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

02/29/04 Sunday	Interim Iraqi Constitution Imminent; Military... Saudi National Found Innocent of Carrying...***
02/28/04 Saturday	Israel Storms Aqsa Complex*** Bush.., and a Misplaced Concern for Iraqi Women
02/27/04 Friday	Transformation Key in Winning War on Terror Iraqi Citizens Keep Leading U.S. Forces to... Karzai Says Taliban Movement Dead, Noncriminal.. Rumsfeld Meets With Afghan President... Spreading Democracy, Defending Freedom... Iraqi Officials to Outline Priorities for Use...Funds .. Forum Explores Role of Women in Iraq's Future Without Lament: The Israeli Wall as an Opportunity Role of Islam in Iraqi Constitution*** ‘Teflon Tony’ Likely to Weather UN Spy Scandal*
02/26/04 Thursday	Defending the Homeland Is a 'Must Win' Game 'Tide Of Change Now Inevitable' in Iraq, Sanchez.. .. Observe 1st Ashura Since Fall of Ba'athist Regime ... Georgia to Expand Involvement in Iraq Reform an Arab Affair, Says US Official* West Bank Wall Will Make Peace Settlement..* Wall and Peace Not Possible Together* Bin Laden, Al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan* 2 Die as US Helicopter Crashes* Israeli Troops Storm Banks, NGO, Wound 5* Pentagon Charges Two Bin Laden Associates***
02/25/04 Wednesday	Chu Testifies on Alleged Overseas Sexual Assaults Coalition Gives Details on Terrorist's Death... Rumsfeld Visits Kazakhstan for Talks on... Iraq On Track Toward June 30 Sovereignty Powell Sees Necessity of Arab Reform from Within Human Rights Review . Middle East Remains Mixed Terrorist Bomb Suspect Killed by Coalition Forces Editorial: Election Gimmicks* Suppressing Diversity of Views on Palestine Issue
02/24/04 Tuesday	Defense Intell Chief Outlines World Security Climate Homeland Security: One Year Later Tenet Briefs Senate on Terror Threats Coalition Raids Lead to Several Captures Guantanamo Detainees Charged With Conspiracy.. Myers Updates Baltimore Audience on Terror War Poll.. Shows Majority of Iraqis Want U.S. To Stay Bremer UN Report on Iraqi Elections 'Constructive' Rumsfeld Meets Top Leaders, Troops, Iraqis in... Despite Attacks, Progress Continues in Iraq... More Cooperation Needed to Secure Iraq Borders 2 Detainees Charged With War Crimes Conspiracy Bremer:Transition to Iraqi Sovereignty Gaining Mo.. Iraqi Elections Could be Held by Year's End... CIA Chief Says Al-Qa'ida Remains Significant... Rumsfeld Thanks Iraqi Police Recruits in Baghdad U.S.-Trained Afghan Army and Police Assuming... Wall Goes on Trial* Afghans Want a State Governed by Law* Is Britain Under Blair Suffering From Paranoia?***** Bomber Strikes in Kirkuk* Kuwaiti MP Questions Entry Bar on Bahrain...* Jakarta Conference Slams US Role in Iraq...* Al-Qaeda Backers Handed Over to Troops...* Bin Laden in Afghanistan, Planning More Attacks Israel Says No Dialogue With Palestinians* A ‘People’s Road Map’ for Peace?***** Elections in Iraq Not Likely Until 2005: Annan*
02/23/04 Monday	Iraqis Want End to Occupation, But Don't Want... Afghanistan Command Condemns Attack on Contra Task Force Soldiers Assist Iraqis After Car Bomb.. Jerusalem Bus Bombed* Kuwait Demands Clarification From Iraq Over... Saudi-US Relations Will Remain Strong, Says... EU Doesn’t Impose Democracy: Envoy* Pilot Killed as Taleban Down US Company Chopr
02/22/04 Sunday	Rumsfeld Praises Iraqi Resolve Kingdom Not Aware of US Democracy Initiative American Diplomats to Return* Democracy for Arabs? Thanks, but...* Bye Bye!*** Pakistan Says No US Troops in the Tribal Areas US Policy of Expediency and Control of Oil* Editorial: Elections and Other Issues*
02/21/04 Saturday	Says America Is Making Progress in War on Terror Coalition Clarifies What CPA Said in Al Arabiya Int Red Cross Visits Saddam Hussein Coalition-Iraqi Raids Flush Out More Terror Susp. U.S. Fighting Terrorism With "Focus and... Iraqis Want Election Not Selection* Troops to Stay in Iraq for Years: Pentagon* Big Turnout a Body Blow for Bush?***** Kuwait Offers Pakistan Share in Iraq Projects*
02/20/04 Friday	Despite Own Injuries, Medic Tries to Save Fellow.. Bomb Kills 2 Soldiers; Coalition Operations Cont. Fusion of WMD and Terrorists Must Be Prevented Iraqis Build Institutions to Protect Human Rights Kingdom Warns US Against Imposing Reforms* Iraq: Democracy Or Doublespeak?*** Geneva Document: A Flicker of Light in the Dark West Should Not Try to Determine Mideast Dem Sharon’s Gaza Concessions: ‘Painful’ to Whom?
