"They are changing themselves like snakes!": "Plagued by street crime, power blackouts and punishing heat, Iraqis take to the streets to denounce the resilient elements of Saddam's ruling party."
In Salon: Iraq War
UN agencies push on with relief work in Iraq: "United Nations relief agencies continued to step up their activities in Iraq today, both from the overall standpoint of general coordination and from the more specific focus of settling special issues."
In Electronic Iraq
Security Council resolution silent on human rights: "The new U.N. draft resolution on Iraq contains no explicit plans for protecting human rights or setting up an international tribunal for past abuses. These defects will make it much more difficult to establish peace and security in Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today."
In Electronic Iraq
Franks War Crimes Complaint Sent to U.S.: "The lawyer who filed a war crimes complaint against the commander of U.S.-led forces in Iraq said Wednesday he will appeal a government decision to refer the case to the United States."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
U.S. Calls for Thursday U.N. Iraq Vote: "The United States has called for a vote Thursday on a U.N. resolution to let the U.S.-led coalition run Iraq until it has a recognized government and use the country's oil revenues for reconstruction. (AP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Barrels Missing From Iraqi Nuclear Site: "Some 20 percent of the known radioactive materials stored at Iraq's largest nuclear facility are unaccounted for, and U.S. nuclear experts have found radioactive patches on the ground where looters dumped out barrels believed to contain hazardous materials. (AP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Iraqi Politicians to Issue a Protest of Occupation Rule: "[NYT]
Iraq's main political groups said tonight that they were drafting a formal statement of protest to the American and British authorities over their plans to declare an occupation authority in Iraq, which would delay the rapid turnover of sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government.
Iraqi political figures who attended a meeting tonight with David Manning, the foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, said they wanted to work in partnership with Washington and London. But they said they were strongly opposed to the reversal in policy announced to them Friday.
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In Command Post: Irak
Barrels Missing From Iraqi Nuclear Site: "Some 20 percent of the known radioactive materials stored at Iraq's largest nuclear facility are unaccounted for, and U.S. nuclear experts have found radioactive patches on the ground where looters dumped out barrels believed to contain hazardous materials."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Iraqi Gov't Conference Delayed Until July: "A national conference that will pick Iraq's new interim government will probably be delayed until mid-July, the top U.S. official in Iraq said Wednesday."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Vote delayed on bid to end Iraq sanctions: "UN Security Council members discussed a proposal to lift sanctions against Iraq as Washington and London offered new concessions to opponents of the measure. (AFP)"
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