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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 2003
Page
3
A scientist described as the father of Iraq s nuclear weapons program has surrendered in a Middle Eastern country and is being questioned by U S officials. Jaffar al Jaffer is believed to know key people and locations of facilities connected to the program.
In northern Iraq under U S control looters tear through wells and support systems at oil fields near Kirkuk amid chaos. An engineer named Shad warns the damage will set Iraq back many years as saboteurs assault infrastructure.
Washington Post analysis of Pentagon data shows about 40 percent of U S casualties in Iraq stem from noncombat incidents. Among 121 deaths in the combat zone, many occurred in accidents or by friendly fire, with 12 identified as killed in action but outside fighting areas. The toll spans 38 states, predominantly ages 20s and 30s, with notable minority representation and a lone woman, Pfc Lori Piestewa.
The White House and other agencies label Syria a rogue nation amid accusations of harboring terrorists and Iraqi leaders, pursuing chemical and biological weapons, with sanctions and possible invasion discussed. Officials deny sanctuary and weapon programs, while analysts warn rhetoric could push Syria toward action.
In Ur Iraqis from Kurds Sunnis Shiites and exiles gather for a U S picked meeting to plot the country s future. Some factions boycott and warn that only an Iraqi interim government can legitimize the process while U S officials call the gathering a hopeful first step.
Iraqi troops described Odai Hussein’s compound showing a personal zoo with lions and a bear, a storage of $1 million in fine wines and heroin, and a house stocked with Cuban cigars and vast quantities of champagne. Soldiers reported photos of naked women and his doctoral dissertation among bomb debris.
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