02/19/04 Thursday	...Problems Identifying Terrorists Bremer Thanks Departing Troops... Myers Stresses Transformation in War on Terror Baghdad Concert Features Donated Steinway Piano Soldiers Capture Insurgents, Seize Weapons in Iraq DoD Supports Wheelchair Donations in Iraq Rumsfeld Gives Examples of Progress in Iraq U.S. Agrees to Transfer Danish Detainee at... Powell Says U.S. Will Cooperate on Plans for... Bremer: Those Seeking to Subvert Iraq's Trans... Annan: Direct Elect in Iraq Not Pos Before June 30 Powell: Focus Now on Building Democracy in Iraq Afghans to Receive Health and Literacy Training Suicide Attack Kills 13 Iraqis* Iraqi Women Demand More Political Say*
02/18/04 Wednesday	Provincial Teams Securing, Rebuilding Afghanistan Coalition Encouraging Private Busn Growth in Iraq Bush, Tunisia's Ben Ali Discuss Iraq... Israel’s N-Arms Ignored by the World: Saud* US Playing Same Old Game in Middle East* Washington Needs to Come Up With Clear...
02/17/04 Tuesday	Tactics Changing for Both Coalition Forces... Fear of Free Iraq Fuels Terror Attacks, Kimmitt Bush Thanks Fort Polk Troops for Support... Coalition Continues Offensive Operations in Iraq Meteorological Team Aids Operations in Iraq Outreach Programs Point Iraqis Toward Road... Coalition Enhances Reward Program in Hunt... Afghan PRTs Provide Security... Advance of Freedom in Iraq, Afghanistan... US Intervention Urged to Stop Israeli Aggression Iraq: What Saddam Did and What Neocons..* The Forgotten Bomb in the Basement* For Our Children’s Sake, Let Us Stop This Folly!
02/16/04 Monday	Some Iraqi Cities Not Ready for Local Control... Dangerous Detainees Important to Intel Effort... Iraqis Arrest No. 41 on Wanted List* Editorial: Backtracking on the Mideast* Hezbollah Warns Israel of Reprisals* Jewish Settlers Begin Protest March* Palestinian Journalists Go on Strike* US-Backed TV Faces Skeptical Arab Audience Neighbors Call for UN Role in Iraq***
02/15/04 Sunday	Iraqi Police Capture Another 'Top 55' Former... Terrorists Know Time Running Out as Iraqi... United States Firm on Iraq Sovereignty by June 30 Bremer Opens Iraq's First Human Rights Ministry Guerrillas Attack Security Forces in Fallujah, Kill 23 Reject Sharon Plan, Qorei Tells US* Prince Saud Says Main Worry Partition of Iraq* US-Funded Al-Hurra TV Begins Broadcast* Six Planes Part of Iraqi Frozen Assets in Jordan*
02/14/04 Saturday	Bush Says Terrorists Must Lose Race for Weapons Soldier Killed, 9 Wounded in Afghanistan Mine Expl Reiterates Need to Curb the Proliferation of WMD UN Warns Iraqis to Be Wary of Civil War***
02/13/04 Friday	Panel to Review Guantanamo Detainees Guardsman Arrested for Attempting to Aid al Qaed Attack Kills Soldier, Wounds 2 Others in Iraq Rumsfeld: Detainees' Handling Based on Individual.. Special Review Panel Planned for Guantanamo.. Spanish National Transferred from Guantanamo Bolton...Berlin on U.S.-German Ties after Iraq U.S. Remains Committed to June 30 Date for Iraqi.. Afghan Film "Osama" Depicts Taliban Tyranny... U.S. Launches Arabic Satellite Television... US Gen. Abizaid Unhurt in Attack* Israel to Boycott World Court Hearing on Wall*
02/12/04 Thursday	Myers Wishes Guard Brigade 'Godspeed' in Iraqi Bomb Kills 2 Soldiers; Coalition Campaign Targets.. Myers Salutes Troops, All Who Serve the Nation Abizaid, Swannack Escape Injury in Fallujah Attack Baghdad Car Bomb Kills Scores* Israeli Army Guns Down 14 Palestinians in Gaza Editorial: Where Is Liberty?******* Afghan Intelligence Official Killed in Taleban Attack
