General May Bolster Force in Iraq; Militias Kidnap a Dozen Foreigners (washingtonpost.com)

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Bush Acknowledges 'Tough' Weeks, Signals
Intent to Bolster Iraq Force
(washingtonpost.com)

Bush Acknowledges 'Tough' Weeks, Signals
Intent to Bolster Iraq Force
(washingtonpost.com) 04/14/2004 12:51 AM
washingtonpost.com - President Bush signaled last night that he expects to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and vowed that insurgents leading a violent uprising against the American occupation will not "run us out of Iraq."

9 Militias to Disband in Iraq, but Not
Rebel Cleric's Force

9 Militias to Disband in Iraq, but Not
Rebel Cleric's Force 06/07/2004 10:41 AM
About 100,000 paramilitary soldiers have agreed demobilize and re-enter civilian life or join the country's security forces.

Iraq Base Was Hit By Suicide Attack,
U.S. General Says (washingtonpost.com)

Iraq Base Was Hit By Suicide Attack,
U.S. General Says (washingtonpost.com) 12/24/2004 12:19 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Dec. 22 -- Investigators believe a suicide bomber penetrated security at a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and detonated an explosive Tuesday that killed 22 people, including 14 U.S. service members, Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday. The attack, which also wounded 69, was the deadliest on an American installation since the beginning of the war in March 2003.

Uprisings Force U.S. to Rethink Strategy
in Iraq (washingtonpost.com)

Uprisings Force U.S. to Rethink Strategy
in Iraq (washingtonpost.com) 04/17/2004 11:03 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, April 17 -- In the space of two weeks, a fierce insurgency in Iraq has isolated the U.S.-appointed civilian government and stopped the American-financed reconstruction effort, as contractors hunker down against waves of ambushes and kidnappings, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.

Threats Force Retreat From Wide-Ranging
Plans for Iraq (washingtonpost.com)

Threats Force Retreat From Wide-Ranging
Plans for Iraq (washingtonpost.com) 12/29/2003 06:06 AM
none to back away from

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washingtonpost.com: Attacks Force
Retreat From Wide-Ranging Plans for Iraq

washingtonpost.com: Attacks Force
Retreat From Wide-Ranging Plans for Iraq 12/28/2003 03:00 PM

Karzai asks Nato to bolster force

Karzai asks Nato to bolster force 06/14/2004 09:04 PM
The Afghan president urges Nato to keep its promise to expand peacekeeping before elections in September.

Al Qaeda Claims to Kidnap American
(washingtonpost.com)

Al Qaeda Claims to Kidnap American
(washingtonpost.com) 06/13/2004 05:03 PM
washingtonpost.com - LONDON, June 13 -- Islamic radicals in Saudi Arabia allied with al Qaeda said Saturday that they had kidnapped a U.S. military contractor in Riyadh, while in a separate incident, another American expatriate was gunned down at his house. The captive will be treated the way Iraqi prisoners were treated at the Abu Ghraib prison, the radicals said.

One Speech, Two Dozen Voters: Guarded
Thumbs-Ups for Kerry
(washingtonpost.com)

One Speech, Two Dozen Voters: Guarded
Thumbs-Ups for Kerry
(washingtonpost.com) 07/30/2004 11:02 PM
washingtonpost.com - LANCASTER, Pa., July 30 -- Here in heavily Republican central Pennsylvania, Carol Sprecher, a registered Republican who votes like an independent, looked disbelievingly at the television as John F. Kerry finished his acceptance speech. "I'm a little surprised," she said. "I kind of liked him."

Decree Outlaws Iraqi Militias In Effort
to Increase Security
(washingtonpost.com)

Decree Outlaws Iraqi Militias In Effort
to Increase Security
(washingtonpost.com) 06/07/2004 10:24 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, June 7 -- The new Iraqi government and U.S. occupation authorities declared all militias illegal Monday and outlined a $200 million program to redirect their estimated 100,000 fighters into official security forces, retirement or civilian professions.

Justices Bolster Older Workers
(washingtonpost.com)

Justices Bolster Older Workers
(washingtonpost.com) 03/30/2005 11:45 PM
washingtonpost.com - The Supreme Court made it easier to sue for age discrimination on the job yesterday, ruling that older workers may take their employers to federal court even in cases in which the alleged adverse impact on them was not intentional.

