Chirac Reaches Out to Bush on Iraq Reconstruction
French President Jacques Chirac spoke with President Bush in a tele phone call to ease tensions over Iraq. Chirac signaled a pragmatic shift on postwar issues including administration, reconstruction, oil, sanctions, and an interim government while reaffirming his stance on the war.
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Paris
Jacques Chirac
Bush
United Nations
Iraq
Chirac
France
Catherine Colonna
Colonna
United States
12-year-old Iraqi boy with no arms arrives for treatment in Kuwait
A 12-year-old boy, Ali Ismaeel Abbas, who lost both arms and suffered severe burns in a Baghdad missile strike, arrived by airlift to Saud A. Albabtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery in Kuwait City. He is a symbol of Iraqi suffering amid the U.S.-led campaign.
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Ali Ismaeel Abbas
Saud A. Albabtain Center For
Kuwait City
Ali
Baghdad
Kuwait
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Imad Najada
Powell says no war plan against Syria or others
Secretary of State Colin Powell insisted the United States has no plans to invade Syria or any regime to spread democracy. He warned that democratic values must come from within, while Defense Secretary Rumsfeld reported Iraq to Syria oil smuggling halted by a pipeline shutdown. United Nations chief Kofi Annan urged restraint to avoid regional destabilization.
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Washington
Colin Powell
United States
Syria
Iraq
Powell
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
U.S
Bush
Europe
Middle East
Iran
Pentagon
Rumsfeld
U.N
New York
Kofi Annan
Saddam Hussein era Q and A on war details
AP fills questions about military cigarettes in rations and Saddam Hussein including his many palaces and family. It notes smoking cessation programs, about a third of service members smoke, and Saddam’s two wives, Odai and Qusai, plus children and unknown whereabouts.
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Associated Press
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
U.S
Iraq
Middle East
Sajida Khairallah Talfah
Odai
Qusai
Samira Shahbandar
Looters Set Fire to Iraq National Library and Islamic Archives
Looters and arsonists gutted Iraq’s National Library and the nearby Islamic library as Iraq’s cultural treasures were looted. Eyewitnesses and officials condemned the damage, while U.S. officers said they did not expect such widespread looting by Iraqis amid the conflict.
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Baghdad
Iraq
National Museum
Hakthem Aziz
National Library
Genghis Khan
Husegu
U.S
Vincent Brooks
US Central Command
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