2004 to 39....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 3:04pm PDT
Iraq Poll Finds Poverty Main Worry, Sadr Popular SOFIA (bnn)- Iraqis care more about declining living standards than U.S. promises of political freedom, and prefer a rebel cleric hunted by U.S. forces to most mainstream politicians, according to a poll due for release next week.
The survey revealed a sharp drop in the number of Iraqis who view U.S. troops as liberators -- just seven percent when the poll was taken last month, compared to over 40% six months ago....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 3:02pm PDT
First military intelligence soldier to speak openly about abuses at Abu Ghraib (WashPost) While just 6 of the lowest level soldiers currently face charges for abuses, and while all higher level supervisors and pentagon officials officially claim to be dumbfounded by revelations, and the many contractors who also oversaw interogations are no where to be found, a single intelligence officer has stepped forward to crack the wall of silence and finally tell a fuller picture of what has happenned......
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 12:15pm PDT
U.S. soldier: "I killed innocent people" (SacBee) a U.S soldier comes clean on civilian murders in Iraq, damage caused by depleted uranium and cluster bombs, and why he defied superiors and couldn't participate any longer...
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 11:25am PDT
After Massacre In Rafah, Hundreds Protest in Tel-Aviv Left wing demonstrators took to the streets calling for IDF to leave Gaza. Eight protestors arrested in violent confrontations with police in Tel-Aviv....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 11:22am PDT
Thousands in Tehran anti-US march Thousands of Iranians have marched on the streets of Tehran to protest against US and UK policy in Iraq....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 11:17am PDT
Court-Martial Under Way For Antiwar Soldier Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia Accused Of Desertion FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Witness testimony is expected to get under way Thursday in the court-martial of a U.S. soldier accused of deserting his unit in Iraq.
Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia was charged after failing to report back for duty after a two-week furlough in October. The Florida National Guardsman turned himself in after five months....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 11:15am PDT
Soldiers Shown Giving Thumbs-Up Sign By Body of Dead Iraqi Prisoner 
May 19, 2004— ABCNEWS has obtained two new photos taken at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq showing Spc. Charles Graner and Spc. Sabrina Harman posing over the body of a detainee who was allegedly beaten to death by CIA or civilian interrogators in the prison's showers. The detainee's name was Manadel al-Jamadi....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 11:10am PDT
Red Cross: US attack on Iraqi wedding party ''violates international human rights'' The Red Cross on Thursday condemned the "excessive" use of force by the US military after dozens of people were killed in the Iraqi western desert....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:55am PDT
Nine killed, 16 wounded in holy city of Karbala Karbala, May 20 :Nine civilians were killed and 16 others wounded in the central Iraqi city of Karbala, a medic said on Thursday, while a guard at a Shiite shrine claimed coalition planes targeted militiamen....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:51am PDT
Iraq's rebel cleric gains surge in popularity By Roula Khalaf in Baghdad
Financial Times
May 20, 2004...
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:49am PDT
Israelis round up refugee camp's men One by one, dozens of Palestinian men with their arms raised were searched by Israeli soldiers and handcuffed today, as part of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza’s Rafah refugee camp....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:46am PDT
9 more die in Rafah offensive Gaza - Troops killed at least nine Palestinians in Rafah on Thursday, as the Israeli army widened its offensive on the southern Gaza Strip town to two new neighbourhoods, defying fierce international criticism....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:44am PDT
UN security council condemns Israel, US refrains from voting The UN security council said yesterday in a resolution the US refrained from voting to condemn Israel over killing the Palestinian civilians in Rafah area and called on Israel to stop demolishing the houses of the Palestinian in Gaza.
The US refrained from voting for the draft resolution which was supported by 14 of the 15 UN security council members, following Algeria which represents the Arab group at the UN security council. Diplomats said that the tone of the final resolutions script w...
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:43am PDT
Haaretz On Rafah: Pointless Destruction Our worst fears have been realized. At least eight civilians, most of them school children, were killed yesterday and dozens were wounded when a tank shell exploded in the middle of a demonstration by hundreds of Palestinians in Rafah. The pictures broadcast to the world were difficult to look at. This is a tragic incident which the Israel Defense Forces clearly did not expect to happen, but when an army wages warfare in a populated area, this is the result. This disaster follows on the heels...
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:40am PDT
Chairman of the Jewish Rabbinical Council Rabbi Dov Lior Supports Killings In Rafah From ALJAZEERA:
A prominent rabbi has supported the killings of Palestinian civilians by Israeli occupation troops in the Gaza Strip, saying killing non-Jewish civilians is compatible with religious laws....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:37am PDT
Israeli court convicts resistance leader Marwan Barghuthi In a classical trial of the "occupied" by the "occupier", a Tel Aviv court on Thursday convicted imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi on five accounts of murder....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:34am PDT
Israel intensifies Gaza offensive Israeli forces have pushed deeper into southern Gaza, a day after the United Nations condemned Israel for killing at least eight Palestinian protesters....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:32am PDT
Iraqis bury victims of US strike Iraqis have been burying more of the victims of a US air strike which they said hit a wedding party....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:31am PDT
Chalabi's house raided by U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police (AP) Chalabi, a longtime Iraqi exile, on whom the Bush Administration relied heavily for (false and misleading) intel on Iraq prior to the invasion, and until this month was still on the Pentagon payroll to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars a month through his exile group, possibly is giving intel on U.S. operations in Iraq to Iran, and likely will not end up the grand leader of Iraq as Cheney had originally envisioned...
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 10:22am PDT
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