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2003
March 19th: Day 1 of US/British Invasion of Iraq
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Background on "No-Fly-Zone" Bombings of Iraq
7/19/03: U.S. Attacked Iraqi Defenses Starting in 2002 -- Michael R. Gordon, New York Times 3/3/03: 'Undeclared War' Against Iraq Enters New Phase -- Nicholas Watt, Richard Norton-Taylor, and Suzanne Goldenberg, The Gurdian 2/23/03: US and Britain Pound Iraqi Defenses in Massive Escalation of Airstrikes -- Raymond Whitaker, The Independent 12/23/02: The Secret War: Iraq War already under way -- John Pilger, The Mirror 12/22/02: Casualties of an 'Undeclared War': Civilians Killed and Injured as U.S. Airstrikes Escalate in Southern Iraq -- Peter Baker, Washington Post 12/10/02: No-Fly Zones Over Iraq: Washington's Undeclared War on "Saddam's Victims" -- Jeremy Scahill, www.IraqJournal.org 12/4/02: Britain and US step up bombing in Iraq -- Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian February, 2001: Legality of the No-Fly Zones (PDF File)-- Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies
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Our Troops and Theirs -- Suvrat Raju, Znet, 12/30/03
Fernando Suarez del Solar, of Escondido, Calif., the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus Suarez, pictured in background, talks about the death of his son, during a news conference by military families who recently traveled to Iraq, 12/10/03.
Iraq Body Count Visual Aid -- mykeru.com
A child walks out through a bullet-riddled entrance hit during a US army attack in the town of Samarra on December 1, 2003.
More News and Analysis on the US Occupation of Iraq
Since January 1, 2003
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December, 2003: 288 days (as of 12/31/03) of US Invasion / Occupation of Iraq
12/31/03: When the Innocent Die: The Occupation is Damned -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
12/30/03: Our Troops and Theirs -- Suvrat Raju, Znet
12/30/03: Another day of grinding occupation -- Dahr Jamail in Baghdad
12/30/03: In a dusty taxi, passengers of a new Iraq -- Hannah Allam, Philadelphia Inquirer
12/29/03: Checkpoints Prove Useless Against Suicide Bombers in Iraq -- Robert Fisk in Baghdad, The Independent
12/29/03: Samarra: Plenty of occupation troops, still no basic infrastructure -- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/28/03: Why is Al-Adamiyah Targeted by the Americans?-- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/28/03: From Baghdad: A Better World--Kathy Kelly, CommonDreams
12/27/03: From Joy to Despair: Iraqis Pay for Saddam's Capture--Robert Fisk in Baghdad, The Independent
12/27/03: US military using brutality, fear, and intimidation in Al-Adamiya -- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/27/03: 11 Killed, 172 Wounded in Karbala Attacks: Multiple Attacks Wreak Havoc on Iraqi City--Associated Press
12/26/03: The 400 Souls in Amiriya Shelter -- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/26/03: Iraq through the American looking glass -- Robert Fisk in Baghdad, The Independent
12/26/03: Deaths mount on both sides on Christmas Day in Iraq -- Robert Fisk in Baghdad, The Independent
12/26/03: Christmas in Baghdad -- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/26/03: Living by the Fence in Abu Ghraib -- Jo Wilding, Electronic Iraq
12/24/03: The Beauty of Iraq -- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/24/03: Iraq's "Path to Freedom" -- Dahr Jamail in Baghdad, Electronic Iraq
12/23/03: US military metes out collective punishment to Iraqi city -- Peter Symonds, World Socialist Website
12/23/03: AUDIO "Guilty of Being Palestinian" - Imprisoned Student Describes Harsh Treatment By U.S. Forces In Iraq -- Democracy Now
12/22/03: The Two Troublemakers: "Guilty of Being a Palestinian in Iraq" -- Kathy Kelly, Counterpunch.org
12/22/03: The Aftermath -- Jo Wilding in Baghdad, Electronic Iraq
12/22/03: Baghdad Burning: Questions and Fears... -- Girl-Blog in Iraq
