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Iraq war news updates
Chirac meets Blair in first Franco-British summit since Iraq war: "French President Jacques Chirac met Prime Minister Tony Blair in London as the two leaders tried to repair a relationship severely strained by the US-led invasion of Iraq in March. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Secret Pentagon memo details Saddam-bin Laden ties: "A conservative US magazine said it had obtained a classified US government memo purporting to prove that the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein had contacts with al-Qaeda and was implicated in the September 11, 2001 attacks. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



Iraq interim leadership bans al-Arabiya over Saddam broadcast: "Iraq's US-installed interim Governing Council announced it was banning Dubai-based satellite television al-Arabiya from working in Iraq for incitement to murder after it broadcast a Saddam Hussein tape calling for attacks on the council's members. (AFP)"

In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq



'More difficult than originally planned': "Read the grim litanyof a single weekend's violence in Iraq: Two U.S. soldiers pummeled by crowds with their throats already slit; another killed by a roadside bomb; successful rocket attacks on an airplane and the suspension of civilian flights; 12 police officials illed in three different incidents; and so on. It makes this understatementseem like a sick joke: "Army planning for Iraq currently assumes keeping about 100,000 United States troops there through early 2006, a senior Army officer said Friday. The plans reflect the concerns of some Army officials that stabilizing Iraq could be more difficult than originally planned.""

In Alternet: War On Iraq



Hezbollah, in Iraq, Refrains From Attacks on Americans: "Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite group, has established a significant presence in Iraq, but is not taking part in attacks on American forces inside the country."

In New York Times: World Special



2 G.I.'s, Throats Slashed, Found Dead in Iraq: "Three American soldiers were killed in Iraq on Sunday, including two whose throats were slashed after they came under attack in the city of Mosul with rocks and gunfire."

In New York Times: World Special



A Paper Trail Follows Iraqi Merchants of Tyranny: "Documents from the Baath Party's headquarters show that the common passion that drove its members was money."

In New York Times: World Special



Of bombs and bombast (23 Nov 03) in Radio Free USA



A High Price for Speaking Up (22 Nov 03) in Radio Free USA



Canada's egomaniacal king of corporate excess comes a cropper: Lord Black's ignoble fall from grace (23 Nov 03) in Radio Free USA



Three U.S. troops killed in Iraq: "Attackers slit the throats of two American soldiers who were waiting in traffic in this northern Iraqi city on Sunday, witnesses said. Another soldier was killed in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad."

In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq



IRAQI POLICE STATIONS ATTACKED in CENTCOM: News Release



IRAQIS PREVENT IED ATTACK IN 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION?S AREA OF OPERATION in CENTCOM: News Release



TASK FORCE ?ALL-AMERICAN? OPERATIONS CONTINUE TO MAKE IRAQ SAFER in CENTCOM: News Release



US warns of worldwide terrorism risk (23 Nov 03) in Radio Free USA



Canada's egomaniacal king of corporate excess comes a cropper: Lord Black's ignoble fall from grace in Radio Free USA