by Waleed Ibrahim
BAGHDAD - Rebels bracing for a U.S.-led assault on their Falluja and Ramadi strongholds showed their muscle on Tuesday with a bloody car bombing in Baghdad, strikes on oil pipelines and several attacks on Iraqi security forces.
A morning car bomb blast at the Education Ministry brought fresh carnage to the busy streets of Baghdad, killing six people and wounding eight, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
"I’m not crying because I’m wounded, but because of my (...)
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Iraqi Rebels Hit Ministry, Oil, Security Forces
2 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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Fallujah Defenders Vow To Use Chem Weapons
2 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsBy Hala Jaber in Baghdad As the US reeled from the death of nine marines in Iraq at the weekend, insurgents in Fallujah claimed to have obtained chemical weapons and threatened to use them in any battle for control of the rebel stronghold. Rebel commanders said chemicals such as cyanide had been added to mortar rounds and missiles that would be deployed against coalition troops reported to be preparing for a major assault on the town west of Baghdad. A military committee made up (...)
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The US is committing acts of terror in Fallujah
2 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
6 commentsThis letter was sent by representatives of the people of Fallujah to the UN secretary general Kofi Annan
"IT IS more than evident that US forces are committing daily acts of genocide in Iraq. As we write, these crimes are being perpetrated against the city of Fallujah.
US war planes are launching their most powerful bombs against the civilian population, killing and wounding hundreds of innocent people. Their tanks are pounding the city with heavy artillery.
As you know, there is no (...) -
More than 100,000 Iraqis have died - and where is our shame and rage?
2 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
The war on Iraq has made moral cowards of us all
by Scott Ritter
The full scale of the human cost already paid for the war on Iraq is only now becoming clear. Last week’s estimate by investigators, using credible methodology, that more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians - most of them women and children - have died since the US-led invasion is a profound moral indictment of our countries. The US and British governments quickly moved to cast doubt on the Lancet medical journal findings, (...) -
The Afghan Election : BALLOTS IN BATTLEFIELDS
2 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
by Farooq Sulehria
Hamid Karzai has won the election. That was hardly any surprise. However, the high turn out (69%) was a surprise indeed. And a pleasant one. With 97 percent of the votes counted, Karzai with 55 percent of the votes was an outright winner. Had any candidate not obtained a majority, the top two would have competed in a run-off election, as in France.
But none of Karzai’s 14 rivals, as was expected, posed any serious challenge. The main challenger and runner up, Younas (...) -
Beyond Voting ... And We Will Continue to Protest
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By Azita Ebrahimi November 2 - To the Polls! November 4 - To the Streets! PROTEST AGAINST WAR IN IRAQ on Thursday November 4! PLEASE JOIN US!
Democracy Not Disenfranchisement! Education Not Occupation! Health Care Not Warfare!
November 3 (in Atlanta Nov. 4), on the day after the presidential election, no matter what the outcome is, people from all walks of life across America are mobilizing in their communities to go beyond voting and demonstrate visions for a truly democratic (...) -
Heavy Clashes in Ramadi as U.S. Troop Buildup Begins
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By Alistair Lyon
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces battled rebels in Ramadi and pounded Falluja on Monday, but there was no sign that an all-out American-led offensive to retake the insurgent-held cities had begun on the eve of the U.S. presidential election.
Kidnappers armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades seized an American, a Nepali and two Arabs from their Saudi company’s office in Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said.
A spokesman said the attackers killed a guard (...) -
Bush gave terrorists more weapons than Saddam ever would have...
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
IAEA says it warned U.S. about explosives
by OfficialWire NewsDesk
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (OfficialWire) — 10/30/04 — New evidence emerged in the United States on Friday that appears to contradict claims by George W. Bush and his administration that some 360 tons of explosives previously located in Iraq were looted before U.S. troops occupied the country. Nine days after the fall of Baghdad, on April 18, 2003, a news crew from Minneapolis-St Paul station KSTP-TV, embedded with U.S. troops (...) -
CIA looks for signals in Bin Laden video
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
by Tony Allen-Mills, Columbus, Ohio
UNRELEASED portions of a new videotape from Osama Bin Laden were being examined by American intelligence officials yesterday as election campaign strategists vowed to prevent the Al-Qaeda leader’s surprise re-emergence from disrupting the final two days of the presidential race.
The Central Intelligence Agency and other government officials were searching for signs that Bin Laden may have been seeking to trigger a terrorist attack in the hope of (...) -
American attack on Fallujah looms as 63 are killed in Iraq’s weekend of clashes
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By Kim Sengupta in Baghdad
A final assault on the rebel city of Fallujah appeared imminent yesterday after Iyad Allawi, Iraq’s interim Prime Minister, said chances of a peaceful solution had virtually ended and warned of civilian casualties.
"Our patience is running thin," Mr Allawi said. If no deal was reached, he added: "I have no choice but to secure a military solution. I do so with a heavy heart, for even with the most careful plan there will be some loss of innocent lives. But I (...)