12/21/03: No More Mr. Nice Guy: Bush Gets Serious About Killing Iraqis -- Kurt Nimmo, Counterpunch.org
12/21/03: Soldiers arrest secondary school students -- Human Shields
12/21/03: Letters the Troops Have Sent Me... -- Michael Moore
12/20/03: 'Staggering': Medical Evacuations of U.S. Military from Iraq Near 11,000 -- Mark Benjamin, UPI
12/19/03: Fight to the Death: The Iraqis Who Hated Saddam Hate the Americans More -- Paul McGeough, Sydney Morning Herald
12/19/03: Shooting Samarra's Schoolboys in the Back: Phantam Insurgents in Fantasyville -- Robert Fisk, Counterpunch.org
12/19/03: We must honour the dead: Thousands of Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the occupation. So why is there no official death toll? -- John Sloboda, The Guardian
12/18/03: Arresting Children -- Jo Wilding, Electronic Iraq
12/18/03: Growing Fury and Unrest -- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/18/03: Secondary School under Siege by US Forces -- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/18/03: Another Home Pillaged, More Illegal Detentions in Iraq -- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/17/03: Insurgents or protesters? 18 are killed in clashes with US troops -- Robert Fisk,. The Independent
12/16/03: Resistance attacks continue in Iraq -- Al Jazeera
12/14/03: Samarra-US Military Using Weapons of Mass Deception? -- Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
12/14/03: Army shells pose cancer risk in Iraq: Depleted uranium causing high radioactivity levels -- Antony Barnett, The Observer
12/13/03: Iraqis tell U.S. This is What Democracy Looks Like: Demonstrators Defy U.S. Occupation With Demand for an Election -- Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post
12/13/03: US Evades Blame for Iraqi Deaths -- Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe
12/13/03: AUDIO & TRANSCRIPT "My Son Stepped on an American Cluster Bomb" – Father of U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Speaks Out -- Democracy Now
12/12/03: Cluster Bombs, Decapitation Bombing Killed Hundreds, Says Human Rights Watch -- Jim Lobe, OneWorld.net
12/12/03: Cluster bombs kill in Iraq, even after shooting ends -- Paul Wiseman, USA Today
12/10/03: U.S. Arrests Iraqi Union Leaders -- David Bacon, Pacific News Service
12/11/03: Iraq Halts Its Count of Civilian War Deaths -- Los Angeles Times
12/11/03: Almost Half of New Iraqi Army Quits -- Agence France Presse
12/9/03: 'Bonkers, Insane': Israel Trains US Assassination Squads in Iraq -- Julian Borger, The Guardian
12/7/03: Catching Up -- Jo Wilding in Baghdad, Iraq Peace Team
12/7/03: Tough New Tactics by U.S. Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns -- Dexter Wilkins, New York Times
12/6/03: Appointment in Samarra -- Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
12/6/03: The True Story of the Battle of Samarra: A Bloody Victory or Dangerous Fantasy? -- Phil Reeves, The Independent
12/5/03: Testimony of an Iraqi Minor Detained and Mistreated by US Forces -- Christian Peacemaker Team--Iraq
12/5/03: Samarra: an entire city up in arms -- May Ying, Al Jazeera
12/4/03: US, Iraqis continue to differ over what happened in Samarra -- Tom Regan, Christian Science Monitor
12/3/03: Father of dead U.S. soldier: ”Bring Our Children Home!” George Bush has turned U.S. soldiers into "victims and assassins" -- Diego Cevallos, Inter Press Service
12/3/03: AUDIO Did the U.S Lie About What Happened in Samarra? -- Democracy Now
12/2/03: Eye Witness Report: The "Battle" At Samarra -- Muhammad Abu Nasr, Information Clearing House
12/2/03: Iraqis deny US accounts of fierce fight with 'guerrillas' -- Phil Reeves, The Independent
12/2/03: US military opens fire on Iraqi civilians following skirmish in Samarra -- World Socialist Website, David Walsh
12/1/03: Devastation in Iraqi Town as US Responds to Ambush with Deadly Fire -- Agence France Presse
12/1/03: Mystery shrouds whereabouts of bodies of 54 'insurgents' said killed by US -- Agence France Presse
12/1/03: Iraqis Dispute Samarra Battle Casualties -- The Guardian
