March 19, 2003 Iraq War, Iraqi War Headlines, 031903 - Website by Q Madp

04/30/03 Wednesday	Afghanistan Entering Period of Stability "Success in the Global War on Terrorism" Roadmap .. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Formal Release of Roadmap 7 Nations Cited as Sponsors of Terror Killed 30 U.S. Citizens in 2002 36 Foreign Terrorist Organizations Iraq Showed Limits of Nonproliferation Foreign Affairs Budget Targets Terrorism Trafficking in Iraqi Cultural Item Former Officials Are Key To Finding WMD Iraq's Financial Reconstruction Bush To Announce End Of Combat Grossman Says U.S. is Liberator Overview of Terrorism .. Western Hemisphere Rumsfeld Town Hall Meeting in Baghdad Kevlar-Clad Crowd Congratulated Mr. Rumsfeld Goes to Baghdad Terrorist Attacks Down 44% in 2002 Wartime Military Medical Support Iraqi Lawyer .. Granted Asylum in U.S. Rumsfeld Message to the People of Iraq
04/29/03 Tuesday	U.S. Paratroopers Fired upon NATO Candidates Support Alliance Ops U.S. to Release "Road Map" Protect and Restore Iraqi Antiquities Mine Action Program in Iraq Iraqi Town Receives Three Additional Grants Rumsfeld Praises Airmen Ratify Entries of Seven Countries into NATO Rumsfeld .. at Prince Sultan Air Base Rumsfeld ... Middle East Broadcasting Rumsfeld .... Prince Sultan Saudi Base to Close Iraqis Moving Toward Free All Iraqis Must Have Say in New Govt* Team of Lawyers to Defend Saudi* Plain-Jane Victory Is This?***** By the Rivers of Babylon*
04/28/03 Monday	Whitman Interview with Sawa Radio and TV Whitman Interview with BBC Radio Rumsfeld Greets Allies, Troops Choice of New Government in Iraq Democracy Can Flourish in Iraq Taliban Abuse Against Women U.S. Urges Serious Consequences Global War on Terrorism Showing Results They Are Proof Iraq Can Be Free Powell, Jordanian Minister Discuss Iraq U.S. Forces in Gulf Will Decline Rumsfeld Town Hall Meeting in Qatar Rumsfeld ... Australian MOD Hill Fahd Donates SR10 Million to Iraq* Oil for Food: An Imperial Equation* It’s Springtime in Baghdad* Different Strokes for Different Folks* Editorial: Undercutting Arafat* OIC Chief Calls for Speedy US Pullout*
04/27/03 Sunday	Self-Proclaimed "Mayor of Baghdad" Organizing Multinational Reconstruction Teams Rumsfeld Thanks CENTCOM Forward Study Needed Before Force 'Footprint' Detain Self-Proclaimed Mayor of Baghdad Rumsfeld with Abu Dhabi Television Rumsfeld and Franks at Abu Dhabi Saudi Hospital in Baghdad* Editorial: The Russians Are Coming* Their Libraries, Our Supermarkets* Arms Dump Blast Fuels Fury* Middle East Road Map ‘Next Week’***** What Does America Want?*** Regime Suffered From Acute Paranoia* Iraqi War Sparks a Wave of Jokes***
04/26/03 Saturday	Editorial: ‘It’s All Israel’s Fault!’***** Kubaisi’s Return Raises Questions* ‘Master-Blaster’***** Rumsfeld Warns Iran Over Iraq* Release Road Map Now: Arafat***
04/25/03 Friday	More Iraqi POWs Being Released No Reprisals for Hemispheric Nations.. Modulating Differences Over Iraq ..Discusses NATO, Coalition Efforts in Iraq Pushing for Middle East Reform They Want a Voice in Iraq's Rebirth Proliferation Controls Must Be Strengthened Financial Coordinators for Iraq Meeting April 28 to Be "Important Step" U.S. is Proud To Be Their Partner Tariq Aziz Brings Total ..Custody to 12 Enemy Attack Kills 1, Injures 5 Saddam Hussein 'May' Be Dead or Editorial: Speculation and Cynicism* No Clash of Civilizations* Of Arab Female TV News Readers***
04/24/03 Thursday	Bring "Requirements of Life" to Iraqis Leave Behind a Stable Iraq Control Over Oil-for-Food Accounts "U.S. Goes After 'Blood Money'" Embryonic Iraqi Authority Will Grow ..Encourage Israeli-Palestinian Talks Government Must Represent All Iraqis Object to Annan Statements on Iraq Ministries in Liberated Iraq 'American Spirit of Enterprise' Cooperation Key for Coalition Success Iraqis Need Work More Regime Leaders Captured Rumsfeld Interview with the AP MARCENT Briefing from Bahrain Pilot Adnan Has No Terror Links* Editorial: For an Effective UN* Winding Road to Rebuilding Iraq* Chalabi Hated Because...* Haliburton, Bechtel & the Spoils of War***
