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

04/30/04 Friday	Iraq Cmds Getting All Armor Needed to Do the Job 'Deep Disgust' for .. Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners A.. Warns Fallujah Brigade Results Won't Be Instant .. Seeking New, 'Reliable' Leaders for Iraqi Units Operations Bringing Security to Afghanistan... 1st Marine Expdry Force Creating 'Fallujah Brigade' Rumsfeld Cites Progress, Opportunity for Iraqi People White House Report, April 30 US Mil Takes Swift Action over Abuses in Iraq Prison U.S. Supreme Court Reviews Cases on Detainees Powell Explains .. of New U.N. Iraq Resolution Bremer Releases Details on Iraq Security Programs 10 US Soldiers Die in Attacks* A Source of Eternal Inspiration and Guidance* Betraying Daniel Pearl and 9/11 Victims* US Govt Case Against Saudi Suspect Questioned... CBS Airs Alleged Abuse of Iraqis by Americans* Attackers May Be Linked to Al-Qaeda: Syria* Israel to Maintain Nuclear Ambiguity***
04/29/04 Thursday	Afghanistan Efforts Paying Off, DoD Official Tells.. Civil Affairs Mission Continues to Grow in Iraq, Afg.. 10 Soldiers Killed in Iraq, Fallujah Talks Continue Extremists Desperate to Derail Iraqi Sovereignty... White House Report, April 29: 9/11 Commission State Dep Id's 37 Foreign Terrorist Organizations Terrorism .. Problem Despite Decline in Attacks Armitage.. Nations Are Prevailing in War on Terror ... Southeast Asia "Theater of Support" for Al-Qaida Applying Double Standard to Israel a Major Cause... U.S. Wants Peace in Fallujah, Powell Tells CNN Powell on NBC.. Political, Security Situation in Iraq Saudi Oil Is Secure and Plentiful, Say Officials* US Forces Bomb Fallujah Targets* Learning From the Enemy* Media as Handmaiden of Occupying Forces* Greater Middle East Initiative: A View From...* The Butterfly Effect: From the Mideast to the Midwest Second German State Bans Headscarf* No Amnesty for Al-Qaeda, Taleban Leaders: Minister New American Air Base on Border Raises Concern*
04/28/04 Wednesday	Resolution in Fallujah 'Will Resonate Throughout Iraq' Coalition Condemns Prisoner Abuse Fallujah Cease-Fire Honored, But Coalition Responds White House Report, April 28: PSI, .. Iraq, Sweden Rumsfeld, Myers Press Briefing, April 27, 2004 Annan Calls for Restraint in Iraq Iraq May Not Exercise All New Powers Immediately Coalition Giving Fallujah Talks "A Little More Time" Bush Says U.S. to Take Whatever Action Needed... US Troops Storm Fallujah* Iraqi Army With Real Power Is Needed: Saud* Terror Attack in Damascus* ‘Bin Laden Not Hiding in Pakistan’*** Editorial: ‘Smell of Decay’*****
04/27/04 Tuesday	Iraq Ambassador Nominee Meets Senate Committee Coalition Responds to Enemy Attack in Fallujah Surviving Sts to Complete Army Duty Outside of Iraq Negotiating in Fallujah 'Worth a Try,' Leaders Say C to Help Compensate Iraqis Persecuted by Saddam Coalition Officials Defend Attack on Iraqi Minaret White House Report April 27: Iraq, 9/11 Com... Brahimi Says Iraqi Caretaker Government... Powell: Iraq Will Need to Cede Some Sovereignty Explosion Kills US Soldiers* Afghan Govt Negotiating With Former Taleban*
04/26/04 Monday	Saddam Regime Toppled Because of Its Threat... Coalition Chronicles Recent Operations Fallujah Reconstruction Funds Await Restored Sec.. C.., Iraqi Forces To Conduct Joint Patrols in Fallujah Roadside Bomb Injures Marines in Afghanistan White House Report, April 26: Iraq, ... Afghan Women Teachers Rcvng Training in Nebraska US/Iraq Women's Net Prepares for Iraqi Elections Children Killed in Iraq Attack* Beware of the Ultimate Deception* Vanunu Has Secrets the US Doesn’t Want Divulged Washington Struggles With Questions of Iraq...*** Blair Shoud Be Worried Over the Quiet Despair...
