-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ANTI-IMPERIALISTE la liste de > http://chiffonrouge.org > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > --------------------------- > 1) Two US Soldiers Killed, 12 Wounded In Rocket Attack > On US Army Base > 2) Four Iraqi Policemen Injured In Grenade Attack In > Kirkuk > 3) Ethnic Turkmen Leader Killed, Another Injured In > Post-War Internecine Violence > 4) 82 Killed, Over 200 Injured In Iraq Suicide > Attacks, Explosions > 5) 100 Feared Dead In Suicide Bombings > 6) Iraq's Calendar Of Death > 7) British Soldier Killed In 'Tragic Accident,' > Bringing UK Fatalities To 58 > 8) Cold Comfort: Spouse Killed In Iraq, Afghanistan? > Fast-Talking, Purple-Suited 'TV Entrepreneur' Offers > Cash > > > > > 1) > http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2479598 > > The Scotsman > February 2, 2004 > > Two American Soldiers Killed in Central Iraq > "PA" > > > One American soldier was killed and 12 others injured > in a rocket attack today on an Army base in central > Iraq, the U.S. military said. > > Another soldier was killed and two others hurt in a > vehicle accident, when their Humvee overturned near > the town of Haditha, 175 kilometres (105 miles) west > of Balad, the military said. It said the condition of > the two injured soldiers was not known > > The rocket landed inside a logistics support base of > the 4th Infantry Division in Balad, 80 kilometres (50 > miles) south of the division's headquarters in Tikrit, > an Army statement said. > > It said two of the injured soldiers were in a serious > condition. Following the attack, troops detained 16 > people including four women for questioning, it said > without elaborating. > > Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, is part of the > Sunni Triangle, where most of the anti-U.S. insurgency > has taken place. > > The deaths raised to 524 the number of U.S. service > members who have died since the Iraq war began in > March. > ----------------------------------------------------- > 2) > http://www.iribnews.com/Full_en.asp?news_id=197635 > > Islamic Republic Of Iran Broadcasting > February 1, 2004 > > 4 Iraqi police injured > > > Kirkuk, Feb 1 - Four Iraqi police were injured Sunday > in an attack in the northern city of Kirkuk, where > security forces have been deployed en masse amid fears > of an attack timed to coincide with major muslim > holiday of Eid al-Adha, police said. > > "Unknown attackers threw a grenade at a police patrol > at 5:30 am, before dawn prayers in the al-Uruba > district of eastern Kirkuk," police colonel Khattar > Abdullah Aaref said." > > Four police were injured, one seriously," he said. > > On Saturday, more than 5,000 officers were deployed > across Kirkuk, 255 kilometres (160 miles) north of > Baghdad, after threats of an attack during the Eid > al-Adha feast of the sacrifice which begins sunday. > > Police general Turhan Yussef said 15 police stations > had been reinforced while vehicles had been dispatched > to guard mosques across the district. > > Senior coalition officials on Friday said they were > bracing themselves for a possible increase in violence > during the three-day Eid festivities. > > A homemade explosive device on Saturday killed three > US soldiers riding in a convoy southwest of Kirkuk, a > US military spokesman said. > ------------------------------------------------------ > 3) > http://www.iribnews.com/Full_en.asp?news_id=197607&n=38 > > IRIB (Iran) > February 1, 2004 > > Turkmen official killed in Iraq > > > Kirkuk, Iraq, Jan 31 - An Iraqi Turkmen party official > was killed Saturday and another injured in an attack > near this northern oil city, a police official said. > > Mahdi Hussein Turkmani was killed and Hussein Abbas > injured when assailants opened fire from a car on > their car in the mostly Turkmen town of Taza, 15 > kilometres (nine miles) south of Kirkuk, police > colonel Turhan Yussef said. > > The two men are leadership members of the Iraqi > Turkmen front, a group opposed to Kurds' demand of a > federated state in northern Iraq. > > The Kurds view the Turkmen front as a pro-Turkey > party. > > Kirkuk, 255 kilometres (160 miles) north of Baghdad, > has been the scene or ethnic rivalries between Arabs, > Kurds and Turkmen. > ------------------------------------------------------ > 4) > http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_2-2-2004_pg1_3 > > Daily Times (Pakistan) > February 2, 2004 > > 82 killed, over 200 injured in Iraq suicide attacks > and explosions > > * US troops arrest 35 Iraqis > * Wolfowitz makes surprise visit to Iraq > > BAGHDAD: Some 56 people were killed and approximately > 200 wounded when two suicide bombers blew themselves > up at two Kurdish party offices in the northern