More "wonderful" news from Dumbya's "valley of peace" (also explains why the three stooges -- Bremer, Franks and Tenet were presented with awards yesterday) :
2/15/04 Reuters: Gunmen overran police station Samar
Ten weeks after U.S. forces mounted a major operation to wrest the city from Sunni insurgents, about 10 gunmen surrounded the central Imam Hadi station, held up the officers and took their rifles, said a policeman who was among those robbed.
12/15/04 AFP: Six found murdered in Iraq
"Six bodies, three men and three women, were found at around 3pm (11pm AEDT) in Mazraa," outside of Latifiyah, 40km from the capital, one witness told AFP. "All had been shot in the head, and the women also had their throats slashed,"
12/15/04 AFP: update; Bomb kills seven at Iraqi mosque
A bomb exploded at the gate to one of Shia Islam's holiest shrines on Wednesday, killing seven people and wounding 31 others. Among the wounded was believed to be Shaikh Abd al-Mahdi Karbalai, the local representative of al-Sistani
12/15/04 AFP: Southern Iraq's oil exports down almost a third
Crude oil exports from southern Iraq have fallen by almost a third to around 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) from the normal 1.8 million bpd because of a technical fault, an industry source said Wednesday.
12/15/04 Reuters: Bomb Near Shi'ite Shrine Kills Four in Iraq
A bomb exploded near the offices of a senior Shi'ite cleric in the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 16, witnesses and doctors said.
12/15/04 Channel: Long Recovery For Soldier Wounded In Mortar Attack
Spc. Rosetta Floyd, a medic in the U.S. Army, was resting on the roof of her barracks near Sadr City in August when a mortar round exploded several feet away from her. Since then, she has spent most of her time recovering at Walter Reed
12/15/04 AP: Guardsman's death in Iraq investigated
U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, a St. Clair sville Republi can, had re quested an investigation into the death of Spc. Todd Bates of Bellaire, Ohio, because of news reports that said the boat Bates was patrolling in lacked proper safety equipment.
12/15/04 BristolPress: soldier killed when bombed truck rolled over him
The bomb, planted in the road south of Camp Taji, detonated beneath Hoyt’s Humvee. The blast blew an armored door off and threw him to the road. The truck driver following Hoyt’s Humvee was hit by shrapnel and the truck rolled over Hoyt
12/15/04 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Dickinson, 25, of Pasco, Fla., died Dec. 12 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force ...
12/15/04 Centcom: MARINE KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE - confirmed
One Marine assigned to the I Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in action on Dec. 14 while conducting security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar Province.
12/15/04 Centcom: SOLDIER DIES OF FATAL WOUNDS - confirmed
One 1st COSCOM Soldier died as the result of a gunshot wound received during a convoy mission south of Baghdad near Forward Operation Base Kalsu at approximately 10:30 p.m. Dec. 14.
12/15/04 Three Polish Soldiers Die in Iraq Helicopter Crash
Polish soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq ), where the country runs a multi-national division, the army said Wednesday.
12/15/04 AFP: Marine killed in Iraq's restive Al-Anbar province
A US marine was killed in action Tuesday during military operations in restive Al-Anbar province, which includes the flashpoint cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, the military said Wednesday.
12/15/04 theday: Defense Records Show New Catalogue Of Marine Abuses Against Iraqis
Marines operating in Iraq over the last two years committed a variety of abuses against Iraqi prisoners, including burning a detainee's hands by igniting alcohol-based cleanser in August 2003, according to internal Defense Department documents
12/15/04 KUNA: Four Iraqi policemen killed, 13 injured, 20 abducted during ambush
Four Iraqi policemen were killed Wednesday, 13 others were 3 injured and 20 were abducted during an ambush at a road near Salman Bak area south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
12/15/04 Reuters: U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Convoy Mission
A U.S. soldier died from a gunshot wound received on Tuesday during a convoy mission south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement on Wednesday. |