04/23/03 Wednesday	Working to Get Iraqi Utilities to Function White House Warns Against Iranian.. Freedom Growing Quickly in Iraq Oil-for-Food Program Using Power in Pursuit of Principle Ground Commander Lauds Murderer Killed in Coalition Raid Operation Iraqi Freedom Briefing Telethon for Iraqis* Case of Jailed Britons* Editorial: WMD in Iraq* Saddam’s Horrors Surface* Homesick as War Winds Down***
04/22/03 Tuesday	Coalition, Not U.N.Responsible for Inspections Future of U.N. Programs In Iraq Prospect of New Palestinian Government "Why America Needs Project BioShield" Coalition Takes "Queen of Spades" JPRA Helps Return Captives New Act Seeks Flexibility Egypt Seek Stability in Iraq* Relief Convoy Heading for Baghdad* Pirates Have Taken Over the Mayflower* Editorial: Saddam’s Whereabouts* Protocols of the Elders of Neocons* Media Should Stop Feeding Arabs* Bush’s Man Hits Town* We Must Not Outstay Our Welcome*
04/21/03 Monday	New Palestinian Government U.S. Names Head of Iraq Agriculture Syria Taking U.S. Concerns Seriously Aid to Iraq So Far Nearly $600 Million Refurbished Hospital Reopens Not Asking for Long-term Iraqi Bases Wrestlers Put Smile on Wounded GI's More Regime Captured Share Stand on Iraq* Graham ... Adding Insult to Injury* Editorial: The Slaughter Continues* Israel’s Role in the Invasion of Iraq* Arab Media’s Conduct During War* Financial War on Terrorism* Bush Softens Rhetoric Over Syria***
04/20/03 Sunday	2 Iraqi "Top 55" Figures Captured U.S. Army Troops Replace Marines Food for Zoo Animals Arrives Sanctions Must Stay Till Iraq Has Own* Iraqis Talk of the Freedom and Safety* Tikrit Palace Stands Out ..* ‘Israel, Israel & Israel’*** Ex-Minister Latest US Catch*
04/19/03 Saturday	U.S. Warred on Saddam's Regime Coordinating with U.N. on Aid to Iraq Marines Work to Restore Services Threat to Syria Denounced* Saudi Relief Convoy* The Americans I Know* Editorial: Message From Iraqis* The Middle East and Geography* Has the Iraq War Evened the Score?*****
04/18/03 Friday	U.S. Releases 887 Iraqi Prisoners Marine Mammals to Secure Iraqi Ports Next Steps for Rebuilding Iraq Powell Urges Syria Iraqis Took First Step toward Democracy Special Guards 'Greater Security' for U.S., World Justice Department Helps Coalition Coalition Releases Iraqi Noncombatants U.S. Airfield Troops Sustain Ops Captures Key Ba'ath Party Leader Another Regime Leader Captured Riyadh Hosts Crucial Meet* It’s Not Too Late to Face Reality* Winners and Losers* Calamities and Benefits of War* Editorial: Battle Over Spoils* Saddam’s Half-Brother Captured*
04/17/03 Thursday	Pentagon Town Hall Meeting Capture of Another Hussein Half-Brother Iraqis Will Lead Coalition to WMD "Secure Borders" and "Open Doors" No Need to Continue Economic Sanctions Democracy in Iraq a Huge Task Ashcroft Reports Successes Briefing From Tallil Forward Air Base Promises to be Iraq's "Partner" Powell Expects to Visit Damascus New Way of War Fighting ...Return Captives to Normal Life Lynch Asks Public to Redirect Gift Forces Capture Saddam's Half-Brother Editorial: American Naivete* Jordan King in Riyadh Talks on Iraq* Having Tasted Blood* Political System With In-Built Decay* Christians & Muslims Must Unite* Franks in Conquered Capital* Syria Proposes WMD-Free Mideast***
