Samarra offensive targets insurgents ahead of Iraq elections
U S and Iraqi officials say more than 100 insurgents killed and 37 captured in Samarra offensive while one American soldier dies and four are injured. Reporting notes conflicting casualty figures and the operation aims to secure key cities before January elections.
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Saddam Hussein
U.S
Iraq
Pentagon
National Security Council
Samarra
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Ramadi
Fallujah
Baghdad
Sadr
Muqtada al-Sadr
al-Sadr
Najaf
Blair returns after successful heart operation
Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived home Friday after a two and a half hour procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat. Doctors expect a rapid and complete recovery with very low risk of recurrence. Blair, 51, said he is absolutely fine as he entered No. 10 Downing Street.
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Tony Blair
Blair
No. 10
Downing Street
Hammersmith Hospital
Detainee describes U S torture and killings
Moazzam Begg, a Briton detained at Guantanamo Bay, alleges in an uncensored letter he was tortured and held in solitary for nearly two years and witnessed U S interrogators killing two detainees at an Afghanistan base. The Pentagon says prisoners are treated humanely.
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Guantanamo Bay
U.S
Afghanistan
Moazzam Begg
Pentagon
Suspect in mid-1990s fraud skips town again
Proceedings trace Salah, a Jordanian native living in Bahrain then Naperville Illinois, accused in 1999 of securities fraud after burning documents in 1996 and fleeing with his passport. He faced bonds of 50000 dollars, extradition to Texas for parole violation, and unpaid debts to contractors and investors as he moved between jurisdictions.
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Salah
Stone Meadows Drive
U.S
Securities Commissioner
Jordan
Bahrain
Brunner
Finois
Kansas
State of
Texas
Naperville
Ill
Sarah
Securities Commissioners Office
Dist. Atty
Christine Kenney
Craig Stancliffe
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Hamadeh
Druse
Walid Jumblatt
Jumblatt
Rafik Hariri
Lahoud
Damascus
London
29Th & Lowne Lawrence
Lawrence
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Tom Jennings
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