12/1/03: Innocents Killed in U.S. Attack on Samarra -- Al-Jazeera
November, 2003: 257 days (as of 11/30/03) of US Invasion / Occupation of Iraq
11/29/03: Hearts and Minds - US style -- Scott Taylor, Al Jazeera
11/29/03: Guerrilla War in Iraq Spreading -- Bryan Bender, Boston Globe
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U.S. Military use of Bagging detainees is a source of major Iraqi resentment. US continues to humiliate Iraqis -- Lawrence Smallman, Al Jazeera, 11/23/03
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Fearful women and children bound by US soldiers in their home. Shocking images shame US forces in Iraq -- By Yvonne Ridley and Lawrence Smallman, Al-Jazeera, 11/9/03
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11/28/03: US soldiers allegedly kill two girls in Iraq -- ABC News Online
11/28/03: Families of U.S. Soldiers Going on Iraq Peace Mission -- Michelle Morgant, The Guardian
11/26/03: How Cleric Trumped U.S. Plan for Iraq: Ayatollah's Call for Vote Forced Occupation Leader to Rewrite Transition Strategy -- Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post
11/24/03: Iraqi families want retribution for deaths caused by U.S. military -- Vivienne Walt, San Francisco Chronicle
11/23/03: US continues to humiliate Iraqis -- Lawrence Smallman, Al Jazeera
11/21/03: Recipe for Terror -- Felicity Arbuthnot, CommonDreams.org
11/20/03: Difficult Days... Baghdad Burning -- Girl Blog from Iraq
11/19/03: Explosions, Shortages, Instability: In Baghdad, It's Back to the Future -- Phil Reeves & Kim Sengupta, The Independent
11/19/03: Destruction of Iraqi Homes Within 'Rules of War,' Spokesman Says -- Jeff Wilkinson, Knight Ridder
11/18/03: Is this Palestine or Iraq? In Tikrit, US Destroys Homes of Suspected Guerrillas -- Jeff Wilkinson, Knight-Ridder Newspapers
11/15/03: Iraq farmers say US army threatens to bomb homes -- Michael Georgy, Reuters
11/14/03: Baghdad Family Made Homeless by U.S. Missile Still Can't Rebuild -- Anthony Shadid, Washington Post
11/14/03: Iraq: The Crumbling Coalition -- Rupert Cornwell & Phil Reeves, The Independent
11/14/03: The Hidden Cost of Bush's War: America's invisible army of maimed and crippled servicemen -- Andrew Buncombe, The Independent
11/12/03: Iraqi Death Toll, Health Perils Assessed by Medical Group -- Jim Lobe, OneWorld.net
11/9/03: Shocking images shame US forces in Iraq -- By Yvonne Ridley and Lawrence Smallman, Al-Jazeera
11/9/03: U.S. practices terror and collective punishment: Military's 'show of force' in Saddam's hometown deepens resentment of America -- By Hamza Hendawi, The Boston Globe
11/9/03: It's not Saddam Hussein: Americans sow seeds of hatred -- Patrick Graham, The Observer
11/9/03: Iraqi doctors dismiss claims that Jessica Lynch was raped in hospital -- Scheherezade Faramarzi Nasiriyah, The Independent
11/4/03: Second Bold Attack in Two Nights on U.S. in Baghdad -- Luke Baker, Reuters
11/3/03: Chinook Attack: The Bloodiest Day in Iraq for Americans -- Patrick Cockburn in Fallujah, Counterpunch.org
11/3/03: Iraqi child crushed by US tank in addition to up to 14 Iraqi Civilians Killed in Protest of U.S. Occupation -- Nurah Tape, Al-Jazeera
11/3/03: AUDIO Pacifica Correspondent Jerry Quickley on Iraqi Resistance and Life Under Occupation in Baghdad - Democracy Now
11/2/03: Bloody Sunday in Iraq -- BBC
October, 2003: 226 days (as of 10/31/03) of US Invasion / Occupation of Iraq
10/31/03: Baghdad Diary: Iraqis are Naming Their Babies "Saddam" -- Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch.org
10/31/03: UN to pull staff out of Iraq in wake of suicide bombings -- Patrick Cockburn in Fallujah, The Independent
10/30/03: Colorado Soldier Resists Orders: “Something happens, you ask for help and they throw the book at you and kick you to the curb.” -- By John Diedrich, Colorado Springs Gazette
10/30/03: The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict -- Project on Defense Alternatives
