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U.S. rolls through central Baghdad
From Wire reportsU.S. troops dashed inside Baghdad on Saturday, blasting targets hidden behind palm trees, to show they can move at will against Iraq's beleaguered defenders. Allies adapted their air campaign to prepare for a climactic ground assault on the capital....Tags: Transportation Accidents, Basra (Iraq), Government, Baghdad (Iraq), Saddam Hussein
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Two groups detail abuse of Afghan prisoners
Sun StaffWithin the past nine months, two respected human rights groups released reports describing what they said was the abuse of U.S.-held prisoners in Afghanistan, including instances of beatings, sleep deprivation and, in a small number of cases, killings...Tags: Defense, Kabul (Afghanistan), Politics, International Law, Afghanistan
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Burning burqas led copters to captives
Tribune foreign correspondentThe moment was dramatic and symbolic: The eight Western aid workers held captive by the Taliban for three months signaled the U.S. military helicopters coming to rescue them by burning burqas, the all-covering robes the hard-line Islamic regime forces...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Kabul (Afghanistan), Career and Workplace, Family, Afghanistan
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As Baghdad goes, so goes Basra siege
It's late morning outside the gates of Basra, and Irish Guard Lance Cpl. Ryan Robinson recounts that, like clockwork, Iraqi fighters have shelled his checkpoint from somewhere beyond the walls of southern Iraq's largest city. No one was hurt in the...Tags: Basra (Iraq), Baghdad (Iraq), Saddam Hussein, United Kingdom, Defense
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Missiles slam palaces; troops race toward Baghdad
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Fast-moving American invasion forces bore down on Baghdad yesterday, as U.S. missiles thundered into Saddam Hussein's palaces and offices for a second straight day, turning still more of them into so many piles of rubble. Across the vast...Tags: Moving, New York City, Transportation Accidents, Basra (Iraq), Pennsylvania
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Iraq humanitarian crisis verging on catastrophe
Sun Foreign StaffKUWAIT CITY -- With Iraqi hospitals full of wounded and water shortages made evident by people in southern Iraq drinking from drainage ditches, humanitarian aid workers are warning that the worst for civilians could be yet to come. Hundreds of...Tags: Charity, Basra (Iraq), UNICEF, Social Issues, Baghdad (Iraq)
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POW facility draws flocks of civilians
Something curious occurred at the first allied POW camp in Iraq: Surrendering prisoners started turning up at the front gate even before the remote facility formally opened. There was something odd as well about many of those surrendering. They had...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Defense, Health, Family, Iraq
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Rivalries and Lawlessness Thwart Efforts to Deliver Aid to Afghans
Times Staff WriterAs millions of hungry and sick Afghans wait for help, rival warlords and bandits have made large parts of the country so lawless that local and foreign aid workers can't deliver desperately needed supplies, relief officials say. The possibly catastrophic...Tags: International Relations, Charity, National Government, Tehran (Iran), Disasters
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Aid Workers Unharmed but Witnessed Beatings
Times Staff WritersFree after more than three months in Taliban prisons on charges of preaching Christianity, two American aid workers told journalists early today that they were well treated by their Taliban jailers, but saw other women prisoners beaten bloody for...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Kabul (Afghanistan), Defense, Politics, Petroleum Industry
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2 Special Forces soldiers killed
Knight Ridder NewspapersTwo U.S. Special Forces soldiers were killed and another was wounded Saturday when armed motorcyclists swept down on a reconnaissance patrol in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province. At least three Afghan soldiers also were wounded, a military spokesman...Tags: Government, Foreign Aid, Executive Branch, Knight-Ridder Inc, Politics
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