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To: xcr600 who wrote (543)	3/7/2006 5:36:59 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 2741

'Soldiers say their biggest challenge is taking on an enemy that is rarely seen, and rarely engages in traditional combat.' Vietnam redux?

To: xcr600 who wrote (543)	3/8/2006 10:38:45 AM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 2741

Gunmen Kidnap Up to 50 Workers in Baghdad: Gunmen in camouflage uniforms stormed the offices of a private security company Wednesday and kidnapped as many as 50 employees, police reported. The attackers hit the al-Rawafid Security Co., a private Iraqi-owned business, at 4:30 p.m. and forced the workers into seven vehicles, including several white SUVs, said Interior Ministry Maj. Felah Al- Mohammedawi. The company is located in the mixed Sunni-Shiite Zayouna neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.

To: xcr600 who wrote (543)	3/8/2006 10:39:48 AM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 2741

North Korea fired two surface-to-air missiles near its border with China and they apparently landed in North Korean territory, a Japanese news agency reported, citing security sources. Kyodo News agency cited an "Asian security source" as saying the missiles were fired by mistake in the direction of China during a military drill, and the missiles appeared to have landed in North Korean territory. But the agency also cited a "Western military source" as saying the short-range missiles were test-fired in an eastern direction from the North's eastern coast, toward the Sea of Japan. The agency said it couldn't immediately reconcile the conflicting reports. The exact time of their launch was unknown, Kyodo said. Japan's Defense Ministry refused to comment, saying it could not disclose information on specific activities. But a spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity because of ministry regulations, said Japan "constantly monitored the military activities of neighboring countries." Kyodo quoted an unnamed defense official as saying the government would not inform the public of the possible misfires because they did not threaten Japan's security. Yang Chang-seok, spokesman for South Korea's Unification Ministry, which deals with North Korean affairs, said the ministry could not confirm the report. Calls to China's Defense Ministry in Beijing went unanswered Wednesday night. Pyongyang shocked Tokyo and other nations when it test-fired a ballistic missile over northern Japan in 1998. Analysts say North Korea is developing long-range missiles capable of reaching Alaska, Hawaii or perhaps other states on the West Coast. Japan and the United States have started to develop a joint ballistic missile defense system, and Tokyo has said it will launch two spy satellites by March 2007 to monitor North Korea and other trouble spots.

To: xcr600 who wrote (543)	3/9/2006 12:05:21 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 2741

In a First, Iraq Executes 13 Insurgents> BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq hanged 13 insurgents Thursday, marking the first time militants have been executed in the country since the U.S.-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein nearly three years ago, the government said. The Cabinet announcement listed the name of only one of those hanged, Shukair Farid, a former policeman in the northern city of Mosul, who allegedly confessed that he had worked with Syrian foreign fighters to enlist fellow Iraqis to carry out assassinations against police and civilians. ``The competent authorities have today carried out the death sentences of 13 terrorists,'' the Cabinet said. It said Farid had ``confessed that foreigners recruited him to spread the fear through killings and abductions.'' guardian.co.uk

To: xcr600 who wrote (543)	3/9/2006 5:31:42 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 2741

Ex-Iraq ambassador predicts civil war> (Aldouri has been living in the UAE since Saddam fell) A former Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations has said his country was headed for civil war and blamed the occupation forces for the sectarian violence. In an interview with CNN, Mohamed Aldouri, Saddam Hussein's representative at the world body, said the occupation forces were acting as a magnet for extremists bent on preventing Iraq from developing into a full democracy. "I think the occupation plays on the sectarianism problems of Iraq right now," Aldouri said on Wednesday from the United Arab Emirates, where he has been living since the fall of Saddam. Asked if he thought that civil war could break out in Iraq, he said: "It's very,very likely ... I think that the main problem for Iraq now is the occupation itself. Opposing occupation "I am against the occupation. I am against those who are working with the occupation." He said he thought that Iraq was "very, very capable of governing itself" and that when the occupation forces pulled out, the people who had arrived at the same time would go home too. "I am against the occupation. I am against those who are working with the occupation" Mohamed Aldouri, Former Iraq ambassador to UN He said Iraqis were a "very rational" people and that there might be some trouble from the Kurdish population in the north, but "the other part of Iraq [Sunni and Shia], I think they will stick to their unity. I think this is ... their hope". Aldouri said the Iraqis were now pinning their hope on "the national resistance, who resist the occupation, who resist the foreign armies". While he did not condone Iraqi insurgents attacking fellow Iraqis, Aldouri said the attacks against the US-led occupation forces were justified. "This is legal ... to resist foreigners, the occupation," he said.