Attacks On U S Forces Hit Baghdad Area
Rockets, grenades and a burning truck strike U S forces near Baghdad as casualties rise. A funeral procession for a former Iraqi army officer escalates anti U S sentiment with cries of Death to Bush.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 2003
Page
3
Stars bring USO style aid to troops in Baghdad hangar
About 7,000 U S soldiers attended an improvised USO concert in an Baghdad aircraft hangar featuring Kid Rock Gary Sinise Duce Staley Jason Taylor Rebecca Romijn Stamos and John Stamos as tensions flare with Iraqi protesters. A local army officer was shot dead by U S troops during a wage protest near his home. Mourners fired Kalashnikovs in the air as a sign of grief and defiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Kid Rock
Gary Sinise
National Football League
Duce Staley
Jason P. Taylor
Rebecca Romiji-Stamos
John Stamos
Tareq Hussein Mohammed
United States
Jewish settlers clash with troops at West Bank outpost dismantling
Hundreds of settlers confront Israeli troops as soldiers tear down the Mitzpeh Yitzhar outpost on a West Bank hilltop. Car fires and paint on armored equipment mark the clash, with about 30 injured and 15 arrested. A Palestinian bomber killed a grocer earlier, while Powell heads to the region to push the U S backed road map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
West Bank
Colin Powell
Middle East
Mitzpeh Yitzhar
Israel Radio
Ohio truck driver pleads guilty in al-Qaida plot case
Iyman Faris of Columbus Ohio admits meeting Osama bin Laden in 2000 at an al Qaida camp in Afghanistan and giving cell phones to operatives. He said he later received attack instructions from Khalid Shaikh Muhammad for a possible second wave after 9 11. He is cooperating in the al Qaida investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Osama bin Laden
Brooklyn Bridge
al-Qaida
Iyman Faris
Columbus, Ohio
bin Laden
al- Qaida
Afghanistan
Faris
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Fort Stewart 3rd Infantry Faces Extended Iraq Duty
Wives of Fort Stewart soldiers face long deployments as the 3rd Infantry may remain in Iraq as peacekeepers through August. The unit notes 16,000 deployments in the Iraq war with 800 returning, while many personnel are first-term, pregnant, or starting families. Casualties at this base have been higher than any other division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iraq
Army 38th Infantry wives demand husbands home now
In Hinesville Georgia wives of 3rd Infantry soldiers weary from months of desert duty urge return. They cite fatigue and safety concerns as commanders extend missions and aim to finish by August. The 3rd Infantry suffered 35 deaths in Iraq with the latest on May 8 near Baghdad.
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U.S
Bosnia
Kosovo
Buford C. Blount III
Baghdad
3Rd Infantry
Iraq
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Saddam Hussein
APA
U.S. Army
Justin Morseth
Newark
Bagh
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Israel
Easia Ay
Fort Stewarts
Fort Stewart
Family Matters
Ord Infantry
Hinesville
38Rd
Ellen Peterson
Georgia
Peterson
Cedar Rapids
Paul D. Pate
Neighborhood Transportation Service
NTS
Marion
Hiawatha
WMI
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Ient
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