Baghdad security plan escalates as U S moves in
Tense Baghdad embraces a new security operation with U S armor and Iraqi checkpoints. Apache helicopters patrol while bridges and intersections are guarded by armored vehicles. Residents express doubt as gunfire echoes. A CH 46 Sea Knight helicopter crash kills seven, blamed variously on anti aircraft missile and non hostile fire. Overall, 27 deaths across five helicopter crashes since January 20 highlight the mounting risk.
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Baghdad
U.S
Hashem al-Moussawi
Sadr City
Washington
Army
Iraf
Baghdad Struggles With Fear As Bombs, Fuel Freeze City
Iraqi security forces conduct random car searches and open fire to clear the streets while Baghdad wrestles with a fuel shortage, power cuts, and mass fear. Shops stay shuttered as residents stock fuel for generators and food, with billboards urging vigilance and citizen reporting.
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Baghdad
Ibrahim Mohammed
Azamiya
U S acts on Iraq refugee crisis with new task force
Washington reports that one seventh of Iraqis have fled or sought refuge abroad, the largest regional displacement since 1948. A State Department task force will push to admit up to 20 000 Iraqis this year while funding for aid grows. Critics say action is slow despite rising displacement.
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Iraq
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Bush
Condoleezza Rice
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Bush Administration
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U.S. Committee For Refugees and Immigrants
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D-Vt
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William Fallon
Army
John Abizaid
U.S. Central Command
Senate
Mike McConnell
Fallon
Pacific
Fal Fon
Abizaid
McConnell
John Negroponte
Mistrial in Fort Lewis court martial over Iraq duty verdict
A judge declared a mistrial in the Fort Lewis court martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada who refused to deploy to Iraq. The jurors were dismissed and a new trial set for March 12. Watada contends his admissions were misread and argues double jeopardy threat.
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Ehren Watada
Watada
John Head
Honolulu
Head
Seitz
Robert Resnick
Judge Advocate General’s Office
Army
Saddam Hussein’s Daughter Attends Yemeni Mourning Event
Saddam Hussein’s elder daughter Raghad Hussein joined mourners in Sana’a to mark 40 days since his death. She arrived with her son and daughter and several defense lawyers, amid chants of revenge. The ceremony, held at a Sana’a palace, was hosted by Yahia Mohammed Abdul Lah Saleh, a Yemen official cousin.
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Raghad Hussein
Saddam
San’a
San‘a
Yahia Mohammed Abdullah Saleh
Baghad
Iraq
Iran
Five Army Reserve officers indicted in Iraq bid rigging
Five U S Army Reserve officers were indicted in a bid rigging scheme funneling Iraqi reconstruction funds to a contractor in exchange for cash and luxury goods, with a Romanian-based middleman. The case links to $8.6 million in Iraq contracts tied to Philip H Bloom who has admitted laundering at least $2 million from the fund.
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Romania
United States
New Jersey
Paul McNulty
U.S. District Court
Philip H. Bloom
Bloom
Global Business Group
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Iraq
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