Nbadan
11-07-2004, 04:40 PM
This is all a right-wingers wet dream....as long as it's not their asses on the line that is...
Iraq Claims Emergency As Insurgency Flares
By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The government declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout most of the country Sunday, as U.S. and Iraqi forces prepared for an expected all-out assault on rebels in Fallujah. Insurgents escalated a wave of violence that has killed more than 50 people the past two days.
Heavy explosions were heard in Baghdad as government spokesman Thair Hassan al-Naqeeb announced the state of emergency over the entire country except Kurdish areas in the north.
"It is going to be a curfew. It is going to be so many things, but tomorrow the prime minister will mention it," he said. Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi will give more details Monday, he said.
Al-Naqeeb declined to say whether the announcement signaled an imminent attack on the insurgent stronghold Fallujah, saying, "We have seen the situation is worsening in this area. Any obstacle will be removed."
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq)
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Two blasts heard in central Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A powerful explosion rang out in central Baghdad on Sunday, witnesses said, but there was no immediate word on what had caused it.
The blast at midday (0900 GMT) shook windows in a central area. There was no immediate word on casualties or damage.
A smaller explosion echoed across the Iraqi capital nearly an hour later, witnesses said.
A U.S. military spokeswoman said she had no information on either of the blasts.
AlertNet (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07695016.htm)
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RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) - Gunmen shot dead 21 policemen, execution style, in Iraq (news - web sites), one day after a scourge of car bombs and clashes against police and local government targets killed 36 people.
The renewed violence against symbols of Iraq's US-backed government came as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi looked set to mount an offensive on rebel-held Fallujah, in the heart of Al-Anbar province, where the police massacre occured.
About 200 gunmen ambushed the main police station in Haditha, a town 200 kilometres, (120 miles) west of Baghdad, and another smaller station in the nearby village of Haqlaniya, said a local police officer.
"The attackers disarmed the police, gathered them together and then shot them dead," he said of the Haditha raid.
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1511&ncid=1511&e=4&u=/afp/20041107/wl_afp/iraq_unrest_041107113701)
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants dressed as police abducted and executed 12 Iraqi National Guards who were traveling home to Najaf, an official with a leading Shiite party said Sunday.
The 12 men were kidnapped near Latifiyah, an area of frequent violence bout 20 miles south of Baghdad, said Abu Ali al-Najafi from the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (news - web sites), known by its acronym SCIRI.
They were heading home to Najaf on Thursday after a visit to Baghdad when the kidnappers, disguised as policemen, stopped their convoy, said al-Najaf, speaking from SCIRI offices in Najaf. The 12 were seized along with the convoy's driver, though a 13th guardsman escaped.
The assailants, who later identified themselves as members of a group calling itself the al-Furqan Brigade, tortured the driver, breaking his arm and sending him off with a ransom demand to their relatives, for payment of $1,000 for each "headless body of their dear one," Al-Najafi said.
more:
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=4&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_guardsmen_executed)
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LONDON (AFP) - Two British soldiers were injured in a suicide bomb attack near their base southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Ministry of Defence in London said.
"We are aware of an incident that happened at 9:22 am local time near Camp Dogwood," a ministry spokeswoman said. "There are two casualties. They are with the US medical chain. They have been airlifted out by the Americans."
She confirmed to AFP that the soldiers had been targets of a suicide bomber, and that both had been seriously hurt.
The two soldiers were thought to be part of the Black Watch regiment, although they have not been named and their next of kin have yet to be informed.
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=8&u=/afp/20041107/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_britain_attack_041107152039)
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Islamic group threatened to behead three Jordanian drivers on Sunday unless Jordan bans local firms from transporting goods to U.S. forces in Iraq (news - web sites).
"The Jordanian government has responded with indifference and failed to issue a statement banning dealings with the infidel American forces," said a member of the Army of Islam-Counter Attack Brigades on a video released to Reuters.
"We will subject them to the knife and kill them viciously unless the Jordanian government responds to this order in 48 hours," the masked man said.
The three men were among four Jordanian drivers kidnapped in western Iraq last week. The fate of the fourth is unknown.
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=5&u=/nm/20041107/wl_nm/iraq_jordan_dc)
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Marine readies 'angels' for journey home
~snip~
Scattered amid the bodies was a letter from one soldier's parents pleading with him to be careful. From another, a photo of a girlfriend; from a third, a sonogram of an unborn child; and from a fourth, a carefully folded letter meant for the soldier's family that began "If you're reading this something really bad has happened to me."
By the time Cotnoir, a 32-year-old sergeant from Lawrence, came across these possessions, the soldiers that owned them were dead: burnt to death inside their trucks, shot in the chest, or ripped apart by shrapnel.
"What you see out there, it's a real smash to reality," Cotnoir says, reflecting on his seven-month tour in Iraq. "You can't really prepare for it."