02/11/04 Wednesday	C S Evans Urges U.S. Businesses to Deal with Iraq Powell: Removing Saddam H Was "the Right Thing" Iraqi R Efforts Aimed at Building Sound Economic Bush Urges Int. Action Against Spread of WMD Foreign Affairs Budget Reflects Priority of War on T Iraqi Officials Committed to Market Reforms Bush Asks for Tougher Focus on WMD 82nd Airborne Co: 'Iraqi-ization' Moving Forward 101st Airborne Division Soldier Receives Silver Star Prince Charles Visits British Troops in Iraq Coalition Releases Letter Meant for al Qaeda U.S. Says No Evidence of Al Qaida Presence in... Iraq Granted Observer Status at the WTO Truck Bomb at Iraqi Police Station Kills Dozens* Editorial: Attacking the Symptom*
02/10/04 Tuesday	JCS Chairman: Intelligence 'Not a Perfect Art' Coalition Nabs Another 'Most Wanted' Fugitive Gen Says Letter Reveals 'Terrified' Enemy in Iraq U.S. "Moving Forward" on Homeland Security Initi Kuwait .. Trade and Investment Hub for Iraq Spread of Democracy Called Essential Part of War Charles in Riyadh After Historic Iran Visit* ‘Al-Qaeda Plot Discovered in Iraq’*** Time Could Be Running Out for the ‘Endless War’ Sharon Draws a Line in the Hills*
02/09/04 Monday	Rumsfeld:Defends Preemption to European Officials Soldiers Hand Over Baghdad Mail to Contractors Letter Shows Terrorists' 'Desperation' In Iraq Commission to Review U.S. Intelligence on WMD Wolfowitz Defends Adm Pre-War Reading of Intel U.N. Election Team at Work in Iraq Rumsfeld Explains U.S. Force R, Defends Iraq War Memo on Terrorists' Strategy in Iraq "Revealing" Terrorists Continue Plotting Against Civilized World UN Vows to Help End Iraq Poll Impasse* Israel to Shorten Route of Wall* Musharraf Assures Powell: No Repeat of N-Leaks.. Bush Says Saddam Had Capacity to Produce...
02/08/04 Sunday	Rumsfeld, Conference Attendees Discuss Ways.. Bush Upholds Iraq Decision, Discusses Intelligence.. Troops Continue Forward Steps in Iraq War Rumsfeld: 2003 a Busy Year for NATO Countries Bush Says Saddam Posed Threat Through Ability.. Israeli Missile Kills Schoolboy* Editorial: Wrong Questions*
02/07/04 Saturday	Rumsfeld Urges NATO to Strengthen... Military Operations, Political Track Continue... Moscow Subway Bombed* Editorial: Moscow Blast* Gaza Settlers to Be Shifted to W. Bank* ‘Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones’*****
02/06/04 Friday	Bush Announces Independent Commission... Bush Condemns Terrorist Attack on Moscow Subw Powell Offers No Apologies for Iraqi Intelligence.. Two Guantanamo Detainees Assigned Legal Counsl Crime Drops as Iraqi Forces Take Greater Respons Bush Announces Members of Intel Commission Anti-Terror War Req 'Robust' Special Ops Role Def Ministers Looking to Exp NATO's Role in Afgh Ali Al-Sistani Escapes Assassination* Palestinian Gunmen Target Jabali* Al-Qaeda Unlikely to Have Attained Nuclear..* UN Steps UP Voter Drive for Afghan Election* Iraq Never Called Imminent Threat: Tenet* Sharon Grilled Over Corruption Scandal*
02/05/04 Thursday	CIA's Tenet Says Search for Iraq WMD Nowhere Bush Defends His Decision to Go to War with Iraq U.S. Regrets Hamburg Court Decision to Acquit.. Special Operations Troops Recount Iraq Missions Coast Guard Faces Increasing Security Challenges Defense Ministers to Discuss Iraq, Afghanistan... Rumsfeld Commends Tenet for Praising Intel Com.. Bush Says America Did 'Right Thing' in Iraq Tenet Details Intel About Iraq's Weapons Program Iraqi Wrestlers Will Train in United States Mortar Attack Kills Soldier, Offensive Ops Cont.. The Unselling of WMDs* Israeli Plebiscite on Settlements Likely* Iraqi Ban on Al-Jazeera Condemned* Death Toll in Irbil Bombings Hits 101* US Muslims Seek Greater Electoral Clout***