Iraq Kidnap Reports May Be Exaggerated
(AP)

Iraq Kidnap Reports May Be Exaggerated
(AP) 04/17/2005 08:54 PM
AP - Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. troops had the town of Madain surrounded Sunday after reports of Sunni militant kidnappings of as many as 100 Shiite residents, but there were growing indications the incident had been grossly exaggerated, perhaps an outgrowth of a tribal dispute or political maneuvering.

Iraq militias 'agree to disband'

Iraq militias 'agree to disband' 06/07/2004 04:04 AM
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says militias battling coalition forces have agreed to lay down their weapons.

Iraq Militants Kidnap 2 Pakistanis,
Iraqi (AP)

Iraq Militants Kidnap 2 Pakistanis,
Iraqi (AP) 07/26/2004 05:21 AM
AP - An Iraqi militant group said it had taken hostage two Pakistanis working for U.S. forces and had sentenced them to death because their country was discussing sending troops to Iraq, according to a video shown Monday on pan-Arab Al-Jazeera television station.

Gunmen Kidnap 2 Americans, Briton in
Iraq (AP)

Gunmen Kidnap 2 Americans, Briton in
Iraq (AP) 09/16/2004 05:02 PM
AP - Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton from a house in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood at dawn Thursday, a brazen attack that brought to eight the number of Western civilians held hostage in Iraq.

Somali tells of Iraq kidnap ordeal

Somali tells of Iraq kidnap ordeal 08/06/2004 09:51 AM
A Somali truck driver taken hostage in Iraq arrives safely back in Kuwait and tells the story of his capture.

Militants Kidnap Iranian Diplomat in
Iraq

Militants Kidnap Iranian Diplomat in
Iraq 08/08/2004 07:24 PM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 8 2004 10:45PM GMT

Iraq militias 'could beat rebels'

Iraq militias 'could beat rebels' 04/17/2005 09:47 PM
Iraq's new president tells the BBC that existing Kurdish and Shia militias could quickly put down the insurgency.

Saddam-Era General Denied Iraqi Force
(AP)

Saddam-Era General Denied Iraqi Force
(AP) 05/03/2004 05:27 AM
AP - The Pentagon's top officer says a general who once headed Saddam Hussein's infantry does not and probably will not command an Iraqi force that is replacing Marines at Fallujah.

Militants Kidnap Iranian Diplomat in
Iraq (Reuters)

Militants Kidnap Iranian Diplomat in
Iraq (Reuters) 08/08/2004 07:25 PM
Reuters - Militants in Iraq have kidnapped an Iranian diplomat and accused him of inciting sectarian strife in a country deeply divided between the resurgent Shi'ite Muslim majority and the traditionally dominant Sunni Muslim minority.

Iraq Kidnap Victim's Family Seeks
Release (AP)

Iraq Kidnap Victim's Family Seeks
Release (AP) 04/10/2005 09:37 PM
AP - The family of a Pakistani embassy employee kidnapped in Baghdad appealed Sunday for his captors to release him, and al-Qaida's ally in Iraq claimed to have kidnapped and killed a senior police official.

Foreigners taken hostage in Iraq

Foreigners taken hostage in Iraq 07/23/2004 07:52 PM

Scores of foreigners abducted in Iraq
(USATODAY.com)

Scores of foreigners abducted in Iraq
(USATODAY.com) 07/27/2004 05:47 AM
USATODAY.com - Militants in Iraq have kidnapped nearly 70 people in their campaign to drive out coalition forces and hamper reconstruction. The status of some of the foreigners taken captive:

Iraq Oil Exports Still Idle, Foreigners
Attacked

Iraq Oil Exports Still Idle, Foreigners
Attacked 06/19/2004 09:02 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 19 2004 1:40PM GMT

Iraq Oil Exports Still Idle, Foreigners
Attacked (Reuters)

Iraq Oil Exports Still Idle, Foreigners
Attacked (Reuters) 06/19/2004 07:26 AM
Reuters - Guerrillas bent on disrupting Iraq's transition from U.S.-led occupation killed a Portuguese security man on Saturday as technicians strove to repair a sabotaged pipeline and restore vital oil exports.