04/25/34 Sunday	Officials Tour Iraqi Cities to Begin Work on Rec... Patrols to Begin in Fallujah; Weapon Stockpiles... Urges World Bank to Give More in Grants Basra Oil Terminal Attacked* Naif Downplays US Embassy Move* Arafat Dismisses Death Threat* The Way Out, America!*** Assassination Policy Is a Strategic Folly* I’ve Finally Made Up My Mind About Iraq* Karzai Visits Troubled Southern Region*
04/24/04 Saturday	Coalition Following Fallujah Agreement, Enemy... Former Football Star Killed in Afghanistan Powell Remains Confident on June 30 Turnover... More Terrorists Killed* Arafat in Sharon’s Sights* Iraqis Warn US to Stay Out of Holy Sites* Pentagon Angered by Soldier Coffin Photos*
04/23/04 Friday	Bremer Speaks to Iraqis About Security, New Iraq Combat Controllers Play Key Role in Terror War 4th Infantry Division Comdr Recounts War Moments De-Baathification Policy 'Remains Intact,' Coalition.. The Patriot Act, Terrorists, and the Financial System Bremer Asks Iraqi People for Support During Trans...
04/22/04 Thursday	Rumsfeld Asks Editors to Tell Whole Story of War Ldrs in Fallujah Have 'Days, Not Weeks' to Comply White House Report, April 22: Iraq, U.N. "Democracy Necessary for Iraq," Says Bush U.S. General Denies Charge Coalition Is Importing.. Senators Study Progress Towards June 30 Transition.. Iraqi Reconstruction Core Group Meets to... Rumsfeld Praises Role of Free Press in U.S., Iraq, Afg Congress Explores Alleged Iraqi Oil-for-Food Abuses Terrorists Target Riyadh* Blast Comes After US Warning* Over a Dozen Children Among 68 Killed in Basra.. Earth to Bush: Come In***
03/21/04 Wednesday	Lawlessness Part of Life in Fallujah Singapore Reaffirms Commitment to War on Terror U.S. Won't 'Cut and Run' From Iraq, Bush Says Basra Car Bombings Kill 38 Civilians, Injure 98 White House Report April 21: 911 Commission, Iraq State's Armitage, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah... Central American Troops Make Important Contr... Kingdom Trashes Woodward Allegation* Iraqi Prisoners Killed in Attack* Israeli Troops Kill Five Palestinians* Afghan Leader Plans to Reduce Size of Cabinet* Tribes Suspend Al-Qaeda Hunt for Three Days*** Filipinos in Iraq Are Sitting Ducks, Researcher Warns
04/20/04 Tuesday	Terrorists Can't Compete With Provincial Reconst... Rumsfeld Discusses Troop Levels, Fallujah at News.. Defense Department Report, April 20: Iraq Ops ...Italy Committed to a Democratic Iraq Kimmitt Promises Investigation Into Deaths of Jour... ..."Extremely Challenging Assignment" Wolfowitz Calls July 1 Start of Long Process in Iraq Fear Still Biggest Problem in Iraq, Wolfowitz Says Insurgents Attack From Mosque as Fallujah Peace... Patriot Act Vital to Protect Americans, Says President Terror War Demonstrates Need to Update Doctrine White House Report, April 20: Iraq, Jordan The U.S. Acts Against Terrorism Under Laws of War Political Parties Critical to Building Democracy... Bush ? Congress to Renew Key Anti-Terrorism Law Bush Regrets Spanish Pullout* Sharon Keeps His Avenging Sword Unsheathed* Spain Prepares for Swift Pullout From Iraq* Freed French Hostage Says Iraqi Captors Wanted... Armitage Arrives in Bahrain to Seek Support on Iraq Sharon Plan Will Turn Gaza Into Giant Prison...* Bashir Endorses Attacks on US Targets in Iraq***
04/19/04 Monday	...'National War for Our Survival' Cease-Fire Agreement Reached In Fallujah; 13 U.S... Insurgents Won't Shoot Their Way to Power... Bush Regrets Spain's Decision to Withdraw Troops.. Kimmitt Says Peaceful Resolution to Fallujah Impasse Bush to Nominate John Negroponte....Iraq White House Report April 19: Spain, Saudi Arabia... Hamas Vows Revenge* Rantissi Murder Angers Saudis, Expats* 10 US Soldiers Killed; Spain Orders Troops Home* A Replay of Israeli Tactics in Iraq* Najaf Residents Fear More Bloodshed* Hamas Appoints New Leader* Kuwaiti Cabinet Condemns State Terrorism* Afghan Province Bans Women Singers on TV***
