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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 2004
Page
5
Chief recounts a deadly mortar strike killing a soldier, followed by a tense day of counterfire. He describes radar guided howitzers, urban battles in Mosul and Fallujah, dwindling local workers, and Ramadan Eve prayers as the insurgency shifts northward.
Reports from Fallujah describe heavy damage and sparse civilian presence as Gen. Myers calls the operation very successful on NBC. U S commanders say insurgents may have fled city centers, while pockets of resistance remain. Three Americans killed and 17 wounded in 24 hours. Two helicopters hit, crews rescued. Hostage slaughterhouses and captive evidence found as troops secure areas. An Iraqi taxi driver said captors beat him. three more captives recovered.
Yasser Arafat’s body was transported from Paris to Cairo for funeral rites after French and Palestinian officials honored him with a head of state style ceremony. His widow Suha sobbed as the flag draped coffin was taken from a helicopter to a French aircraft destined for Egypt. Arafat died at 3:30 a.m. Paris time, triggering grief and questions over succession as Mahmoud Abbas was named PLO chief and Rauhi Fatlouh sworn in as caretaker PA president until elections in 60 days.
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