04/16/03 Wednesday	Wolfowitz Interview with Egyptian TV Terrorist Threat Level in U.S. Lowered H Resolutions Hail J Lynch and Iraqi Abu Abbas Capture Provides Evidence Bolton Says Iraq a Lesson for Syria... Locals Help to Restart Basic Functions Military Police in Iraq A Singer, A Song and America's Forces Still Going After Three Wars $79 Billion Wartime Supplemental Budget DoD Getting $62.9 Billion Under Secretary of Defense Briefing Forces Capture Terrorist Abu Abbas Situation in Iraq Brightening Many Diehard Fighters in Iraq Aren't Iraqis Forces Still Conducting Operations Terrorist Threat Level to Yellow Flea and Tick Collar Dangers Coalition Captures Terrorist ‘No to Saddam, No to US’***** ‘the Mother of All Flea Markets’*** Marines’ Incredible Gestures* Road Map of Intimidation* One Step Forward, One Step Back* The Fork in the Road* Crown Prince, Jack Straw*
04/15/03 Tuesday	Bush, Chirac Discuss Iraq, Syria Democracy Can Work for Muslims U.S. Has No Further War Plans 2 Carrier Battle Groups Headed Home Powell Loosens Restrictions Coalition Civil Affairs Team Meets Iraqi People Will Determine Government Forces Conducting Organized Searches Iraqis Discuss Future Government Iraqis Meet at Historic Site 'Not One Day Longer' Than Necessary The Patriot Game Victory in Iraq Certain But Not Complete Coalition Focuses on Pockets of Resistance Last City Falls to US* Unexploded Munitions Continue to Maim* Astounds and Shocks* After the First Storm, Others Are Coming* Had a Dream...* Why Syria Is in America’s Gunsights* Emergency Regional Meeting on Iraq* Cabinet Finalizes Iraq Aid Program* Where Are the Weapons* Promises, Promises...* War Reporter Who Galvanized Picasso***
04/14/03 Monday	Whitman Interview with the Paul Berry Show Whitman Interview with Egyptian TV Iraq's Future Will Be Forum Depleted Uranium Poses Low Health Risk Syria Needs to Think about Its Future Statement on Refugees in Iraq Death of Ukrainian Journalist in Iraq U.S. Forces Take Tikrit Kuwait Delivering Aid to Iraqis Shape of Coalition Forces Will Change Rumsfeld Media Availability "Syria Needs to Cooperate" Respect for Women Part of U.S. Approach Marines in Tikrit Clowns Bring Smile to Faces of Wives ‘How Come the World...* First Signs of Normality* Baghdad Battered by US Gas Bombs* Road Map at Crossroads*
04/13/03 Sunday	Bush Promises Iraqis Security and Order Combat Operations Transitioning IMF Call For New U.N. Iraq Resolution Rumsfeld Media Stakeout 7 POWs Returned to U.S. Control U.S. Will Find Iraqi WMD Materials No Part of Iraq Under Regime Control Rumsfeld Interview on CBS Finance Group Urges Seven Recovered Alive Near Samarra ‘When Will We Be Safe?’***** Things Can Only Get Better for Iraqis* Anger Precludes Understanding* Ankara’s Miscalculation* Help Iraq for Love, Not for Profit* Credibility of Arab Satellite Channels* Chalabi’s Moment Has Finally Come* More Shock & Awe on the Way?*** Road Map May Help Break Middle East* Three Saudis Die in Iraq Fighting***
04/12/03 Saturday	U.S. Will Help Establish Democratic Iraq Iraq Can Build on Existing Institutions Statues of Saddam Hussein Falling Away "Wholesale Capitulation" in Northern Iraq Combat Ops Continue in Iraq Deck of Cards Navy May Reduce Gulf Carrier Presence Bush Relays Stories of Oppression Vice Adm Timothy Keating Briefing
04/11/03 Friday	'The Regime Is Gone' Iraqis to Stop at Coalition Checkpoints Cities of Mosul, Kirkuk Have Fallen Rid Iraq of Any Vestiges of Hussein Contacts with Slain Iraqi Spiritual Leader $3.1 Million to Iraqi Opposition Wounded Iraqis Powell's Interview on Brazilian Television Iraqi-led War Crimes Prosecution Wolfowitz Briefing with Arab/Muslim Media Tough, Brave Troops Fight for Freedom 'Like Seeing Berlin Wall Come Down' Dealing With Iraqi Civil Disturbances 'Iraqi Government of the People' Ship Provides Comfort to Injured POWs Iraqi Regime Disintegration Continues Iraq on Enemy Prisoner of War Issues Delusions and Realities* Arab News Becomes First* Descent Into Anarchy***