Iraqi > city of Arbil and an explosion at an arms depot killed > 20 Iraqis on Sunday. > > Suicide attackers detonated belts of explosives inside > two Kurdish political offices packed with people > celebrating Eid ul Azha, officials said. > > US Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy head of > coalition operations, told a press conference that > there were reports of a number of senior Kurdish > officials being killed in the blasts. > > One of the two Kurdish parties that were targetted > quickly blamed Islamist extremists for the deadly > attacks on the first day of Eidul Azha. > > The bombers separately entered the offices of the > Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan > Democratic Party (KDP) and detonated explosive belts > amid lax security because of the start of Eid. > > Witnesses said that among the dead were a senior > member of each party, Saad Abdallah from the KDP, and > Shahwan Abbas from the PUK. > > Twenty Iraqis who were killed when they stormed a > munitions depot and it blew up, the Polish spokesman > for the multinational force in Iraq said. > > "About 20 people got into a fortified building shortly > after midnight (early Sunday) and caused an explosion > in the huge munitions depot in the desert, 180 > kilometres southwest of Karbala," Colonel Robert > Strzelecki said quoted by the Polish news agency PAP. > > "The intruders were detected by radar, but our > soldiers did not have the time to stop them," he > added. > > A mortar bomb exploded on a crowded Baghdad street > late Saturday in the northern Baladiyyat district of > Baghdad, killing four Palestinians and one Iraqi and > leaving 14 wounded. More than 500 people gathered in > the capital on Sunday for the funerals of the four > Palestinians, as gunshots rang out to mourn the dead > and protest against the violence. > > An Iraqi Turkmen party official was also shot dead and > another died from his wounds Sunday after an ambush by > unidentified gunmen near Kirkuk, a police official > said. > > Four police officers were injured on Sunday in Kirkuk > shortly after dawn prayers, when attackers lobbed a > grenade at a police patrol. More than 5,000 police > have been deployed in the city amid fears of Eid > violence. > > A US soldier was killed on Sunday and 12 others > wounded when an American base was pounded by rockets > near Balad, a US military spokesman said. > > US troops on Sunday concluded three days of raids in > the northern Iraqi town of Bayji which netted 35 > people suspected of anti-coalition activities and > large quantities of weapons, a military spokeswoman > said. > > The raids - dubbed Operation Final Cut - were launched > on Jan 28 and left three Iraqis dead on Thursday, said > Major Josslyn Aberle, from the Tikrit-based 4th > Infantry Division.n. > > US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz made a > surprise return to Iraq on Sunday. > > Wolfowitz, one of the chief architects of the 2003 > US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, was expected > to meet US troops during his first visit here since > October when a rocket struck his hotel. > > Amid the unrest, Adnan Pachachi, the outgoing > president of the interim Governing Council, announced > plans to resurrect Iraq's once powerful Defence > Ministry and US overseer Paul Bremer said there were > now more Iraqi forces on the ground than coalition > troops. > > "Right now in Iraq, there are more Iraqis providing > security than there are coalition forces here," said > Bremer, as 500 policemen graduated a training course > in Jordan. -Agencies > ------------------------------------------------------ > 5) > http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/01/1075570299564.html > > Associated Press > February 2, 2004 > > 100 feared dead in suicide bombings > > > Up to 100 people are feared dead after two suicide > bombers blew themselves up at the offices of two rival > Kurdish parties in northern Iraq, packed with hundreds > of people celebrating a Muslim holiday. > > The dead include the governor of the region, ministers > in the local administration and several senior > officials, Mohammed Ihsan, the minister for human > rights for the Kurdish regional government said. > > The near-simultaneous attacks at the offices of the > Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of > Kurdistan took place as party leaders were receiving > hundreds of visitors to mark the start of the four-day > Muslim holiday, Eid Al-Adha, or the Feast of > Sacrifice. > > "These figures are estimates but I believe about 60 > people were killed at the PUK and about 80 at the KDP. > There are a tremendous number of injured," Ihsan said. > > > "On the first day of Eid we receive people and > well-wishers and that's