Cotnoir's job as part of the mortuary affairs unit was to recover dead soldiers and Marines from the battlefield, clean them up the best he could, inventory their belongings, and send them home.
more:
Boston.com (http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/11/07/marine_readies_angels_for_journey_home/?rss_id=Boston%20Globe%20--%20City%20/%20Region%20News)
Hope your having a peaceful Sunday. :depressed
Iraq Claims Emergency As Insurgency Flares
By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The government declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout most of the country Sunday, as U.S. and Iraqi forces prepared for an expected all-out assault on rebels in Fallujah. Insurgents escalated a wave of violence that has killed more than 50 people the past two days.
Heavy explosions were heard in Baghdad as government spokesman Thair Hassan al-Naqeeb announced the state of emergency over the entire country except Kurdish areas in the north.
"It is going to be a curfew. It is going to be so many things, but tomorrow the prime minister will mention it," he said. Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi will give more details Monday, he said.
Al-Naqeeb declined to say whether the announcement signaled an imminent attack on the insurgent stronghold Fallujah, saying, "We have seen the situation is worsening in this area. Any obstacle will be removed."
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq)
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Two blasts heard in central Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A powerful explosion rang out in central Baghdad on Sunday, witnesses said, but there was no immediate word on what had caused it.
The blast at midday (0900 GMT) shook windows in a central area. There was no immediate word on casualties or damage.
A smaller explosion echoed across the Iraqi capital nearly an hour later, witnesses said.
A U.S. military spokeswoman said she had no information on either of the blasts.
AlertNet (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07695016.htm)
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RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) - Gunmen shot dead 21 policemen, execution style, in Iraq (news - web sites), one day after a scourge of car bombs and clashes against police and local government targets killed 36 people.
The renewed violence against symbols of Iraq's US-backed government came as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi looked set to mount an offensive on rebel-held Fallujah, in the heart of Al-Anbar province, where the police massacre occured.
About 200 gunmen ambushed the main police station in Haditha, a town 200 kilometres, (120 miles) west of Baghdad, and another smaller station in the nearby village of Haqlaniya, said a local police officer.
"The attackers disarmed the police, gathered them together and then shot them dead," he said of the Haditha raid.
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1511&ncid=1511&e=4&u=/afp/20041107/wl_afp/iraq_unrest_041107113701)
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants dressed as police abducted and executed 12 Iraqi National Guards who were traveling home to Najaf, an official with a leading Shiite party said Sunday.
The 12 men were kidnapped near Latifiyah, an area of frequent violence bout 20 miles south of Baghdad, said Abu Ali al-Najafi from the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (news - web sites), known by its acronym SCIRI.
They were heading home to Najaf on Thursday after a visit to Baghdad when the kidnappers, disguised as policemen, stopped their convoy, said al-Najaf, speaking from SCIRI offices in Najaf. The 12 were seized along with the convoy's driver, though a 13th guardsman escaped.
The assailants, who later identified themselves as members of a group calling itself the al-Furqan Brigade, tortured the driver, breaking his arm and sending him off with a ransom demand to their relatives, for payment of $1,000 for each "headless body of their dear one," Al-Najafi said.
more:
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=4&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_guardsmen_executed)
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LONDON (AFP) - Two British soldiers were injured in a suicide bomb attack near their base southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Ministry of Defence in London said.
"We are aware of an incident that happened at 9:22 am local time near Camp Dogwood," a ministry spokeswoman said. "There are two casualties. They are with the US medical chain. They have been airlifted out by the Americans."
She confirmed to AFP that the soldiers had been targets of a suicide bomber, and that both had been seriously hurt.
The two soldiers were thought to be part of the Black Watch regiment, although they have not been named and their next of kin have yet to be informed.
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=8&u=/afp/20041107/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_britain_attack_041107152039)
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Islamic group threatened to behead three Jordanian drivers on Sunday unless Jordan bans local firms from transporting goods to U.S. forces in Iraq (news - web sites).
"The Jordanian government has responded with indifference and failed to issue a statement banning dealings with the infidel American forces," said a member of the Army of Islam-Counter Attack Brigades on a video released to Reuters.
"We will subject them to the knife and kill them viciously unless the Jordanian government responds to this order in 48 hours," the masked man said.
The three men were among four Jordanian drivers kidnapped in western Iraq last week. The fate of the fourth is unknown.
Yahoo News (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=5&u=/nm/20041107/wl_nm/iraq_jordan_dc)
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Marine readies 'angels' for journey home
~snip~
Scattered amid the bodies was a letter from one soldier's parents pleading with him to be careful. From another, a photo of a girlfriend; from a third, a sonogram of an unborn child; and from a fourth, a carefully folded letter meant for the soldier's family that began "If you're reading this something really bad has happened to me."
By the time Cotnoir, a 32-year-old sergeant from Lawrence, came across these possessions, the soldiers that owned them were dead: burnt to death inside their trucks, shot in the chest, or ripped apart by shrapnel.
"What you see out there, it's a real smash to reality," Cotnoir says, reflecting on his seven-month tour in Iraq. "You can't really prepare for it."
Cotnoir's job as part of the mortuary affairs unit was to recover dead soldiers and Marines from the battlefield, clean them up the best he could, inventory their belongings, and send them home.
more:
Boston.com (http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/11/07/marine_readies_angels_for_journey_home/?rss_id=Boston%20Globe%20--%20City%20/%20Region%20News)
Hope your having a peaceful Sunday. :depressed