More "good" news from Dumbya's "valley of peace" :
11/03/04 BBC: Under fire in Camp Dogwood
The final convoy of the Black Watch battle group have arrived at their central Iraqi base, Camp Dogwood. They had travelled along the approach route noted for deadly bomb attacks by insurgents.
11/03/04 AP: Army NG Short On Recruits
The Army National Guard, which has fallen short of recruiting goals during the prolonged fighting in Iraq, is trying new marketing beyond the traditional enticement of college tuition aid.
11/03/04 Reuters: Three headless bodies found in Baghdad
Three headless bodies were found in central Baghdad today, an Iraqi police source said. The unidentified bodies were found beneath a suspension bridge that leads across the Tigris river into the Green Zone ...
11/03/04 AP: UPDATE: Pipeline, oil well in northern Iraq attacked
Saboteurs blew up an oil pipeline and an oil well in northern Iraq in two attacks Tuesday that shut down oil exports from the north, probably for the next 10 days ...
11/03/04 Reuters: Militants Behead Three Iraqi National Guards
An Iraqi militant group beheaded three men from the Iraqi National Guard it accused of spying for U.S. troops in Iraq, Al Jazeera television said Wednesday.
11/03/04 AP: Hungary to withdraw its troops from Iraq by March 31
Hungary will withdraw its 300 non-combat troops from Iraq by March 31, the country's new prime minister said Wednesday, because staying longer would be an ``impossibility.''
11/03/04 DOD: National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of November 3, 2004
This week, the Army announced an increase in the number of reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization ... The net collective result is 3,550 more reservists mobilized than last week.
11/03/04 Iraq Pipeline Watch: Attacks #142 - #144: Nov. 2, 2004
Two bombs exploded against oil pipeline connecting oil fields in Kirkuk to the refinery in Bayji ... blast on refined products pipeline in Hatin north of Kirkuk.
11/03/04 Iraq Pipeline Watch: Attacks #139 - #141: Nov. 1st, 2004
Explosion on Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Riyad, SW of Kirkuk ... attack on a oil pipeline that feeds the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline ... attack on pipeline connected to the Khabbaz oilfield ...
11/03/04 AP: Bus Explosion Injures Nine in Baghdad
Iraqi hospital officials in Baghdad say a car bomb has exploded on a bus carrying airport employees. They say at least nine people were injured in the attack.
11/03/04 AP: Kidnappers In Iraq Seize Lebanese-US Contractor, 4 Jordanians
Gunmen abducted a Lebanese-American contractor who worked with the U.S. Army from his Baghdad home, Iraqi officials said Wednesday, while four Jordanian truck drivers were seized by assailants in a separate kidnapping.
11/03/04 CENTCOM: One Soldier Killed, One Wounded In IED Attack
A 1st Infantry Division Soldier was killed and one injured after their combat patrol was struck by an improvised explosive device near Salmar Pak at about 7:12 a.m. on Nov. 3.
11/03/04 Reuters: Militants Say Behead Iraqi Army Officer
A militant group said it beheaded a man it said was a senior member of Iraq's armed forces and posted a video of the killing on its Web site on Wednesday
11/03/04 BBCi: New attack on Black Watch troops
British Black Watch troops have come under fresh attack at their base south of Baghdad.
11/03/04 NYTimes: Insurgents blew up a northern oil export pipeline on Tuesday
Insurgents blew up a northern oil export pipeline on Tuesday, dealing a severe blow to the national economy, even as car bombs and gunbattles across the country left at least 12 Iraqis dead
11/03/04 theday: Car Bombs Kill At Least 12 Iraqis
Car bombs killed at least a dozen people in Baghdad and another major city Tuesday as pressure mounted on interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to avert a full-scale U.S. attack on the insurgent stronghold Fallujah.
11/03/04 misna: OIL MINISTRY OFFICIAL KILLED
A top Iraqi oil ministry official, Hussein Ali al Fattal, was killed this morning as he was leaving his home in the Qadissiya neighbourhood in southern Baghdad, an interior ministry spokesman has said
11/03/04 channelnewsasia: Car bomb rocks Baghdad, more foreign hostages snatched
At least nine people were injured after a car bomb punched another hole into battle-scarred Baghad, while militants kidnapped more foreigners and shot dead a top oil ministry official
11/03/04 iribnews: Over 9 injured in Baghdad bomb blast
At least nine people were injured when a car bomb exploded on Wednesday near a military checkpoint on the road to Baghdad's international airport, medics and victims said |