10/30/03: Eyewitness Bagdhad: Running the gauntlet of small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades after check-in at Baghdad airport -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
10/29/03: AUDIO & TRANSCRIPT Veteran Iraqi Journalist Discusses Iraqi Civilian Casualties, the Media and The U.S. Occupation of Her Country -- Democracy Now
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10/29/03: New Study: Up to 15,000 Iraqi People Killed in US Invasion -- Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
10/29/03: AUDIO & TRANSCRIPT “This is a Resistance Movement, Whether We Like It or Not” – Robert Fisk on Iraq -- Democracy Now
10/28/03: Iraq's Guerrillas Adopt New Strategy: Copy The Americans -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
10/28/03: Arabs Blame United States for Baghdad Bloodbath -- Edmund Blair, Reuters
10/27/03: Baghdad Reels Under Mass Terror Attack from Series of Spectacular Bombings -- Agence France Presse
10/27/03: One, two, three, what are they fighting for? -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
10/26/03: Rockets Hit Baghdad Hotel Where Wolfowitz Staying--Reuters
10/23/03: U.S. Raid Nets Whole Iraqi Village -- Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press
10/22/03: Case Study: Iraqi Civilian Deaths--Martin Asser, BBC Online
10/21/03: Beginnings of Mass AWOL? US Soldiers Fail to Report for Flights Back to Iraq -- Agence France Presse
10/17/03: 'Post-War' US Combat Toll Tops 100 as Four More Troops Killed in Iraq -- Agence France Presse
10/14/03: Inside the Iraqi resistance -- Zaki Chehab, The Guardian
10/14/03: Is anyone listening?-- Cathy Breen in Baghdad, Electronic Iraq
10/12/03: Collective Punishment: US Soldiers Bulldoze Farmers' Crops in Iraq -- Patrick Cockburn in Dhuluaya, The Independent
10/11/03: Shiite Leader Forms Shadow Cabinet, Anti-U.S. Fervor Ups -- Islam-Online
10/10/03: From Triumph Has Sprung Murderous Fiasco: Ignoring Iraqis Comes With A Terrible Price -- Patrick Cockburn, ZNet
10/5/03: U.S. / U.K. Troops kill rioters in Baghdad and Basra -- Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
10/1/03: Oil, War and Panic: Don't Tell Me America Would Have Invaded Iraq If Its Chief Export was Beetroot -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
10/1/03: Police Open Fire to Break Up Iraqi Jobless Protest -- Andrew Gray, Reuters
September, 2003: 195 days (as of 9/30/03) of US Invasion / Occupation of Iraq
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Three-year-old Iraqi girl Eman Mohamad lies in a hospital near the town of Falluja 30 miles west of Baghdad, after being injured by U.S. soldiers. U.S. Troops Kill Iraqis; Guerrillas Attack Hotel Housing Senior U.S. Officials, 9/27/03
More News and Analysis on the US Occupation of Iraq
PHOTOS & VIDEO Two young boys in Iraq comb the rubble of spent munitions -- Iraq in the Aftermath: Visions of the Future -- Investigative Report by Lee Siu Hin from Baghdad
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9/29/03: 7 U.S. Soldiers Reportedly killed In Iraq, 1 Iraqi child killed by U.S. soldiers and Iraqi official nearly assassinated -- IslamOnline.net
9/28/03: Missiles Strike At Heart Of US Occupation -- Robert Fisk in Baghdad, The Independent
9/27/03: U.S. Troops Kill Iraqis; Guerrillas Attack Hotel Housing Senior U.S. Officials -- Fiona O'Brien & Suleiman al-Khalidi, Reuters
9/27/03: Fallujah: Heart of Iraqi Resistance to the U.S. Occupation -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
9/26/03: Bomb Destroys The Media's Illusions -- Robert Fisk in Baghdad, The Independent
9/25/03: Brutal Reality That Fans The Flames Of Hatred In Iraq -- Robert Fisk in Saqlawiyah, Iraq, The Independent
9/24/03: US wipes out family in missile attack -- Al-Jazeera.net
9/24/03: Two Iraqi Boys, Injured, Tell of a Jet Attack in the Night--Alex Berenson, The New York Times
9/23/03: Interview with Vietnam War Veteran David Cline: The Iraqis have a right to self-determination -- International Socialist Review
9/22/03: A poignant Iraqi tragedy -- Robert Fisk in Baghdad, The Independent
