A Year In Iraq

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Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Iraq War News
Red Cross Visits Saddam Hussein: "Apr. 27 - An International Red Cross team visited the imprisoned Saddam Hussein on Tuesday to check the conditions of the former Iraqi leader in U.S. custody."

In War In Iraq from www.FeedRoom.com



Syrian police raid hide-out after attack: "Police raided a militant hide-out hours after a mysterious attack in the Syrian capital's diplomatic quarter that killed four people and may have targeted a building once occupied by the United Nations."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



U.S. Pounds Falluja from Air Again, Witnesses Say: "U.S. fighter jets and heavyairborne gunships joined a new assault on the besieged Iraqicity of Falluja Wednesday, local residents said. (Reuters)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



GI sisters pick family over Iraq: "Urged by their military commanders not to return to Iraq, two soldiers whose sister was killed in the fighting announced Tuesday that they have asked to be reassigned to duty closer to their Wisconsin home. (Chicago Tribune)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



A series of explosions rocks Fallujah: "A series of explosions and gunfire rocked Fallujah Wednesday in new fighting after a heavy battle the night before in which U.S. warplanes and artillery pounded the city in a show of force against Sunni insurgents holed up in a city slum."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



Palestinian peace campaigner arrested: "Israeli police briefly arrested prominent Palestinian peace campaigner Sari Nusseibeh on Wednesday, accusing him of hiring illegal Palestinian laborers to work at the university he heads."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



A Series of Explosions Rocks Fallujah: "A series of explosions and gunfire rocked Fallujah Wednesday in new fighting after a heavy battle the night before in which U.S. warplanes and artillery pounded the city in a show of force against Sunni insurgents holed up in a city slum. (AP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Fallujah Erupts Again: "For the third day in a row, the sound of explosions and gunfire rumbled through Fallujah, a stronghold of Iraqi insurgents where militants have largely ignored a demand to disarm."

In CBS News: Iraq Crisis



Syrian Police raid hide-out after attack: "Police raided a militant hide-out hours after a mysterious attack in the Syrian capital's diplomatic quarter that killed four people and may have targeted a building once occupied by the United Nations."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



93 killed in Thai Muslim attacks: "At least 93 people were killed when Thai police fought machete-wielding militants who launched simultaneous pre-dawn raids on security outposts,in the heaviest fighting yet in the troubled Muslim-dominated south, officials said."

In Ananova: War In Iraq



US warplanes bombard Fallujah: "US warplanes and artillery attacked targets in the Iraqi town of Fallujah in a show of force against Sunni insurgents."

In Ananova: War In Iraq



MoD denies nuclear submarine 'mutiny': "Eleven sailors have been allowed to leave a nuclear submarine after they expressed fears over its safety, the Ministry of Defence confirmed."

In Ananova: War In Iraq



US defends its Falluja onslaught: "American forces say they are acting in self-defence by shelling insurgent positions in the restive Iraqi city."

In BBC: Conflict with Iraq



AP: Iraqis grumble about sovereignty: "A government that can't pass laws, a nation that doesn't control its own armed forces. Many of Iraq's U.S.-picked leaders wonder just how sovereign a state Washington will give them on June 30."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq

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