Thursday, November 04, 2004

Iraq War News
Medical aid group closes Iraq operations: "The international medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said Thursday it was closing its operations in Iraq because of escalating violence and the targeting of aid workers."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq

US strikes at Falluja 'defences': "US forces attack the Iraqi city of Falluja, after reportedly killing five people there in heavy bombing on Wednesday night."

In BBC: Conflict with Iraq (UK Edition)

Iraq calls on 'spectators' to act: "Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi urges what he calls spectator countries to get involved in the rebuilding of Iraq."

In BBC: Conflict with Iraq (UK Edition)

Key Saddam trial evidence 'lost': "Possible evidence against ex-Iraq officials may be lost as US-led troops failed to secure key sites, a new report says."

In BBC: Conflict with Iraq (UK Edition)

Captors threaten Hassan release: "Gunmen holding aid worker Margaret Hassan threaten to hand her over to militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi."

In BBC: Conflict with Iraq (UK Edition)

Pentagon Planners Assailed for Failing to Secure Evidence of Iraqi Abuses (OneWorld.net): "OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov 4 (OneWorld) - While charges continue to fly that U.S.-led coalition forces after their invasion of Iraq failed to secure stockpiles of arms and explosives that are now being used against them, a major U.S. human rights groups says that Pentagon planners also failed to protect potential evidence of massive human rights abuses by the government of ousted President Saddam Hussein."

In Yahoo! News: Iraq

Three dead in Iraq car bombing: US military (AFP): "AFP - At least three Iraqis were killed and seven injured when a car-bomb exploded outside a city council building in the town of Dujail, north of Baghdad."

In Yahoo! News: Iraq

U.S. Bombardment Kills Five in Iraq's Falluja: "U.S. artillery shelled Falluja onThursday after overnight air and tank attacks killed fivepeople in Iraq's most rebellious city, braced for an all-outoffensive now the U.S. presidential election is over. (Reuters)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq

Iraq Aid Agency in Katu.com: Iraq & Terror

Kidnappers grab second U.S. citizen in a week: "BAGHDAD, Iraq â Gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese-American businessman â the second U.S. citizen seized this week in Baghdad â and militants released a tape Wednesday showing the beheading of an Iraqi officer as a warning to those who deal with "the infidel" Americans. An unknown group claimed it beheaded three Iraqi National Guardsmen."

In kgw.com: Iraq News

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