Air Force pilots recount mission that started the war
Seven warplanes pierced the night over Iraq racing toward Baghdad on a secret mission to strike Saddam Hussein. The NSA and CIA tipped the plan as dawn neared while pilots with limited prep time prepared to attack a nonmilitary riverside compound suspected to house the Iraqi leader and his sons.
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Iraq
Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
Tigris
Bush
Central Intelligence Agency
Saddam
CIA
Air Force
Isa
Qusai
Odai
Clint Hinote
Moseley
Hinote
Black Sheep Squadron
al-Udeid
Qatar
Tooms
Fuji
Holloman Air Force Base
New Mexico
Franks
Dawn of War: U S strikes Saddam with stealth attack
A timeline detailing the opening salvo of the war against Iraq. At 4 p.m. Baghdad time March 19, orders to plan a strike are issued and by 8:30 p.m. bombs hit the Dora Farms complex. Tomahawks follow as seven aircraft depart from Qatar and allied bases, landing by 7:15 a.m. Baghdad time. Saddam appears on TV later, acknowledging the attack.
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Middle East
Baghdad
Air Force
Prince Sultan Air Base
Saudi Arabia
Saddam Hussein
Bush
al- Udeid
Qatar
Saddam
U.S. Navy
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Dora Farms
Tooms
Praetorian Guard
Iraqi
Iraq
United States
Autherine Lucy Foster Enters Alabama History
On February 1, 1956 Autherine Lucy Foster became the first Black student admitted to the University of Alabama. The university faced violent harassment with rocks eggs and death threats leading to Foster being suspended and later expelled as tensions tested the goal of peaceful school integration.
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Autherine Lucy Foster
University of Alabama
The
University Commu
Foster
G-7 backs Iraq rebuild and debt relief talks
G seven finance chiefs from the United States Japan Germany France Britain Canada and Italy agreed to back a new U N Security Council resolution and start talks on forgiving Iraq debt estimated at 60 to 100 billion dollars. Treasury Secretary Snow called the commitment excellent as IMF World Bank meetings approach.
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U.N. Security Council
Iraq
Bush
Russia
France
Germany
Saddam Hussein
U.N
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Treasury
John Snow
Snow
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
IMF
United States
Japan
Britain
Canada
Italy
Protests Persist as War Winds Down Worldwide
As the Iraq War winds down, antiwar protests continue in the United States and abroad. In Washington thousands gathered for a counter rally near the White House while antiwar demonstrators, including speakers like Alissa Johnson, urged troops to leave Iraq though others argued for continued involvement to aid the Iraqi people.
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Iraq
United States
White House
U.S
Alissa Johnson
Boston
Capitol Dome
Rimma Dean
Olney
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