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U.S. Wages War on Iraq updated Thursday, March 20, 11am

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US Marines fire on civilians, First Gulf War "On Friday, making coffee in the dust, he told me he had been writing a diary, partly for his wife Kelly, a nurse at home in Jacksonville, North Carolina, with their sons Colin, 6, and four-year-old twins Brian and Evan. Mark Franchetti writes for the London Times When he came to jotting down the incident about the two babies getting killed by his men he couldn't do it. But he said he would tell her when he got home. I offered to let him call his wife on my satellite phone to tell her he was okay. He turned down the offer and had me write and send her an e-mail instead. He was too emotional. If she heard his voice, he said, she would know that something was wrong. " Heather Read blondie@phy.ucsf.edu 04/08/03 11:38:40 GMT

100 patients per hour Heather Read blondie@phy.ucsf.edu 04/08/03 01:34:22 GMT

Baghdad doctors overwhelmed by arrival of 100 patients an hour By Paul Peachey - The Independent UK http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=394750 Independent UK 07 April 2003 Heather Read blondie@phy.ucsf.edu 04/08/03 01:30:41 GMT

Emperor George: What has become of American values and idealism? All swept away in this thoroughly un-American war - Jonathan Freedland Wednesday April 2, 2003 The Guardian "Washington's plan for Baghdad consists of 23 ministries - each one to be headed by an American. This is a form of foreign rule so direct we have not seen its like since the last days of the British empire. It represents a break with everything America has long believed in. " 04/02/03 07:12:06 GMT

Political fight over security spending at home heats up By Judy Keen, USA TODAY PHILADELPHIA — Politics doesn't pause, even in wartime, President Bush was reminded Monday. Bush announced that the Coast Guard will soon receive 700 new response boats to be used for homeland security patrols. Bush's commitment to port security "is a year late and a billion short," says a spokesman for Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C. Larry Downing, Reuters Surrounded by personnel in blue uniforms and U.S. flags stretched flat by a cold wind at the Port of Philadelphia, Bush said the Coast Guard is protecting key ports and oil platforms in Iraq What?and Americans from terrorism at home." 04/01/03 06:49:49 GMT

Chicks get country fried - ANDREW McGINN, News-Sun staff writer "Country fans will stand by their musicians if they're drunk, high (or both), skipping out on concerts or not paying taxes. But dissing American foreign policy? After seeing the Chicks get scrambled, though, nobody will dare do that again. And that makes America's music the least American of all." 03/27/03 06:04:30 GMT

US troops close in on Baghdad after resistance: •25 US, UK soldiers killed •Fighting in Basra, Umm Qasr •77 civilians dead RAF crew killed in 'friendly fire' attack An RAF pilot and his navigator were killed when a US Patriot missile battery shot down their Tornado warplane as it flew back to Kuwait from a mission over Iraq. 03/24/03 06:02:30 GMT

One killed, 12 injured by 'resentful' Muslim GI An American army sergeant was in custody yesterday after one soldier died and at least 12 were injured in a grenade attack on a US command centre in Kuwait.Two Kuwaiti translators were detained, but about an hour after the incident the missing sergeant, described as "armed and dangerous", was found hiding in a bunker. Three of his grenades were missing, and some witnesses said they had heard a third explosion.The soldier was a Muslim, Sergeant Asan Akbar, an engineer from the 326th Engineer Battalion. Sgt Akbar had been "having what some might call an attitude problem".... 03/24/03 05:44:12 GMT

A weblog from an Iraqi: http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/ 03/21/03 18:16:26 GMT

The War on the Web: http://slate.msn.com/id/2080407/ 03/21/03 18:12:30 GMT

Stunning setback for U.S. resulted from series of mistakes Convergent factors that have led to war 03/21/03 18:11:40 GMT

But, today I weep for my country. I have watched the events of recent months with a heavy, heavy heart. No more is the image of America one of strong, yet benevolent peacekeeper. The image of America has changed. Around the globe, our friends mistrust us, our word is disputed, our intentions are questioned. -Senator Robert Byrd, March 19, 2003: http://truthout.org/docs_03/032103A.shtml 03/20/03 20:10:19 GMT