9/21/03: Another Day In The Bloody Death Of Iraq -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
9/21/03: Stretched Thin, Lied to & Mistreated: On the ground with US troops in Iraq -- Christian Parenti, The Nation
9/20/03: Iraq's occupiers suspected of losing touch with reality -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
9/19/03: Another Day, Another Death-Trap For The US -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
9/18/03: AUDIO & TRANSCRIPT Robert Fisk on Wesley Clark & Iraq: “What is Happening Is An Absolute Slaughter Every Night of Iraqi People” -- Democracy Now
9/18/03: U.S. Soldier in Iraq: "I have participated in what I believe to be the great modern lie" -- Tim Predmore with the 101st Airborne Division near Mosul, Iraq, Los Angeles Times
9/16/03: Iraqi police ready to turn guns on US troops -- Richard Lloyd Parry in Falluja, The London Times
9/14/03: Secret slaughter by night, lies and blind eyes by day -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
9/13/03: A hail of bullets, a trail of dead, and a mystery the US is in no hurry to resolve -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
9/12/03: Iraqi town seethes as US withholds bodies, information in deadly shootings -- Rouba Kabbara, Agence France-Presse
9/9/03: Letter from Baghdad: The Progress of Disaster -- Christian Parenti, In These Times
9/7/03: Farah tried to plead with the US troops but she was killed anyway -- Peter Beaumont, The Observer
9/4/03: All We Want is Security -- Kathy Kelly in Baghdad, Iraq, Voices in the Wilderness
9/3/03: Sounds of Grief, Pain and Hope -- John Farrell in Baghdad, Iraq, Voices in the Wilderness
9/2/03: A Nation on the Brink of Civil War--Robert Fisk, The Independent
9/2/03: Number of U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Action on Rise -- Vernon Loeb, Washington Post
9/1/03: Photo Story: Bombing of Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf -- Jamal A. Wilson, Electronic Iraq
August, 2003: 165 days (as of 8/31/03) of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
8/30/03: Mosque Bombing Biggest Setback for U.S. Since Iraq Invasion Began --- Tim Harper, Toronto Star
8/30/03: U.S. Resident Feels the Occupation Close-Up -- Cathy Breen in Baghdad, Voices in the Wilderness
8/29/03: 82 Iraqis Killed in Bombing of Mosque: US Struggles in 'Out of Control' Iraq, Experts Say -- Agence France Presse
8/26/03: Grassroots Democracy in Iraq, American Style -- Medea Benjamin, CommonDreams.org
8/25/03: In Iraq, Labor Protest is a Crime -- David Bacon, Counterpunch
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An injured man emerges from the wreckage of the Canal Hotel following the deadly bombing Tuesday at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. Terror in Iraq: Aid workers paint image of postwar chaos -- 8/20/03
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8/24/03: ‘Over 400 women kidnapped, raped in post-war Iraq’ -- Agence France Presse
8/20/03: Bush's Crumbling Authority in Iraq: Now No One is Safe -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
8/20/03: Terror in Iraq: Aid workers paint image of postwar chaos -- Moni Basu, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
8/19/03: The things that keep us here -- Caoimhe Butterly in Baghdad, Iraq
8/19/03: US Admits Cameraman Was Shot Dead at Close Range -- Justin Huggler, The Independent
8/19/03: Gaza journalists honour fallen Reuters colleague killed by U.S. soldiers -- By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters
8/18/03: 'Why I attacked US troops' -- Ferry Biedermann, Asia Times
8/16/03: US Justice in Iraq: Hundreds of Civilians in Jail without charge or question -- Jonathon Steele, The Guardian
8/15/03: Iraqi Kids Toil in Dickensian Desperation--Vivienne Walt, San Francisco Chronicle
8/14/03: Shiite Muslim group demands U.S. troops leave Baghdad a day after Americans fired on protesters -- Tarek Al-Issawi, Associated Press
8/13/03: U.S. soldiers fire into thousands of protesting Iraqis, killing 1 -- Tarek Al-Issawi, Associated Press
