 Many adults in Iraq believe the coalition effort has been negative, according to a poll by the Iraq Centre for Research and Strategic Studies and the Gulf Research Center. 90 per cent of respondents think the situation in their country was better before the U.S.-led invasion. The coalition effort against Saddam Hussein’s regime was launched in March 2003. At least 3,000 American soldiers have died during the military operation, and more than 22,500 troops have been wounded in action. There has been no official inquiry on the actual number of Iraqi casualties. A volunteer group of British and U.S. academics and researchers—known as Iraq Body Count (IBC)—estimates that more than 52,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed during the military intervention. In December 2005, Iraqi voters renewed their National Assembly. ...
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 Bush considers firing senior US commander in Iraq |
General George Casey, the United States' Army's senior commander in Iraq, will most likely be forced to pay the price of President George Bush's strategic failures in the war in Iraq. The New York Times reported that President Bush plans to fire the general, who was supposed to complete his service this coming summer, within the next few weeks. The report said that Bush did not like his commanders' strategy, which aimed for retreat without victory, and Bush is taking advantage of the replacement of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld with Robert Gates in order to get rid of Rumsfeld's senior general in Iraq as well. Bush is expected to announce the new strategy he wishes to outline for the war in Iraq. These past few days, Bush has been convening with his advisors, and will reveal his plans at the end of these meetings. The issue of the temporary reinforcement of the troops in Iraq hovers in the background. ...
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| FBI: Possible Gitmo Detainee Mistreatment |
FBI agents documented more than two dozen incidents of possible mistreatment at the Guantanamo Bay military base, including one detainee whose head was allegedly wrapped in duct tape for chanting the Quran and another reported to have pulled out his hair after hours in a sweltering room. Documents released Tuesday by the FBI offered new details about the harsh interrogation practices used by military officials and contractors when questioning so-called enemy combatants. The reports describe a female guard who detainees said handled their genitals and wiped menstrual blood on their face. Another interrogator reportedly bragged to an FBI agent about dressing as a Catholic priest and “baptizing” a prisoner. Some military officials and contractors told FBI agents that the interrogation techniques had been approved by the Defense Department, including directly by former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld...
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| In Utah Ski Town, Dog License Limit Makes Would-Be Pooch Owners Jump Through Hoops |
Every January when dog licenses come up for renewal, dog lovers at this ski town go wild with anticipation, panting for a shot at the finite number up for grabs. They start counting the dogs rumored to have died or moved away with their owners. And if the license lottery leaves them empty-handed, they can always try pestering the mayor, who can issue his own licenses for good cause or compassion. "It's the worst issue I deal with," said Mayor Tom Pollard. "The day after I was elected I got my first call I hadn't even gotten to the job. They disguised it as a question about garbage service, then finished with, 'Can I have a dog?'" To protect the alpine watershed, an ordinance limits the number of dogs to 12 percent of the human population, with few exceptions. No four-legged visitors are allowed, even inside cars, and violators can go to jail. ...
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| Prisoner transfer draws complaint |
Philippine officials defended their decision yesterday to transfer a U.S. Marine convicted of rape from a local jail to the American Embassy, and an attorney for the victim filed a contempt of court complaint against them. The United States also announced that it would go ahead next month with joint military exercises with Philippine forces -- exercises it had earlier canceled, citing the custody dispute. The victim's attorney, Evalyn Ursua, said the Philippine secretaries of the interior and justice violated the order of the Court of Appeals to keep Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith, 21, of St. Louis, in a Manila jail while he appeals his conviction and 40-year prison sentence. A 23-year-old Filipina accused Smith of sexually assaulting her in November 2005, as three other Marines purportedly cheered him on. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said the government had to take action "in order to forestall the further deterioration in our strategic relationship with the United States."...
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| Search resumes for Indonesian jetliner after authorities backtrack on finding wreck |
Rescuers expanded their search for a missing jetliner to the sea Wednesday, one day after senior Indonesian officials erroneously said the Boeing 737's charred wreckage had been found along with a dozen survivors.Relatives waiting for news about the 102 people aboard the Adam Air plane, which lost contact Monday after sending two distress signals during a flight from Indonesia's main island of Java to Sulawesi, broke down in tears after learning they had been misinformed. "Oh, what is happening to us?" wailed Dorce Sundalangi, whose daughter was on the flight, after hearing the report that the wreckage had been found was just a rumor. "They had given us hope of seeing our beloved relatives ... but it was false hope." Rescue teams spent more than 10 hours Tuesday hiking through slippery forest paths in a mountainous region of Sulawesi's western coast but found nothing, prompting authorities to expand their search Wednesday to include the sea, ...
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