Allies Ask for Iraq Resolution Changes: "Russia, China and France made clear Friday they want major changes in a U.S.-backed resolution to lift sanctions against Iraq, but Germany indicated it was likely to support the proposal. (AP)"
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Jessica Lynch Story Fraud?: "The BBC reports that the Jessica Lynch rescue was a deceptive, staged event , that there was dishonesty about the nature of her injuries, and that there was failure to report earlier, less dramatic, and more embarassing attempts to get her out of Iraq.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a story about the story , with some more information.
(Previous info on this story also appeared in The Guardian .)"
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In Reversal, Plan for Iraq Self-Rule Has Been Put Off: "The U.S. and Britain have put off their plan to allow Iraqi opposition forces to form a national assembly and an interim government by the end of the month."
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Among Kurds, Impatience and Anger Is Growing: "Kurds are returning to the towns from which they were banished by Saddam Hussein, and they are confronting Arabs who were brought in to replace them."
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The Return: "There are two remarkable facts about Col. Martin Stanton. One is that he was in Iraq more than a decade ago. The second is how he got there."
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First Post Saddam Soccer Match: "May 16 - Thousands of happy Iraqis celebrated the first soccer match since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime."
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Soccer's Return To Baghdad Offers 90 Minutes Of Escape: "WaPo brings us a story of returning normalcy.
"This is not a game for you only, but for all of Iraqi sports," Raad Hamoudi, the Iraqi national soccer team's star goalkeeper of the 1980s, told his old team, Police, before it took the field in the first professional match in Iraq since the war ended. "I want you to forget the hatred and any vengeance you may have in your heart. I want you to think about the present and the future."Read the rest ..."
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U.S. Adviser Says Iraq May Break With OPEC: "The cartel will love this. From WaPo :
The U.S. executive selected by the Pentagon to advise Iraq's Ministry of Oil suggested today that the country might best be served by exporting as much oil as it can and disregarding quotas set by the Organization of Oil Exporting Countries. His comments offered the strongest indication to date that the future Iraqi government may break ranks with the international petroleum cartel."
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U.S. Creates Iraq Reconstruction Agency: "The Commerce Department said Friday it had created an Iraq Reconstruction Task Force to help American companies that want to participate in the rebuilding of Iraq. (AP)"
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Top U.S. Official in Iraq Meets Leaders: "The new top U.S. official in Iraq met for the first time Friday with the seven political leaders likely to form the core of a new government and said he found common ground on the way forward. (AP)"
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U.S.: Iraqis Won't Return Missing Artwork: "Thousands of antiquities missing from the Iraq National Museum have been found but not returned because citizens won't hand them over to either their American occupiers or remnants of the hated former government, U.S. investigators say."
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