8/10/03: Firing blindly during a power cut, U.S. soldiers kill a father and three children in their car -- Justin Huggler, The Independent
8/8/03: US occupation forces attack Iraqi journalists -- Jeremy Johnson, World Socialist Website
8/8/03: Carnage at Al Mansur -- Felicity Arbuthnot, CommonDreams.org
8/8/03: Children in Iraq caught in crossfire of gunbattles, kidnappings--David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
8/6/03: Adding Indifference to Injury: At Least 20,000 Civilians Injured in Iraq War -- Hamit Dardagan, John Sloboda and Kay Williams of Iraq Body Count Project for Counterpunch.org
8/6/03: Iraqi Town's Anger Explodes Into Chaotic Revolt -- Anthony Shadid, Washington Post
8/5/03: Officials Confirm Dropping Firebombs on Iraqi Troops, Results are 'remarkably similar' to using napalm -- James W. Crawley, San Diego Union-Tribune
8/1/03: Iraq Isn't Working -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
8/1/03: Facing resistance -- Graham Usher, Al-Ahram Weekly
July, 2003: 134 days of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
7/29/03: Troops Turn Botched Saddam Raid Into A Massacre -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
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PHOTOS & VIDEO Two young boys in Iraq comb the rubble of spent munitions -- Iraq in the Aftermath: Visions of the Future -- Investigative Report by Lee Siu Hin from Baghdad |
7/29/03: "We Keep Asking Ourselves Who’s Next" -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
7/28/03: Bloody U.S. Raid in Baghdad Leaves Iraqis Furious; Five Civilians Killed -- Cynthia Johnston, Reuters
7/28/03: 'I Did Not Want to Be a Collaborator' -- Isam al-Khafaji, The Guardian
7/25/03: Guerrilla war in Iraq is out of control -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
7/19/03: U.S. Attacked Iraqi Defenses Starting in 2002 -- Michael R. Gordon, New York Times
7/11/03: U.S. Leaves Injured Iraqis Untreated--Ali Abunimah, Electronic Iraq
7/7/03: Two U.S. Soldiers, Two Iraqis Die in Fresh Attacks--Nadim Ladki, Reuters
7/5/03: Dead on the fourth of July: One US soldier and 11 Iraqis -- Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
7/02/03: American soldiers face new deadly enemy--Robert Fisk, The independent (UK)
June, 2003: 103 days of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
6/30/03: UK Soldier Punched Iraqi Civilian--This Is London
6/25/03: Coalition Suffers a Deadly Day as 6 British Soldiers Are Killed--A.Cowell, New York Times
6/20/03: Iraqi Gunmen Curse America at Protestor's Funeral--Reuters
6/20/03: Just another Day in Baghdad--Rory McCarthy, The Guardian
6/18/03: U.S. Troops Kill Two Iraqi Protesters-- A. Max, Associated Press
6/18/03: Iraqis Say U.S. Fired Indiscriminately--S. Jerges, Associated Press
6/10/03: U.S. Soldiers Face Growing Resistance -- William Booth/Daniel Williams, Washington Post
6/9/03: Coalition Cracks Down on Growing Unrest -- Middle East Times
6/6/03: Iraq Heading for Summer of Diarrhoea--Kate Bulbulien, CARE International
6/3/03: Iraqis Protest U.S. Presence, Women Body Searches -- Hassan Hafidh, Reuters
6/1/03: "Occupiers are failing desperate city" -- Jo Dillon, The Independent
May 27, 2003: Day 70 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
5/27/03: Iraqi Officials Say Looting of Ancient Sites Continues Despite Pleas to U.S. Troops for Help -- Edmund L. Andrews, nytimes.com
May 23, 2003: Day 66 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
5/23/03: U.S. soldiers clash with Iraqis, killing 2 -- John Hendren and Azadeh Moaveni, Los Angeles Times
May 22, 2003: Day 65 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
5/22/03: Clashes erupt in flashpoint Iraqi town -- BBC News
5/22/03: Surveys pointing to high civilian death toll in Iraq -- Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor
May 16, 2003: Day 59 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
5/16/03: Coalition 'tortured Iraqi POWs' -- Amnesty International