04/10/03 Thursday	Government, Future "Will Belong to You" Baghdad Is Still Not Secure Snow Urges G-7 Discuss Iraq Reconstruction Goal Is a Whole, Free, Peaceful Iraq U.S. Hopes for Active European Role Coalition's Mission Is to Provide Security World Bank Will Help Iraq if Asked Helping Iraqis Create Democratic Gov Cooperation in Rebuilding Iraq Security Situation Is Erratic Reconstruct Their Society Iraqi Humanitarian Needs Circus Clowns Visit Children Iraqis Responsible for New Government 'Members of the Team' Liberating Iraq Coalition Continues Fight in Baghdad 'Your Nation Will be Free' Parts of Baghdad Still Dangerous Najaf Leaders Vie for Control, Power* US Occupies Baghdad* Editorial: Against the Occupation* Bush’s Body Language Speaks Volumes* ‘Saddam Did Not Fall Alone’***** This Road Map Leads Nowhere* Journalists Die and Networks Lie* Saudis Express Mixed Feelings*
04/09/03 Wednesday	Wolfowitz Interview with Radio Sawa "Very Good Day" for the Iraqi People Forces Now Control Iraqi Capital Legal Grounds for Iraq Invasion Haass Brief on Iraq Iraqi Prisoners Being Treated Well Coalition Efforts to Provide Aid 'A Good Day' Rumsfeld Says, But Cheney Compares Then and Now Enemy POWs Captured in Iraq Two Missing; Two Rescued Iraq on Enemy Prisoner of War Issues Regime's Collapse Evident, But Amid Scenes of Celebration in Baghdad Errant Bomb Kills 11 Afghan Civilians Iraqi Regime in 'Disarray' National Guard And Reserve Mobilized The Evil of Cluster Bombs* Black Day for Journalism* US Troops Dig In in Downtown Baghdad* Support Units Get Little Media Attention* Betrayal on All Sides* Ominous Signs* Another Day of Fire, Pain and Death* Outrage at Killing of Journalists* Iraqis Are Paying the Price***
04/08/03 Tuesday	"Rooting Out Resistance" in Baghdad Iraqis Show Systematic Disregard for Laws French Politician Regrets Coalition Medics Provide Care to Iraqi B-1 Pilot Telephone Interviews B-1B Crew Details Mission Target Iraqi Regime Leadership Strugglers Against Oppression Deserve Our Help Lynch Gets Family Visit in Germany After Food and Water, Troops Want Mail Bush, Blair on Post-war Iraq Attack on Russian Embassy Convoy "Back to School" Program for Iraqi Children Dead-Alive,Saddam Loosening Grip on Iraqis Coalition Targets Senior Iraqi Leaders War ‘Against Iraqi People’***** Former Jail Mate Accuses Saddam* US Troops Take Saddam’s Palaces* Vignettes of Liberation* This Is Not America* How Much Truth in War Reporting?*** Iraqi Marshall Plan* US Ignores Mogadishu Lessons* Blair Wants Free Speech in Iraq, But *****
04/07/03 Monday	Hussein No Longer Runs Much of Iraq Iraqis Who Commit War Crimes U.N. Sec. General Names Special Adviser Exit Iraq "As Soon As Possible," New Gov Will Be "of, for, and by Iraqis" Armitage Foresees "Good Future" Iraq's Recovery Is Subject of Bush, Blair Human Rights Watch Monitors Conflict in Iraq Graduate of Saddam University.. Defection Possible Chemical Site Found 'Systematic Disregard for the Law of War' Modern Law of Warfare Briefing on Geneva Convention "Avoiding Terrorist Attack" Forces Can Enter Baghdad At Will Europe Recreation Resorts to Close Earlier Enemy Forces Fire Missiles at U.S. U.S. Units Take Iraqi Presidential Palace Military Police Are Acting as ‘Censors’***** Baghdad Besieged* Exiles Demand Direct Role in Interim Govt* Speaker Urges Arabs to Avoid Hypocrisy* ‘Breathing the Same Air as POWs’***** Saudi Scoop Eludes Foreign Journalists* Credibility of US Media Decreases* Could Not See the Forest for the Trees* The Alleged Benefits of This War* Aftermath of 1st Battle of Baghdad* Forbidden Truths of the Bush-Blair War* War of Words Exposes Lies*
04/06/03 Sunday	Wolfowitz Interview with Tony Snow "Winning the Peace" Precision Bombing Minimizes Civilian Casualties Conditions in Liberated Iraq Saddam's Forces Continue to Risk Iraqi Civilians Saddam's Regime 'Is on Its Way Out' Wolfowitz - CBS Face The Nation Wolfowitz & Gen. Pace "Meet The Press" U.S. Forces Drub Baghdad Defenders US Troops Infiltrate Capital* Arab News Digs Its Way Back Into Iraq* ‘We Were so Casual About It’***** An Anglo-American Miscalculation!*** Important Lesson From Iraq*
