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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 2003
Page
6
U S Army tanks encircle Camp Ashraf in eastern Iraq as the Mujahedeen Khalq faces demands to lay down arms. Negotiations continue after a fragile April truce with Iran and Iraq’s coalition forces, with high tensions and potential for full combat.
The United States Britain and Spain submitted an eight page draft resolution to the U N Security Council seeking UN authorization for their occupation of Iraq and permission to use oil revenue for reconstruction. France and Russia questioned the UN role and legitimacy of a new Iraqi government while expressing concerns over future weapons inspections.
In Tikrit, a pair of Black Hawk helicopters were sent to aid a wounded Iraqi child near Samarra. One helicopter carried the child successfully, while the second hit a wire as it lifted off, flipping into the river and causing the three American fatalities and one injury. A Marine was also killed in a separate Kuwaiti desert truck crash.
The Boston Globe reports Elizabeth Neuffer died in a car accident near Samarra while returning to Baghdad from Tikrit where she covered Iraqi Baath Party influence. Her translator also died. the driver survived.
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