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A WARNING: American troops left a sign in Arabic on a truck destroyed when the ammunition on board - including DU rounds - exploded. The sign says: "Danger - Get away from this area." 5/15/03. |
May 15, 2003: Day 58 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/15/03: The truth about Jessica -- John Kampfner, The Guardian
5/15/03: Toxic U.S. Ammo Litters Iraq; High Levels of Radiation Found... -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor
U.S. Corporate Press:
5/15/03: U.S. Under Fire for Use of Cluster Bombs in Iraq -- Jack Epstein, San Francisco Chronicle
5/15/03: Rumsfeld: U.S. Used New Missile in Iraq That Kills People Without Destroying Buildings - AP
May 14, 2003: Day 57 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Eyewitness Reports:
5/14/03: A new chapter in the Republican administration's brutalizing of Iraqi people -- Michael Birmingham, Iraq Peace Team
U.S. Corporate Press:
5/14/03: Six Iraqi children killed playing with bomb -- Reuters
May 12, 2003: Day 55 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/12/03:
Aid Officials Overwhelmed by Chaos and Violence--by Alan Philps in Baghdad, commondreams.org
5/12/03:
A Minister Quits, Buildings Burn, Rubbish Rots. So Much for the 'Reconstruction'--by Donald Macintyre in Baghdad, commondreams.org
U.S. Corporate Press:
5/12/03:
Top Shiite leader calls for withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq--By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press
May 10, 2003: Day 53 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/10/03: Troops die rescuing injured child -- Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian
May 9, 2003: Day 52 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/9/03: Pentagon challenged over cluster bomb deaths -- Mark Oliver, The Guardian
U.S. Corporate Press:
5/9/03: Witnesses Say U.S. Troops Shoot Dead Iraqi Man -- Reuters
5/9/03: Eighty People Rounded Up in Iraqi Town -- Reuters
May 8, 2003: Day 51 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/8/03: WHO warns of Iraq cholera outbreak -- George Wright, The Guardian
May 7, 2003: Day 50 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Eyewitness Reports:
5/7/03: Do you get it, yet? -- Caiohme Butterly, Iraq Peace Team
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/7/03: How Many Civilians Were Killed by Cluster Bombs? The Pentagon says 1: Iraq Body Count says at least 200 -- IraqBodyCount.org
5/7/03: AUDIO “At least when Saddam was here there may not have been freedom but there was security: Democracy Now! Producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from streets of Baghdad -- Democracy Now
May 6, 2003: Day 49 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Eyewitness Reports:
5/6/03: Al-Thawra -- Caoimhe Butterly, Iraq Peace Team
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/6/03: US Troops "Encouraged" Iraqi Looters -- Jonathan Duffy, BBC in Nasiriya
5/6/03: Serious sanitation problems persist in Baghdad -- Report, IRIN
May 5, 2003: Day 48 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/5/03: Boy Killed in Basra Army Incident -- Ewan MacAskill, The Guardian
5/5/03: Britain and US accused over cluster bombs -- Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian
U.S. Corporate Press:
5/5/03: U.N. Officials Warn of a Humanitarian Crisis -- Eric Slater, Los Angeles Times
5/5/03: When the Dust Settles: Do Armor-Piercing Munitions Pose Threat Long After War? -- Karsten Strauss, ABC News
May 4, 2003: Day 47 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
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5/4/03: A Tank Called "Hostile" -- Christian Peacemaker Teams, Baghdad |
Eyewitness Reports:
5/4/03: A Tank Called "Hostile" -- Christian Peacemaker Teams, Baghdad
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/4/03: Iraqi rage grows after Fallujah massacre -- Phil Reeves in Fallujah, The Independent
5/4/03: Bloodshed and bullets fuel rising hatred of Americans -- Ed Vulliamy in Fallujah, The Observer