02/04/04 Wednesday	Aznar Speaks to U.S. Congress on Terrorism... Iraqi Wrestlers to Train for Olympics in U.S. White House Backs Extension of 9/11 Commission Rumsfeld:Iraq Weapons Insp Need More Time Bush:U.S. Fostering Democracy in Greater Middle CDC Provides Facts on Ricin U.S. Senate in Business Despite Ricin Find U.S. Faces Struggles Similar to Churchill's, Bush.. Spain Stands With United States Against Terror Rumsfeld Defends Intelligence Community Before.. Soldiers Cap Rocket Attack Suspect Near Fallujah Marksmanship Unit Teaches Adv Skills in Baghdad Two-Legged Help Stands Up Baghdad Animal... Rumsfeld: Better Management Needed for Force Sharon Drops Another Bombshell* Ricin Disrupts Business in US Senate* Blair Orders Intelligence Failure Probe* Bin Laden Will Be Captured This Year, Says US G UN Team to Break Iraq Poll Impasse*
02/03/04 Tuesday	Village of Hope Points to Future of Iraq U.S.-Coalition Forces Remain On Offensive In Iraq Iraqi Earns $1M for Tip Leading to Insurgent's Cap Death Toll Rises From Irbil Suicide Bombings Soldiers Detain Suspects, Collect Arms in Mosul Iraqi Police Positively Affecting Security, Officials.. Wolfowitz Views 'New Iraq' in the Making Soldier Killed, Another Wounded in IED Attack New Stryker Defense Proven in Combat ...Annan Decision to Send U.N. Team to Iraq Wolfowitz .. Building Iraq's Security Forces Powell Defends Invasion of Iraq Despite Absence.. ...New Measures to Fight Anti-Semitism 192 Iraqi Prisoners Released Under Reconc Plan Powell: Bush Made Right Decision to Invade Iraq 10% Increase Proposed in Homeland Security.. Saudi Arabia Urges All-Out War on Terror* Israel to Evacuate Gaza Settlements* The Fat Lady Sang but It’s Still Not Over* Editrial: The WMD Probe* Irbil Toll Up; US Sees Increased Threat* Bush to Order Intelligence Probe*
02/02/04 Monday	Terror War Needs Funded in Proposed 2005... General Touts Success of Joint U.S.-ICDC Ops Rocket Attack Kills 1 Soldier, Injures 12 Powell Welcomes Iraqi Fulbright Scholars to U.S. Iraqi Women Seek to Contribute to a More... Bush, Former WMD Search Leader Kay Meet.. Women's Empowerment Vital to Iraqi Democracy White House Describes Budget Goals on Terror.. New Def Budget Continues Focus on Terrorism.. .. Aid Budget Would Aim to Boost Terrorism Fight Bush to Form Ind Commission to Study Intelligence Tragedy Strikes Jamrat* Twin Bombings Kill 56 in Irbil* Lebanon Agrees to Return $500m in Saddam Cash Illicit Trading Links to Saddam Surfacing* Palestinian Shot Dead in Jericho Gun Battle* US Forces to Reduce Presence in Baghdad* Bush to Back Probe of Iraq Intelligence...* Blair Under Pressure for Iraq Intelligence Inquiry**
02/01/04 Sunday	Irbil Attacks About Fanaticism, Wolfowitz Says Bremer Declares 'Outrage' At 'Cowardly' Irbil B.. ...'You Can't Give Away Freedom' U.S. Forces 'Footprint' in Baghdad Changing W Visits Baghdad, Checks on Coalition Progress Crush Terror Mercilessly: Grand Mufti* Slaughter Continues in Iraq* Saddam to Be Handed Over to Special Court* US Marines Honing Up on Iraq Culture and Islam Hard-Liners Warn US Over Proposed Al-Qaeda..