Iraq conflict escalates as Americans detained and troops surge
Reports from Baghdad indicate nine additional Americans held by Iraqi authorities since Monday, raising totals to 70 in Iraq and 22 in Kuwait. U.S. officials confirm a Basra death, likely a heart attack, with autopsy access to be arranged. Pentagon cites Desert Shield costs at 2.5 billion and 265,000 troops near Kuwait as numbers rise.
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Yanks Arrive Home After Iraq Crisis
U.S. troops end a tense deployment as they return to Andrews Air Force Base, while the State Department confirms nine more Americans detained in Iraq. Luz Marina Colwell, widow of the U.S. consul in Kuwait, expressed emotion in a planeside interview.
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Saddam frees women and children hostages in Iraq
President Saddam Hussein, at a televised encounter, decreed that women and children held captive in Iraq may leave. The Revolutionary Command Council cited preserving Arab image while monitoring reported by Iraqi News Agency. Foreigners in Kuwait and numbers of trapped citizens remain uncertain.
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25 new little Saddams enter world
In a fragmented AP report from NICOSIA, 25 couples in Yemen are cited as naming newborns Saddam Hussein as a provocative though unclear symbol. The piece notes a state-controlled Iraqi News Agency showing sympathy yet a mostly neutral public stance since the August 2 takeover amid regional tension.
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