Meanwhile, things are getting better and better in Iraq:
07/30/04 KUNA: Four car-explosions in Iraq Two people sustained injury from a car-blast on ?Friday near a hospital close to a US military base, and a further three ?car-blasts took place at the Green Zone here.?
07/30/04 The Champlain Channel: Another Vermonter Dies In Iraq Lt. Col. David Greene, a Marine Corps helicopter pilot from Shelburne, is among the highest ranking officers to die since the war began.
07/30/04 AP: Soldier Found Guilty in Carjacking Case A soldier was convicted of stealing an Iraqi sheik's sport-utility vehicle at gunpoint, but probably won't be spending any time behind bars.
07/30/04 The Oregonian: Roadside explosion kills 20-year-old Oregonian Pfc. Ken W. Leisten, 20, was killed Wednesday while on patrol in Taji, Iraq, said Col. Mike Caldwell of the Oregon Guard.
07/30/04 AFP: Kidnapped, missing foreigners in Iraq Two Syrian truck drivers were abducted from a convoy driven by Syrians and Jordanians near the infamous Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad, a colleague was quoted as saying Friday.
07/30/04 Novinite: Bulgarians under Fire in Iraq The Bulgarian soldiers' base in Karbala, Kilo, came under mortar fire on Thursday night. None of the troops have been hurt...
07/30/04 Xinhuanet: Explosions heard in central Baghdad Huge explosions were heard in central Baghdad on Friday while US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in the Iraqi capital on a visti(t). |