Insurgents kill two American officials at Iraqi roadblock
Insurgents disguised as policemen attack a U S coalition convoy near Hillah 35 miles south of Baghdad killing two American civilians and a translator. Four Iraqi policemen die in a separate raid in Nasiriyah as Italian forces rescue two civilians and eight militiamen are arrested.
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U.S
Opation Authority
Iraq
L. Paul Bremer
Citizens’ Security Group
Qaim
Baghdad
Saleh Jabbar
Haiti’s Latortue Arrives as Prime Minister Amid Turmoil
Gerard Latortue, former U.N. official tapped to lead Haiti, arrived from Florida to begin forming a government. Loyalists of ousted president Aristide reject him, while Haitian factions split over the exile crisis and U.S. backed council’s choice. Gunfire targeted U.S. Marines in Port-au-Prince. two attackers died. The ceasefire and political question linger as Aristide claims legitimacy from abroad.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Gerard Latortue
U.N
United States
Florida
Latortue
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Aristide
Central African Republic
U.S
France
Timothy Edwards
Yvon Neptune
Savoy Toussaint
Advisory Council
Jacques Pierre
U S forces to intervene in Haiti described by general
Gen James T Hill leader of U S Southern Command said American troops will intervene to stop Haitian violence and protect life in Haiti. He framed the move as an evolution of the peacekeeping mission with clarified rules on when force may be used. Foreign troops from France Canada and Chile are in Haiti under the mission.
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Al-Doura
Baghdad
Voice of America
VOA
Selwan Abdelghani Medhi al-Niemi
Baqouba
Iraq
Haithem al-Husseini
Supreme Council For the Islamic Revolution
U.S
Richard Crusan
Crusan
Washington
James T. Hill
France
Canada
Chile
Haiti
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Robert Strzelecki
Strzelecki
Camp Babylon
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Coalition
Al-Rasheed
Defense
Paul Wolfowitz
Wolfowitz
Bush
Saddam Hussein
Nasiriyah
Paeweltin
Gra
Southern Steele
Southern Command
Pentagon
Pels
Mii
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