5/4/03: The Real 'Saving of Private Lynch' -- Iraqi Medical Staff Tell a Different Story Than US Military -- Mitch Potter, Toronto Star
U.S. Corporate Press:
5/4/03: Civilian deaths in Baghdad total at least 1,101 -- Matthew Schofield, Nancy A. Youssef and Juan O. Tamayo, Knight Ridder News Service
May 3, 2003: Day 46 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
U.S. Corporate Press:
5/3/03: Baghdad battle 'killed 2,300' -- AP
May 2, 2003: Day 45 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
5/2/03: Iraqi teen shares her diary of war -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor |
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/2/03: Iraq situation critical, warn aid agencies -- The Guardian
5/2/03: Iraq and ruin --Neal Ascherson, The Guardian
U.S. Corporate Press:
5/2/03: Iraqi teen shares her diary of war -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor
5/2/03: US soldiers to Iraqis: "I ©pork" Iraqi City Simmers With New Attack -- Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Scott Wilson, Washington Post
5/2/03: U.S. troops clash with exile leader's militia Shootout latest in string of problems -- Barbara Slavin and Dave Moniz, USA TODAY
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Residents hold up a banner after three people were killed when US troops opened fire on a crowd protesting their presence in their town of Fallujah, 4/30/03..
Iraqi demonstrators march in the street in Fallujah, Iraq Wednesday April 30, 2003 minutes before U.S. soldiers in a convoy opened fire on demonstrators for the second time this week.
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May 1, 2003: Day 44 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Foreign / Alternative Press:
5/1/03: I watched in horror as American troops opened fire on a crowd of 1,000 unarmed people here yesterday.-- Chris Hughes, The Mirror
5/1/03: Mob Fury as US Soldiers Shoot Two Protesters Dead -- Catherine Philp, The London Times
5/1/03: Falluja grenade attack injures US soldiers -- The Guardian
5/1/03: Killings in Al Fallujah, City of Mosques: Has America Taken on a New Military Culture with New Rules that Allow Us to Kill Civilians at Will? -- Sam Hamod, Counterpunch
5/1/03: We'll "kick you out" or "kill you": Associated Press Puts Violent Words in Iraqi Protesters' Mouths -- The Memory Hole
April 30, 2003: Day 43 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Eyewitness Reports:
4/30/03: Crowd control, American-style -- Caoimhe Butterly in Baghdad, Iraq Peace Team
Foreign / Alternative Press:
4/30/03: US troops 'shoot dead two more Iraqis' -- George Wright, The Guardian
4/30/03: To the US troops it was self-defence. To the Iraqis it was murder -- Jonathan Steele in Falluja, The Guardian
4/30/03: US fired warning shorts that were interpreted as gunfire from Iraqi demonstrators -- CBC AUDIO report (click on "On As It Happens Mitchell Prothero of United Press International describes what happened in Falluja.")
U.S. Corporate Press:
4/30/03: U.S. Soldiers Fire on Iraq Demonstrators Again -- Niko Price, AP
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An Iraqi man lies injured in his hospital bed surrounded by his parents in Falluja hospital, 50 kms (30 miles) west of Baghdad, April 29, 2003. U.S. troops shot dead at least 13 Iraqis during an anti-American protest in the town overnight, witnesses said on Tuesday, in a clash likely to inflame anger at the U.S. presence in Iraq. |
April 29, 2003: Day 42 of US Invasion/Occupation of Iraq
Eyewitness Reports:
4/29/03: Iraqi Man Arrested at U.S. Checkpoint -- Scott Kerr and Lisa Martens in Baghdad, Christian Peacemaker Teams
Foreign / Alternative Press:
4/30/03: At least 10 dead as US soldiers fire on school protest -- Phil Reeves in Fallujah, Iraq, The Independent
4/29/03: AUDIO Brutal crackdown on Iraqi protesters by U.S. occupation forces is continuing: U.S. troops kill three more Iraqis in Fallujah bringing the total of the week to 18. We go to Fallujah to speak with an AFP reporter -- Democracy Now