why security wasn't as tight > as during the rest of the days," he said. > > "They (the attackers) took advantage of this," he > said. > > He said the attacked offices were not the headquarters > of the two parties but branch offices. > > He said a state of emergency has been declared in the > Kurdish area and doctors have been asked to return > from Eid vacation. An urgent appeal has been issued to > residents to donate blood. > > Irbil is about 325km north of Baghdad. > > Ihsan said those among the dead are Irbil Governor > Akram Mintik, Deputy Prime Minister Sami Abdul Rahman, > Minister of Council of Ministers Affairs Shawkat Sheik > Yazdin, and Agriculture Minister Saad Abdullah. > > A KDP official, speaking on condition of anonymity, > said "dozens have been killed and dozens were > injured". He said the casualties are being evacuated > to two hospitals in the region. > > PUK spokesman Qubad Talabani told CNN that the death > toll "could well be in the dozens and the numbers are > rising . . . by the minute". > > "The scene is pretty chaotic at the moment. We are > hearing reports of many casualties. There are many, > many injured as well," he said, adding he could not > confirm that senior officials were killed. > > The PUK and KDP parties control the Kurdish-dominated > provinces of northern Iraq where most of the country's > minority Kurds live. There was no claim of > responsibility. However, a radical Kurdish group, > Ansar al-Islam, operates in the Kurdish region and has > been linked by US officials to al-Qaeda. > > Thousands of people crowded outside Irbil's hospital, > looking for loved ones but were kept out by police. > > Officials said the top Kurdish leaders were greeting > people when the attacker approached them and detonated > the explosives strapped around his body. > > The second attack took place at about the same time in > the office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan across > town, PUK spokesman Kadhim Ali said. He said several > people were killed and injured in the PUK attack. > > US military officials had said they were prepared for > any upsurge of violence in connection with the > holiday. The start of the Islamic fasting month of > Ramadan last year marked a sharp escalation in > violence against the US-led coalition and its Iraqi > allies. > > The attacks occurred a day after a car bomb outside a > police station in the northern city of Mosul killed at > least nine people and injured 45. > > Irbil houses the Kurdish parliament. Under US-led > aerial protection, Iraqi Kurds, ethnically distinct > from the majority Arabs, have ruled a > Switzerland-sized swath of northern Iraq since the end > of the Gulf War more than a decade ago. > > The last major attack in Irbil occurred on December 24 > when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed > car in front of the Kurdish Interior Ministry, killing > four civilians and inuring 101. > > In September, a suicide car bomber struck the US > intelligence headquarters in Irbil, killing three > Iraqis. > ------------------------------------------------------ > 6) > http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7249EF7C-4367-433A-83FD-0553D9DE12A4. htm > Al-Jazeera (Qatar) > February 2, 2004 > > Iraq's calendar of death > > > Fifty-six people were killed and some 200 wounded on > Sunday when twin suicide bombers blew themselves up at > the offices of the two major Kurdish parties in the > normally tranquil Kurkish-held city of Kirkuk. > > The country, invaded by US-led forces in March, has > been rocked by attacks since US President George Bush > declared major combat operations over on 1 May. > > Following is a list of the most deadly attack: > > 2003 > > 24 June: Six British military police are killed in the > southern Shiite town of Al-Majar Al-Kabir in a > gun-battle with residents, angry about house searches > for illegal weapons using dogs, considered unclean in > Islam. > > 5 July: Seven US-trained Iraqi police recruits are > killed and 40 wounded in a blast at a training centre > in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. > > 7 August: A car bomb outside the Jordanian mission in > Baghdad kills at least 14 people and wounds dozens. > > 11 August: Six Iraqi prisoners die and 59 are wounded > when the Abu Gharib prison west of Baghdad comes under > mortar fire. > > 19 August: A truck bomb outside UN headquarters in > Baghdad kills 22 people, including the world body's > Iraq envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello. > > > UN chief envoy Sergio Vieira de > Mello (R), was killed in August > > > 29 August: A car bomb kills 83 people, including > Iraq's leading Shiite politician, Ayatollah Muhammad > Baqir al-Hakim, and wounds 125 outside one of Shiite > Islam's holiest shrines in the central Iraqi city of > Najaf. > > 25 September: Eight Iraqi civilians die and 18 are > injured when a mortar bomb strikes a crowded square in > Baquba, a city northeast of Baghdad. > > 12 October: At least six people are killed and 10 > seriously wounded in a suicide car bombing outside the > Baghdad Hotel, home to US security personnel and > contractors, as well as some members of the US-backed > Governing Council. > > 26 October: Rockets pound Baghdad's Rashid Hotel where > US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is staying, > killing a soldier and wounding 17 other people. > > 27 October: Explosions across Baghdad target four > police stations and the International Committee of the > Red Cross, killing at least 43 people and wounding > 200. > > 2 November: A Chinook helicopter carrying US troops on > leave is shot down by a missile near Fallujah, killing > 16 soldiers and wounding 26. > > 7 November: A US Black Hawk helicopter is downed in > Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, > probably by a rocket-propelled grenade, killing all > six aboard. > > 12 November: A truck bomb attack in Nasiriya, southern > Iraq, kills 28 people, including 19 Italians in the > worst attack on Italian troops since World War II. > > 15 November: Two Black Hawk helicopters collide over > the northern city of Mosul after reportedly coming > under fire, killing 17 US soldiers. > > 22 November: At least 18 Iraqis are killed in twin > suicide bombings on police stations north of Baghdad. > > 29 November: Ambushes kill seven Spanish intelligence > agents near Suwayrah, south of Baghdad, two Japanese > diplomats and their Iraqi driver near Tikrit, two US > soldiers near the Syrian border and a Colombian > civilian contractor in northern Iraq. > > > Iraqi police walk past a burning > car after a bombing near a hotel > > 14 December: An explosion at the Khaldiya police > station in western Iraq kills 16 policemen and two > civilians, including a seven-year-old girl, and wounds > 29 more people, the day after the capture of former > president Saddam Hussein. > > 15 December: Two nearly simultaneous car bombs kill > eight people and wound at least 17 at Baghdad police > stations. > > 24 December: A suicide bombing kills five people, > including the bomber, and wounds 101 when a pick-up > truck blows up at interior ministry offices in the > Iraqi Kurdish city of Arbil. > > 27 December: Seven coalition soldiers -- five > Bulgarians and two Thais -- and 12 Iraqis are killed > and at least 180 people wounded, most of them Iraqis, > in a multiple car bomb and mortar attack in the > central city of Karbala. > > 31 December: Eight people are killed and 24 wounded > when an explosives-packed car rams into a popular > Baghdad restaurant on New Year's Eve. > > 2004 > > 18 January: At least 25 people, mainly Iraqis, are > killed and about 130 in a devastating suicide car > bombing outside the US headquarters in Baghdad. At > least two of the dead are believed to be US > contractors. > > 1 February: Fixty-six people are killed and some 200 > wounded when twin suicide bombers blew themselves at > the headquarters in the normally tranquil Kurdish-held > city of Arbil of the two leading Kurdish political > parties. > ------------------------------------------------------ > 7) > http://www.femail.co.uk/pages/standard/article.html?in_article_id=207147&in_ page_id=2 > Femail (Britain) > February 1, 2004 > > > Soldier killed in accident in Iraq > 1st February 2004 > > > -Mr Thomson's death brings the total death toll of > British soldiers in Iraq to 58. Since May 1 last year, > when President George Bush declared the main > hostilities of the conflict were over, 25 British > soldiers have died. > > > > A 22-year-old British soldier has been killed in a > "tragic accident" in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence > announced. > > Robert Thomson, from West Lothian, who was serving > with 35 Engineer Regiment, normally based in > Paderborn, Germany, was killed in Basra on Saturday, > an MoD spokesman said. > > He said: "It is with very deep regret that the > Ministry of Defence has to confirm that Sapper Robert > Thomson was killed in a tragic accident in Basra on 31 > January 2004." > > He added: "Our thoughts are very much with his family > at this difficult time." > > An MoD spokeswoman said unmarried Mr Thomson died > following an engineering accident relating to his job > in the 35 Engineer Regiment. > > The spokeswoman said: "The death was engineering > related, and was not as a result of a road crash, or > enemy fire. > > "An investigation has been launched into what happened > and it would be wrong to comment at this stage." > > Mr Thomson's regiment carries out a