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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (562779)	4/10/2004 1:10:23 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Read about the maiming, killing machine called the Iraqi war and you say your tag is PROLIFE..............another lie to cover up who you really are. You know who you really are, don't you? Bush asserts in radio address: Our decisive action in Iraq will continue until enemies of democracy are dealt with. Iraqi sovereignty will arrive on June 30. One US marine killed, 1 wounded since Fallujah US offered ceasefire midday Saturday, as Iraqi government and religious negotiators meet city leaders. Fierce fighting continues in Baghdad, Baquba, Fallujah, Ramadi, al Kufa, Najef and al Kuf. A million Shiites observe Arbain ceremonies in Karbala. Irbil Red Crescent head and his wife killed in shooting attack on car in Mosul. Also reports of 40 Iraqis killed, 2 US servicemen and 2 Germans missing, one American civilian taken from supply convoy, 3 Britons missing three days. Unidentified Iraqi group claims it holds 30 foreign hostages. Arabiya TV shows masked man threatening to “cut off their heads” unless America lifts Fallujah blockade. No one knows which groups are holding the hostages and confusion over their number. PM Berlusconi arrives in Nassiryeh Saturday to visit Italian coalition troops Iraqi Governing Council demands US halt military offensive in Iraq. Third minister quits, fourth threatens to resign amid internal divisions. DEBKAfile’s Exclusive Sources: US halts offensives on major warfronts and withdraws from Ar Ramadi, Mosul and Sadr City to stem rising casualties. In Mosul, Iraqi security infrastructure breaks down with Iraqi police and security officers surrendering and handing weapons to insurgent militias, including al Qaeda. White flag movement spreads. Abu Ghraib semi-military airport west of Baghdad overrun by Sunni and Shiite militias. Mass flight of civilians from Sunni districts of Mosul and Fallujah. Unconfirmed casualty figures: 45 US troops killed last week, 478 Iraqi deaths recorded in Fallujah battles. Stages leading up to painful US reverses are depicted in DEBKAfile Exclusive Report below. Thousands march in Tokyo demanding withdrawal of Japanese Iraq contingent to save three hostages whom militia threatens to burn alive Sunday. DEBKAfile reports exclusively: Expert hostage-taker Mughniyeh and his Hizballah team are orchestrating abduction campaign against foreigners in Iraq on pattern they first executed in Beirut in 1980s. White House prepares to declassify August 6, 2001 PDB document to demonstrate Bush could not have prevented 9/11 attack. Paper contains uncorroborated intelligence warning current from 1997 of coming al Qaeda attack in US by explosives, reveals al Qaeda sleeper cells in US, quotes detainees disclosure of possible airplane hijacks – but not their use as flying bombs, and al Qaeda operatives infiltration by way of Canada. debka.com