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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 2004
Page
6
Hundreds of Iraqis gathered at a Baghdad country club to select delegates for a landmark national conference seen as a first step toward democracy. The event faces boycotts and local disputes over delegate quotas, with organizers silent on venue and date due to security fears.
Vice chairman Lee Hamilton says the Sept. 11 commission skipped Iraq in its report because Congress limited its mandate and partisan splits would have prevented agreement. Hamilton and chair Thomas Kean chose to keep the focus on 9/11 and its immediate aftermath.
ACLU files a suit in Cleveland asserting punch-card voting system in 69 of 88 counties violates equal protection and due process. The case seeks removal of punch-card ballots before November, arguing undercounting minority votes, while Ohio defends that replacement progress is hampered by electronic voting delays.
U S and Iraqi troops backed by heavy artillery and helicopters fatally hurt insurgents in Buhriz 35 miles north of Baghdad after a five hour clash that began in palm groves and moved to the town. The operation coincided with Baghdad delegate voting for a three day national conference to select 80 of 100 interim National Assembly members. A police officer and civilian were killed in Baghdad and a U S soldier died in a roadside incident. Five people were shot in Kirkuk and a senior Iraqi official, Brig Khaled Dawoud, and his son were killed in a BeBe Dora drive by.
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