04/18/04 Sunday	Insurgents Going 'to Any Lengths' to Stop Iraq's... Violence Won't Stop Iraqi Power Turnover Rice Says U.S. Had No Knowledge of Israel's Plans.. Violent Minorities Will Not Thwart Iraq's Future... New Iraqi Air Force Achieving "Real Military... Iraqi Interim Defense Minister Appoints Three Top G Israelis Murder Rantissi* Sunni Group Allies Itself With Sadr* American Contempt* American Propaganda Revisited!***** Abdallah Sees Wide Anti-US Feeling in Middle East
04/17/04 Saturday	Situation in Fallujah Unchanged;.. Seeks Resolution U.S. Urges All Parties in Mideast Conflict to Show... Coalition Provisional Authority Lauds Progress... Kingdom Asks US to Change Mideast Stance* UN Working on Iraq Handover Plan: Bush* Diplomats Ordered to Leave for 2nd Time in 1 Year War on Terrorism* 9/11 Commission: A Giant ‘Snipe Hunt’?*** Furious Palestinians Burn Bush Effigies* Bush Planned Iraq War in 2001, Claims New Book* Army Analyst Calls Bush Iraq War Strategy Flawed* US to Beef Up Forces in Afghanistan: Myers***
04/16/04 Friday	DoD Policy Official Explains Terror War Strategy Poignant Reminder at the American Embassy in Kabul U.S., British Leaders Say They Won't Abandon Iraq Terrorists Between Rock, Hard Place in Afghanistan Mosul Security Forces Show Way Ahead for Iraq Gen: Marines Not Hampered by Rules of Engagement Military Force May Be Next Option In Fallujah... Fallujah Standoff Can't Continue, CPA Official Says White House Report, April 16: Brahimi, Arafat, 9-11. Najaf Standoff for Iraqis, not Iranians, to Resolve... Civilized World Must Stand Against Terror Tactics... Japanese Captives Freed* OIC Seeks to Hold Emergency Meeting...* Bush Stance Shocks Arabs* Editorial: Another Lie* Fighting Under the Banner of Religion and Doing...* Europe Dismisses Bin Laden ‘Offer’***** Israeli Copter Raid on Gaza Refugee Camp Injures 20 Armed Men Kill Afghan District Police Chief* Kerry Says US Should Set Goal of Stability for Iraq*
04/15/04 Thursday	Wolfowitz:Crossroads, But Signs Say 'We Will Win' Voter Education Key For Iraqi Elections... Pentagon Extends Iraq-Kuwait Duty for 20,000 S... DoD Health Officials Concerned Over Mil Suicides National Guard Video Honors Sacrifices in War on T 2Soldiers Dead;Enemy Employing New Tactic in Iraq 1st Cavalry Division Takes on Baghdad Responsibility White House Report April 15: bin Laden, Palestinians Biden Calls for Decisive U.S. Military, Diplomatic... U.S. Identifies Front Companies for Saddam Hussein Rumsfeld Extends Iraq Tour for 20,000 Troops Cheney Says War on Terror Should Not Stifle... Powell Urges Continued Polish Support in Iraq Bush OKs Controversial Sharon Plan* Sadr Offers Peace Talks to US* Attacks Against Fallujah Great Injustice, Say...* Editorial: Punitive Expedition* Now Is the Time, Iraq Is the Place, We Must Not... Negroponte Expected to Go to Iraq* US Lacks Tools to Combat Al-Qaeda: Tenet* Japanese Hostages’ Kin Want Safe Return of... Tehran Mediating in Iraq After US Appeal* Taleban Forces Step Up Attacks*
04/14/04 Wednesday	Myers, Abizaid Hold Strategy Session in Baghdad Myers Visits Italian Coalition Members in Iraq Myers Meets with Kuwaiti Leaders, Thanks Them... U.N. Official Sketches Out Iraq Government... Iraqi Court Convicts Three for Planting Rdside Bomb Anbar Fighting, Roadside Bomb Near Baghdad... More Weapons Found, Seized in Afghanistan Despite 'Tough' Period, U.S. Won't Waver in Iraq.. UN Envoy Says Iraq Needs "Urgent" Political Process US Troops Deploy Outside Najaf* Iraq, War on Terror Deeply Divide Americans* Iraq War Was Catalyst for Dialogue: PM***
