Cedar Rapids Kennedy students march for and against war
In Cedar Rapids a mix of Kennedy High School students joined peaceful and pro war demonstrations near First Avenue and Noelridge Park. Some ditched class with parents' OK to support troops while others urged humanitarian aid for Iraq. Both sides say their aim is to save lives and promote peace, not murder.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Lee Greenwood
Kennedy High School
Iraq
First Avenue
First Avenue E
First Street
Kennedy
Noelridge Park
American Legion
Junior Maria Robinson
Kevin Wolf
Ashley Springer
Rajeev Haymond
Amanda Carder
Iraq’s U.N. envoy says game is over as fall of Baghdad unfolds
U S officials declare Saddam’s regime collapsing as Iraqi forces wane in major cities. Marines topple Saddam statue in central Baghdad while U S and British forces push toward humanitarian aid. Saddam’s fate unclear as staff plead for peace amid ongoing combat and desert skies.
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U.S. Central Command
Buford C. Blount III
Army
Pentagon
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Saddam
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Rumsfeld
Iraq
U.N
Mohammed Ali Douri
New York
U.S
Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bush
Rumsfeld says rewards planned for Saddam leaders capture
Defense officials outline reliance on Iraqi tips to locate Saddam Hussein and top Baath figures. Rewards in the low millions possible, with Osama bin Laden's $25 million bounty cited. U.S. forces hunt WMD sites, prevent leaders from fleeing, and seek missing POWs as 75th Exploitation Task Force and CIA/DIA units press the search.
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Saddam
Pentagon
Rumsfeld
Afghanistan
United States
Osama bin Laden
David Lapan
Syria
U.S
U.S. 75Th Exploitation Task Force
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
U.S. Central Command
Defense
Lapan
Iraq
Albu Muhawish
Karbala
Rasheed
75Th Exploitation Task Force
Navy
Scott Speicher
Meskwaki leadership dispute escalates toward federal hearing
On the eve of a federal hearing in Cedar Rapids, Meskwaki leaders clash as a seven member council appointed by Chief Old Bear asserts legitimacy while ousted Chairman Alex Walker Jr accuses fraud and violence. The tribal center remains under guard as banks freeze accounts and parties seek a tribe driven resolution per its constitution.
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Charles Old Bear
Alex Walker Jr
Walker
New Council
Old Council
Cedar Rapids
Homer Bear Jr
Old Bear
Devon Ward
Toledo
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Iowa
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Minneapolis
Smith
Wells Fargo Bank
State Bank of
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Tama County
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Jim Slosiarek
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