Senate votes to add 20000 troops to Army
The Senate approved by 93 to 4 a Reed plan to raise active duty Army strength to 502,400, about a 4 percent increase costing about 1.7 billion. Support came from McCain Grassley and Harkin as the measure funded 25 billion Iraq Afghanistan operations or future emergency appropriations. Army leaders opposed a permanent rise, favoring better efficiency with current forces.
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Letter urges militants to spare US hostage Johnson in Saudi Arabia
The Believer signed letter posted on al-Qaida supportive sites and aired on al-Arabiya urges sparing American Paul M. Johnson Jr. The Saudi official says leads are few and no contact from captors beyond a Tuesday video and statement. 72 hour threat to execute if prisoners aren’t freed ends today.
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Saudi Arabia
Paul M. Johnson Jr
al-Qaida
al-Arabiya
United States
U.S
Johnson
Rumsfeld defends holding Iraqi prisoner without ID
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended holding a detainee in Iraq without an identification number or ICRC notification, saying the request came from CIA Director George Tenet and the prisoner was treated humanely. Pentagon acknowledged the lapse and said steps will be taken to notify the Red Cross.
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U S contractor charged in death of Afghan prisoner
The Justice Department indicts David A Passaro a North Carolina civilian contractor linked to CIA and special operations for the beating death of Abdul Wali during a two day interrogation at an Army base in northeast Afghanistan. Wali died on the third day June 21 2003.
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Japan Cabinet approves plan to keep troops in Iraq
Tokyo AP. Japan's Cabinet approves a plan to allow more than 500 Japanese soldiers in Iraq to stay on after an interim government assumes control, joining a multinational force for reconstruction in southern Iraq amid domestic unease over a mission in a combat zone.
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Iraq
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