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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 2003
Page
3
Coordinated rebel strikes in Karbala target coalition bases and the governor's office killing 13 and wounding 172, including six coalition soldiers and civilians. A Polish led force guards the city as U S led administrators place 12 fugitives on bounty lists and heightened security.
Across seven days in Iraq, rebels conducted coordinated assaults on Karbala bases and the governor’s office, killing civilians and U.S. soldiers, while U.S. troops arrested suspects and tightened security. Attacks also damaged targets in Baghdad and other cities, drawing international reactions and high-level calls from leaders.
Wanda Orton reflects on Sam Houston Ashbel Smith and Albert Sidney Johnston as pivotal figures in Texas secession and Civil War history. Houston refused the oath, resigned as governor, and moved to Cedar Point while Smith and Johnston backed secession. After the war Smith led efforts to relocate Johnston’s remains to Austin, and Smith died in Evergreen near the state cemetery. Houston died in 1863 in Huntsville.
Comyn and other Texas border leaders warned the US VISIT policy could hurt border economies as Sen. John Cornyn visited Laredo and Mission to push legislation permitting six month stays for Mexican visitors. Hidalgo Mayor Franz urged balance between security and commerce while Reynosa’s Ramirez Diaz echoed fears of negative economic impact.
Rescue teams recovered two more bodies from a Christmas Day mudslide that devastated St Sophia Camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, bringing total fatalities to seven with seven missing. A second slide nearby killed two people as fires burned the area, and most recovered victims were children or were believed to be.
Rescue teams in Provo Utah searched over ten acres buried under more than sixteen feet of snow for three snowboarders feared dead. Despite exhausting efforts, no trace of the men was found as rescue dogs suffered injuries from ice while probing a backcountry canyon in northern Utah.
Tens of thousands feared dead after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake demolished muc-brick blocks in an Iranian city. Relatives and rescuers used bare hands to bulldozers as officials estimate deaths from 20,000 up to possibly double, with about 30,000 injured.
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