04/05/03 Saturday	Protecting Iraq's Cultural, Religious Heritage Former Iraqi Jurists Propose Plan U.S.-Turkish Cooperation in Iraq Baghdad Regime Greatest Threat to Iraqis Forces Make Daylight Foray Into Baghdad Coalition Bringing Food, Water, and Hope Coalition Air Forces Make Ground Infantry Division Takes Drive Through Baghdad 'I'm an American Soldier, Too' Air Component Command Briefing Lynch Rescue ‘Was a Perfect Operation’***** Saddam Appears in Public *** Now Impossible to Cross Into Iraq*
04/04/03 Friday	Powell, Solana Press Briefing Powell Discusses Future Roles of U.N. Bush Meets with Iraqis Who Have Fled Will Work with Interim Authority Run by Iraqis 4 Steps to Improve U.S. Ties to Islamic World Iraq War POW's Discussed on U.S Radio European Cooperation Essential to Rebuild Iraq 'A Better Day Ahead' for Iraq Iraqi Fam Risks It All to Save American POW Powell Press Conference at NATO Uncharted Foreign Policy Waters Fear, Terror Are Beginning to Evaporate in Iraq Supplemental War Spending Bills Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq Largest Special Ops Effort Since Vietnam Lynch Recovering From Captivity Free Iraqi Forces Critical to Building Local Trust Iraqi Chemical Warfare Training Center Pentagon Revises Smallpox Vaccination Policy Water Flowing Into Southern Iraq Briefing on Free Iraqi Forces US Takes Baghdad Airport*** Why Africans Should Back War in Iraq Renamed Airport Gateway to Iraq's Future
04/03/03 Thursday	Iraq Will Require International Community U.S. Efforts to Minimize Civilian Casualties Evidence of War Crimes by Iraqi Regime Iraqi Forces Placed Mines Around Mosque Days of Brutal Regime in Iraq Coming to an End Oil Rationale for Coalition Action in Iraq Rumsfeld Rules Out Iraqi Regime Departure Deal Aid Shipment Leaves Texas for Iraq Precision Munitions Provide 'Great Capability Destination Baghdad, Nothing Less' Coalition Forces in Commuting Distance Post-War Iraq to Transfer Quickly Coalition Forces Are Close to Iraqi Capital Films Open Minds, Offer Hope Extra $200 Million for Iraqi Food Relief Journalists Beaten, Starved by Americans*** Coalition Land Forces Approaching Baghdad Highlighting the Cruel Nature of Iraqi Regime
04/02/03 Wednesday	Lynch Family Overjoyed by Rescue Details on Lynch Rescue,11 Bodies Found Coalition 'Feeding, Helping Muslims' Turkey... Iraqi Freedom Support Agreement Recall Harrowing Iraq Combat Experiences Disobey Illegal and Immoral Orders Coalition Destroying Iraqi Republican Guard Secretary Rumsfeld Media Availability Bush Leaves War Decisions to Commanders Powell, Gul Joint Press Conference in Ankara U.S., Turkey Resolve Outstanding Issues $200 Million More for Food Aid to Iraq Forces Fight to Within 50 Kilometers of Baghdad U.S. Forces Destroy One Iraqi Division NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE MOBILIZED ‘Liberated’ by US Bombs***
04/01/03 Tuesday	04/01/03 Tuesday ‘God’s Will is Stronger Than US Weaponry’***** Unconditional Surrender Demanded of Iraqi Monday Morning Armchair Quarterbacks American POW Rescued From Iraqis U.S., Britain Announce Joint Anti-Terrorism Saddam a No-Show on Iraqi Television Army Units Confront Iraqi Republican Guard Saddam Has Not Been Seen Since First Strike Wolfowitz Interview with 60 Minutes II Help Iraqi People Resume Control of Iraq Don't Know If Saddam Hussein Is Dead or Alive U.S. Outlines Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq No Cease-Fire Being Considered Iraq's Deplorable Human Rights Record in 2002 Red Cross Begins Visiting Iraqi Prisoners of War Burning Oil Creates Health Risks in Iraq Can Anyone Firing at You Be Friendly?*** Why Iraq Must Be Liberated Committed to Advancing Human Rights Saddam's Message US Softens Elite Iraq Guards*