04/13/04 Tuesday	Agencies Work Together to Find Hostages in Iraq Fallujah Stable, 'Robust' Manhunt for Zarqawi... Myers Explains U.S. Position inIraq to Arab Audience Effort in Iraq 'Going to Take Time,' Myers Says U.S. Forces Building Up Around Iraqi City of Najaf Cheney Thanks Japan for Taking Lead Against Terr... Shaky Fallujah Cease-Fire Holds* Legality of Guantanamo Detentions Questioned* How Could They Be So Ungrateful?***** US Congressman Praises Saudi Political Reforms* Fallujah Fighting Haunts Fleeing Families* Bush Says US Had ‘Tough Week’ in Iraq* Americans in Dire Straits: French Media* Filipino Troops to Stay Put in Iraq Despite Violence Kuwait Buries Remains of Gulf War Victims* Qorei Warns US Over Guarantees for Sharon* Taleban Kill Top Intelligence Official*
04/12/04 Monday	Egypt's Leader Urges Iraq Power Transfer... DoD Ready to Assist in Event of Homeland Attack Iraqis Hold Key to Legitimizing Their Own Security... 2 Soldiers, 7 Contractors Missing in Iraq U.S. Task Force Reports Casualties Negotiations Continue As Marines Take Fire... Bush Consults ME Leaders on Future of Road Map Coalition Says Order Being Restored Throughout Iraq Abizaid Says Coalition Not Targeting Iraqi Civilians Apache Downed, Crew Killed* Disliking US Policies, Not America* What Is Behind the Gaza Pullout?***** Bitter Rice or the March of Folly 2* Fallujah Residents Bury Dead in Their Yards* Captors Threaten to Execute Japanese Hostages... Thousands of Libyans Protest US Occupation of Iraq ‘Events in Middle East Will Benefit Al-Qaeda’*** Pre-Sept. 11 Memo Shows Al-Qaeda Intent* Cole Bombing Clues Could Have Averted Attack* ‘Osama Slipped Out by Sea’*** Fighting Erupts in Northern Afghanistan* Jordan Says US Vital to Mideast Peace***
04/11/04 Sunday	Bremer Blames Violence on 'Poison' in Iraqi Society Building Iraqi Security Forces Must Continue... Bremer Vows Enemies of Iraqi Freedom Will Be D... Bush Says August 2001 Briefing Did Not Warn... WH Releases Text of Declassified Intelligence Briefing Iraq Unrest Overshadows Investment Drive* Street Fights in Baghdad* Israelis Kill 11-Year-Old Girl* Editorial: Elementary Mistakes* Iraq Turmoil: Oman Appeals for Calm* US Muslims Concerned About Iraq Violence* Iraq Toll Dampens Support for Bush* Hundreds Rally Demanding J Pullout From Iraq* Hurd Blasts Mistaken US Policy in Iraq* 14-Year-Old Son of Slain Al-Qaeda Financier Freed Villagers Flee Homes Fearing Gunbattles*
04/10/04 Saturday	Fallujah 'Under Control' as Gunfire Punctuates Cease.. Coalition in Afghanistan Seizes Weapons Delaying Sovereignty Transfer is Enemies' Wish... Al Sadr Will Be Brought To Justice, Says Powell Iraqi Insurgents Do Not Enjoy Popular Support... "Iraqi Sovereignty Will Arrive June 30," Bush Affirms Powell on CNN: Iraqi People Want and Deserve D US Remains Committed to June 30 Iraqi Sovereignty All Hell Breaks Loose in Iraq* Time for Vision, Not Vengeance* Mixed US Press Reactions to Rice’s Testimony* Arafat Seeks Freedom for Palestinians Held in Iraq US Fears Fresh Terror Attacks* Britain Vexed by Iraq Situation*
04/09/04 Friday	Coalition Overpowering Pockets of Resistance in Iraq Bush, Mubarak to Discuss Israeli Pullout from Gaza Coalition Suspends Offensive Operations in Fallujah Chaos as Iraq Battles Rage On* No Silver Bullet Could Have Prevented Sept. 11* Iraq Problems May Increasingly Plague Bush’s...
