Iraq to restore power and water in weeks amid war damage
Army officials estimate weeks to restore electricity and water across Iraq as troops secure a Baghdad power plant and engineers assess damage. About 200 utility workers have returned, with access varying by city, while some facilities were sabotaged or damaged by coalition bombs. The plan aims to improve systems beyond prewar levels.
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Army
Kevin People
Baghdad
Brooks
Kille
Umm Qasr
Karbala
Iraq
POWs Return to U S Base From Iraq Rescue
At Ramstein Air Base seven American POWs arrive from Kuwait after three weeks in Iraqi captivity. Spc Shoshana Johnson is carried off a C-141 on a stretcher while six others in fatigues walk the ramp and greet base workers. The group includes Lynch comrades and Apache helicopter pilots, with the wounded headed to Landstuhl for care.
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Germany
Army
Shoshana Johnson
Iraq
Kuwait
U.S
Johnson
Fort Bliss
Texas
Jessica Lynch
U.S. Army
507Th
227Th Aviation Regiment
Landstuhl
Angry Iraqis shift blame from Saddam to U S forces
In Baghdad a hospital patient laments war and raids as Iraqis express anger at the United States. Echoes of violence spread from Basra to Kut and Ur where crowds confrontations and anti American protests unfold. Marines fire on protesters killing seven. Shiite residents boycott meetings and voice mixed hopes for Saddam.
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Emad Fadil
Basra
Vincent
Central Command
Doha
Qatar
Saddam
Zahra Yassin
Kut
Baghdad
America
Fourth Infantry Division sees first combat since Vietnam War
At TaJi air base near Baghdad US Army’s 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort Hood, sees its first action since Vietnam. Marines and troops blew up vehicles and cleared buildings after 40 hours on the road from southern Iraq. A follow up force of about 20 tanks and 35 personnel carriers secured the base and troops removed a Saddam statue from the gate.
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Taji
Iraq
US Army
4Th
Baghdad
Don Campbell
Campbell
6Th Infantry
Saddam Hussein
Fort Hood
Texas
Turkey
United States
Eee
Kuwait
Iraqi Boy Wounded In Baghdad Bombing Receives Skin Grafts
Kuwaiti doctors perform initial skin grafts on a 12-year-old Iraqi boy who lost both arms in the Baghdad bombing. Ali Ismaeel Abbas moaned for water after a 75 minute operation. Surgeons planned permanent skin from his back and buttocks, noting about 35 percent of his body was burned. He is treated at Saud Albabtain Center Burns and Plastic Surgery with pain relief and fluids as staff describe hopeful survival rates for severe burns.
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Ali Ismaeel
Abbas
Kuwait City
Ali
Monnday
Smad
Saud Albabtain
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