variety of roles > from construction to trench building, the spokeswoman > said. > > Mr Thomson's death brings the total death toll of > British soldiers in Iraq to 58. Since May 1 last year, > when President George Bush declared the main > hostilities of the conflict were over, 25 British > soldiers have died. > ------------------------------------------------------ > 8) > http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=20193 > > Stars And Stripes > February 1, 2004 > > Widows can turn to TV entrepreneur > By Sandra Jontz > > -Lesko is the goofy, fast-talking entrepreneur, clad > in a purple suit peppered with question marks, who has > gained recognition through his television commercials > hawking products and services to help people hunt for > money hidden in government coffers. > > > > ARLINGTON, Va. - Meighan Adamouski isn't too proud to > accept help. > > She needs all the aid she can get since her husband, > Army Capt. James Adamouski, died when his Black Hawk > crashed in the early days of the Iraq war. > > As a 30-year-old graduate student of public > administration at George Mason University in Fairfax, > Va., and living with her in-laws, she's more than > interested in help finding free college tuition > uncovered by a self-appointed advocate: Matthew Lesko. > > Lesko is the goofy, fast-talking entrepreneur, clad in > a purple suit peppered with question marks, who has > gained recognition through his television commercials > hawking products and services to help people hunt for > money hidden in government coffers. > > There are billions of dollars in services from job > training to health care just waiting for someone to > claim - but government agencies don't advertise them, > Lesko said. > > But he's cracked the code and hired a staff to do all > the research, for a fee, and usually a hefty one at > that, said the 60-year-old former sailor who served > three years, two months and nine days, "but who's > counting," he says. > > "I did it for real rich people who wanted to get real > richer," he said of search services that often charged > thousands of dollars in fees. Now, he publishes a > phone book-sized reference book, also available for > sale. > > But his services are free to surviving spouses of > troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. > > "The victims of 9/11 died in an accident, and they got > an average of $1.7 million apiece," Lesko said in a > recent interview. "The people who are fighting for our > freedoms, their families, they don't seem to get a > whole lot. We have people dying for this country and > they and their families deserve every little benefit > this country has to offer. > > "There's more than $350 billion given out by federal, > state and local governments for so many things, but > they don't advertise so people don't know about it," > Lesko said. > > He's not too worried about folks who might try to dupe > him out of a free search or two. "We're not going to > sniff under anyone's rug to find if they're cheating > us. If someone's going to try to take advantage, > that's just terrible." > > Lesko's offer couldn't come at a better time, said > Adamouski and Kristen Andrade, whose husband, Spc. > Michael Andrade, was killed Sept. 24 in Iraq when his > Humvee collided with a 5,000-gallon fuel tanker. > > Both widows have heard complaints from others who > didn't know about services available to them, such as > through Army Emergency Relief. > > It came as no surprise to AER's Greg Mason that > surviving spouses have said they didn't know anything > about benefits and services provided, such as > interest-free loans. > > "If there are a number of spouses who have not heard > about us for months, I don't doubt that. . Generally, > it's the knowledge of the soldier in the military, and > whether he takes that home and tells his spouse is > iffy at best," said Mason, the deputy director of > finance retired colonel who spent 28 years in the > Army. > > Andrade is still finding her way, and thinks Lesko > might be a good avenue. > > "There is so much I don't know about benefits and all, > and I'm sure this could really help," she said. "When > they contacted me, I was surprised. I said 'Wow, > people are actually thinking about us.' I think this > will be helpful to people left behind." > > - More information is available at: > www.helpyourself.lesko.com > > Surviving spouses can request help by e-mailing: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by calling (301) 929-8400. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Anti-imperialiste mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://chiffonrouge.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/anti-imperialiste
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