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Purported
Qaeda Tape Vows Attacks on US
Interests
Reuters - 4-27-04
...
An audio tape said to be from a senior Saudi al Qaeda leader
warned the militant group would carry out "fierce" attacks this year
against US interests and ...
Spanish
pull out of holy Iraqi city as 43 insurgents are killed
Channel News Asia, Singapore - 4-27-04
NAJAF,
Iraq : Forty-three insurgents were killed in fierce overnight fighting with
US-led coalition forces near Najaf as Spanish troops were completing their
...
US
soldiers killed in Baghdad blast
The
Globe and Mail, Canada - 4-27-04
By
BASSEM MROUE. BAGHDAD -- A workshop believed to be producing chemical
munitions exploded in flames yesterday, moments after US ...
Indonesia troops try to quell Ambon unrest, toll 30
Reuters, India - 4-27-04
AMBON,
Indonesia (Reuters) - Snipers killed one policeman and wounded two in
Indonesia's strife-torn Ambon on Tuesday as police and soldiers patrolled
the ...
Iraqi
group threatens to kill Italians
Boston
Globe, MA - 4-27-04
By Samia
Nakhoul, Reuters | April 27, 2004. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A group
holding three Italians hostage in Iraq has threatened ...
U.S. Relies on Private Security in Iraq
AP -
4-27-04
The blurring
of lines between active-duty U.S. soldiers and contracted security personnel
is causing unease in Congress, as violence continues to rise in Iraq.
Army Lures Iraqis With Construction Funds
AP -
4-27-04
The way to
break the spiraling cycle of rebel attacks and U.S. counter-raids, the
Army's just-arrived 1st Cavalry Division believes, is to kill the rebels
with one hand and spread dollars with the other.
NATO Sees No Iraq Role Unless Many Conditions Met
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 26, 9:26 AM ET
NATO will
only consider a wider role in Iraq if a string of conditions are met
including a U.S. handover to a "credible" government in Baghdad,
Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Monday.
Iraqi Argues for 'Complete Sovereignty'
AP -
4-27-04
Iraqis will
need international help with security and building democratic institutions
after the United States hands over sovereignty on June 30, a member of its
Governing Council says.
Disturbing News
Saudi Says U.S. Criticism Undermines War
AP -
Mon Apr
26,11:10 PM ET
Saudi
Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said Monday that U.S. criticism of the
kingdom is undermining efforts to fight terrorism and that America was
partially to blame for the rise of Osama bin Laden.
UK
Foreign Minister Denies Rift With Diplomats on Iraq
Bloomberg -4-27-04
April 27
(Bloomberg) -- UK Foreign Office minister Mike O'Brien denied there was a
rift between the British government and its diplomats over Iraq and the
...
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Congressional Oversight of Intelligence Criticized
washingtonpost.com -4-27-04
In the fall
of 2002, as Congress debated waging war in Iraq, copies of a 92-page
assessment of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction sat in two vaults
on Capitol Hill, each protected by armed security guards and available to
any member who showed up in person, without staff
Copter From Fort Bragg Missing in S.C.
AP -
4-27-04
An Army
helicopter with three soldiers aboard vanished during a training flight, and
a search was under way Tuesday, authorities said.
U.S. Pulling Most Troops From Korea's DMZ
AP -
4-27-04
The United
States will pull nearly all its troops from their last front-line positions
along the tense frontier with communist North Korea by October as part of a
force reshuffle on the divided Korean peninsula, the United Nations Command
said Tuesday.
Israel
Calls Doctor New Hamas Leader
Los
Angeles Times (subscription), CA - 4-27-04
Mahmoud
Zahar, a 53-year-old Egyptian-trained physician whose son was killed in an
Israeli airstrike, was identified by Israel as the new Hamas leader in the
...
Powell Sees Iraq Post-June 30 Sovereignty Limits
Reuters -
Tue
Apr 27, 2:25 AM ET
Secretary of
State Colin Powell said on Monday the still-undefined government due to take
power in Iraq on July 1 would have to give up some of its sovereignty to
allow a free hand to U.S.-led armed forces.
Republican Shenanigans
Investigation launched in Senate memo scandal
Indianapolis Star, IN - 4-27-04
Washington -- The Justice Department on Monday asked the new US attorney in
New York to investigate how Republicans got access to Democrats' computer
memos in ...
Cheney Takes GOP Lead Challenging Kerry
AP -
Mon Apr
26, 6:23 PM ET
Vice
President Dick Cheney, stepping forcefully into his role as John Kerry's
chief critic, questioned on Monday whether the Democrat is fit to serve as
president in a time of war. Democrats said the tactic is a sign of
desperation.
Senate Republicans to Promote Marriage
AP -
Sun Apr
25, 7:48 PM ET
Senate
Republicans this week will launch a series of hearings to promote the value
of traditional marriage, a move some Democrats are calling an election year
ploy that is none of Congress' business.
Cheney Secrecy Case Goes to High Court
Tue Apr
27, 9:02 AM ET - (AP)
A nearly
three-year fight over privacy in White House policy-making is going before a
Supreme Court known for guarding its own secrecy.
Scalia Rebukes Justices on Prayer Case
AP -
Mon Apr
26,11:19 PM ET
Two of the
Supreme Court's most conservative members delivered an unusual public rebuke
to more liberal justices Monday, accusing them of ducking an important
church-state fight over mealtime prayers at a taxpayer-funded military
college. |