04/08/04 Thursday	Marines Prepared, Trained for Iraq Mission, Says CO Deployed Troops Step Up Anti-Malarial Protections Afghanistan Was First Priority After 9/11, Rice Says Bremer Urges Arbaeen Pilgrims in Iraq to Be Vigilant R:No Warning of Al Qaeda Using Planes As Bombs Coalition Wrk to Pacify Fallujah, Destroy Sadr Militia Rice Says Bush Took Terrorist Threat Seriously Coalition Response Will Continue "Until Job is Done" Most American Muslim Mosque-Goers Surveyed... Defense Department report, April 8: Ops in Iraq 40 Die as US Bombs Fallujah Mosque* U.S. Secretly Airlifts Saddam Hussain Out of Iraq* Reality Is Staring Us in the Face* Early Elections Can Counter Iraqi Violence* US Rules Out Sending Troops Inside Pakistan* 20 Injured as Israeli Troops Fire on W. Bank Proteste Sept. 11 Convict Released by German Court* Fear of Terror Attack on European Capital High* Dostum Forces Attack Northern Afghanistan*
04/07/04 Wednesday	Rumsfeld: Coalition Will Win 'Test of Will' in Iraq Marines Breach Wall to Reach Insurgents Using... Sadr Group Losing Influence Among Iraq's Shiia... Coalition Vows To Destroy Sadr's 'Mahdi Army' Milit Situation in Iraq Not Out of Control, Rumsfeld Says WH Report, April 7: Iraq, Rice 9/11 Testimony DoD Report, April 7: Iraq Operational Update Afghanistan Hopes To Be Free of Local Militias by 05 Negroponte Pledges Support of Oil-for-Food Probe Defiant Iraqis Fight US-Led Troops* Sharon May Get US Nod for His Plans* Where the Greater Middle East Plan Went Awry* US Remarks Anger Pakistan*
04/06/04 Tuesday	Afghan Success Requires 'Sustained Commitment' U.S. Forces Conducting Raids in Fallujah Four Marines, Three Soldiers Killed in Iraq White House Report, April 6: Iraq, 9/11 Commission Warrant Against Sadr as Iraq Riots Spread* The Hijacking of the ‘War on Terror’*****
04/05/04 Monday	No 'Plus-Up' Planned for Troop Levels in Iraq Bush Says Enemies Testing Coalition Resolution Warrant Issued for Anti-Coalition Cleric's Arrest Kabul Compound Medics Train Combat Lifesavers White House Report, April 5: Iraq, 9/11 Commission.. U.S. Has Sufficient Troops in Iraq To Handle Security Dozens Killed in Iraq Gunbattles* The Things Neocons Didn’t Know About Iraq* Iraq Defense Ministry, Intelligence Service Set Up*** Afghan,US to Launch Operation Against Al-Qaeda*
04/04/04 Sunday	Gunmen Attack Spanish, Salvadoran Troops in Najaf Bremer Announces Iraqi National Security Structure Arafat Dismisses Israeli Threat of Assassination* ‘Arabs Bought Their Way Out of Wana’*** Why Muslims Hate America* Editorial: Terrorist Threats***
04/03/04 Saturday	Israel Could Kill Arafat: Sharon* US Death Toll in Iraq Crosses 600* Calumny for Profit* Jewish Attitudes & AngloAmerican Invasion of Iraq Editorial: Afghan Reconstruction* Asleep at the Wheel and Not Minding the Store* The US Is Creating Its Own Gaza* Powell:Talent for the Role of the Royal Subordinate
04/02/04 Friday	U.S. Destroys More of Its Chemical Agent Stockpile Korea to Deploy 3,000 More Soldiers to North Iraq U.S. Firm Mourns Slain Employees Bestial Acts in Fallujah Shouldn't Obscure Iraq Gains Bremer Congrats Iraq's Newest Police Graduates U.S. Releases 15 from Guantanamo Bay Custody Constitution Is Most Important U.S. Export... Constitutionalism In the Muslim World U.S.: Fallen Iraqi Sayyed Abdul Majeed al-Khoei Bremer Vows to Avenge Americans* Editorial: Savagery* Rice and the Sept. 11 Inq: A Failure of Intelligence?* Bush Undermines Old Rules in War Against Clarke*
04/01/04 Thursday	Coalition Vows 'Deliberate' Response to Attacks Roadside Bomb Injures 3, Disables Humvee in Anbar Federal, State Officials Condemn Attacks Iraq Weapons Hunt Now Focused on Previous Regi Afghanistan Donors' Conference Produces $8 Billion New U.N. Iraq Resolution Likely by July 1... Black: al-Qaeda Weaker, but Still a Potent Force NATO Determd to Make Afghan Mission a Success Orgy of Violence as More Die in Iraq* Editorial: Mistakes in Iraq* Fallujah Horror Points to Iraq’s Deteriorating...*** German Academics Allay Fears About Post-9/11...*