Bush Says Foreigners Fight for
Taliban-Style Iraq

Bush Says Foreigners Fight for
Taliban-Style Iraq 11/16/2003 08:13 AM
Reuters via Wired News Nov 16 2003 7:39AM ET

MSNBC - Reports bolster Bush
Iraq-uranium claim

MSNBC - Reports bolster Bush
Iraq-uranium claim 07/19/2004 04:26 AM
Reports Bolster Bush Iraq-Uranium Claim -- British Report Says Assertion Was ‘Well-Founded’ .. good news

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General Granted Latitude At Prison
(washingtonpost.com)

General Granted Latitude At Prison
(washingtonpost.com) 06/12/2004 03:12 AM
washingtonpost.com - Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the senior U.S. military officer in Iraq, borrowed heavily from a list of high-pressure interrogation tactics used at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and approved letting senior officials at a Baghdad jail use military dogs, temperature extremes, reversed sleep patterns, sensory deprivation, and diets of bread and water on detainees whenever they wished, according to newly obtained documents.

Key General Criticizes April Attack In
Fallujah (washingtonpost.com)

Key General Criticizes April Attack In
Fallujah (washingtonpost.com) 09/14/2004 08:27 PM

Prison Visits by General Reported in
Hearing (washingtonpost.com)

Prison Visits by General Reported in
Hearing (washingtonpost.com) 05/22/2004 11:11 PM
washingtonpost.com - A military lawyer for a soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib abuse case stated that a captain at the prison said the highest-ranking U.S. military officer in Iraq was present during some "interrogations and/or allegations of the prisoner abuse," according to a recording of a military hearing obtained by The Washington Post.

Small Donors Grow Into Big Political
Force (washingtonpost.com)

Small Donors Grow Into Big Political
Force (washingtonpost.com) 05/04/2004 05:02 PM

Pilots Didn’t Radio Air Force One,
Airline Says (washingtonpost.com)

Pilots Didn’t Radio Air Force One,
Airline Says (washingtonpost.com) 12/03/2003 05:14 AM
MORE WHITE HOUSE LIES!!!!! .. British Airways thinks so .. Reuters (via W.P.) .. never happened .. WaComPo

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U.S. General Says Met Israeli
Interrogator in Iraq

U.S. General Says Met Israeli
Interrogator in Iraq 07/03/2004 05:01 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 3 2004 7:37PM GMT

General: Less Combat in New Iraq Mission
(AP)

General: Less Combat in New Iraq Mission
(AP) 06/10/2004 04:26 PM
AP - The U.S. military will consult Iraq's interim leaders before engaging in future offensives and is shifting its priorities from fighting guerrillas to training Iraqi troops and protecting Iraq's fragile new government, the U.S. general who heads military operations said Thursday.

U.S. General in Iraq Says Hostages Freed
(AP)

U.S. General in Iraq Says Hostages Freed
(AP) 06/08/2004 10:28 AM
AP - Coalition forces freed Italian and Polish hostages in bloodless military operation south of Baghdad on Tuesday, the top U.S. general in Iraq said.

U.S. General: Iraq Police Training a
Flop (AP)

U.S. General: Iraq Police Training a
Flop (AP) 06/09/2004 05:34 PM
AP - Misguided U.S. training of Iraqi police contributed to the country's instability and has delayed getting enough qualified Iraqis on the streets to ease the burden on American forces, the head of armed forces training said Wednesday.

Report: General Says Overruled on Iraq
Prison

Report: General Says Overruled on Iraq
Prison 05/12/2004 02:32 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 12 2004 7:07AM GMT

U.S. General in Iraq Prison Scandal
Promised Better

U.S. General in Iraq Prison Scandal
Promised Better 05/04/2004 12:14 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 4 2004 3:28PM GMT

No. 2 Army General to Move In as Top
U.S. Commander in Iraq

No. 2 Army General to Move In as Top
U.S. Commander in Iraq 05/25/2004 02:33 AM
Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez will leave his command this summer, to be replaced by the Army's second-ranking general.
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