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	Iran and Turkey Slam US-led Coalition Over Instability
		Iran's warning to the US-led coalition came in response to an assassination bid on Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Seyed Mohammed Said al-Hakim, one of the country's four leading Muslim Shiite clerics, that left three dead.
		In a sign of further unrest in Iraq, three US soldiers were wounded early Monday when rocket propelled grenades were fired at their convoy near Habbaniya, near the flashpoint town of Fallujah, 50 kilometers (36 miles) west of Baghdad, a witness said.
		Turkey, a NATO member which refused to let US troops deploy from its territory during the Iraq war but which regards Washington as its key ally, was more guarded in its criticism of the coalition.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0825-02.htm

	Cracks Growing in US-Led Coalition
		New signs of trouble are emerging in the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq, with two Latin American nations following Spain's lead in saying they will pull out their troops and another, more significant US partner - Poland - hinting at a similar move.
		The strains on the US-led coalition come at a time of raging violence in parts of Iraq under control of coalition partners.
		U.S. officials had suggested the possibility that the Polish-led division could become a NATO command and that the alliance might also patrol Iraq's porous borders.
	www.novinite.com /view_news.php?id=33715

	Pakistan Times PT Wire: Iraqi PM blames US-led coalition for "great negligence"
		BAGHDAD (Iraq): Iraq's interim prime minister blamed the U.S.-led coalition for "great negligence" in the ambush that killed about 50 soldiers heading home after graduation from a U.S.-run training course, and warned of an escalation of terrorist attacks.
		US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has implicitly admitted the Pentagon had no specific plans for handling a widespread insurgency in the aftermath of the US-led invasion of Iraq, but still insisted US pre-war planning was "good."
		Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told the Iraqi National Council, a government oversight body, that coalition forces' negligent handling of security was responsible for Saturday's deadly ambush along a remote highway near the Iranian border.
	pakistantimes.net /2004/10/27/wire2.htm

	US-led coalition 'unprepared'
		London - The United States-led coalition was unprepared for the insurgency that has swept Iraq since the end of the war and made a series of mistakes in post-conflict planning, a parliamentary committee said in a report published on Thursday.
		The committee said the coalition should have secured Iraq's border to stop an influx of foreign fighters, particularly from Syria and Iran, and should have secured arms dumps, which were a ready source of weapons for insurgents.
		British officials have privately complained that the US military is too heavy handed in Iraq, compared with British soldiers, who often patrol on foot and in berets instead of helmets in an effort to win the trust of local Iraqis.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1680798,00.html

	Iraqi Militants Are Today Threatening To Burn Three Japanese Hostages To Death Unless Their Country Quits The US-Led Coalition
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		Reuters - The wife of the U.S. hostage threatened with execution in Iraq made another impassioned appeal on Tuesday for her husband's life and urged his captors to open up the lines of communication.
		Reuters - Militants have kidnapped a U.S. Marine and a Pakistani driver in Iraq and are threatening to behead them unless Iraqi prisoners are freed, Arab television reported Sunday.
	www.stargeek.com /item/90289.html

	US led coalition
		[32] Coalition officials have claimed that the Iraqi resistance is using mosques and schools as command posts and weapon storagefacilities.
		It was led by the government and military of the United States, with significant support from a 35-nation multinational force including the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland and varying levels of assistance from Japan and several other allied countries.
		As a result of the uprisings U.S. General John Abizaid, has requested anaddition 10,000 troops be sent to Iraq after admitting that a number of Iraqi security personnel had abandoned their posts orjoined the Iraqi resistance.
	www.therfcc.org /us-led-coalition-209813.html

	Sun.Star Network Online - RP unfazed by ouster from US-led coalition
		The importance of government's fight against terrorism in Mindanao overshadows whatever the country could contribute to a coalition of the willing in Iraq, she pointed out.
		The US embassy here said earlier Friday that while Washington was "disappointed" by Manila's decision to withdraw its troops from Iraq a month ahead of schedule, "we are continuing to cooperate in a variety of ways in the global war against terrorism."
		US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said on Thursday the US no longer considers the Philippines a member of the coalition.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2004/08/07/rp.unfazed.by.ouster.from.us.led.coalition.html

	US-led coalition says marine ... - Jun. 29, 2004
		BAGHDAD -- The US-led coalition said Monday that one marine was killed in action and another one was missing in western Iraq but could not confirm whether he had been taken hostage as reported by Arab television.
		It identified the US hostage as Hassoun Wassef Ali, claiming to have abducted him after "infiltrating a US military base in Iraq," but gave no deadline for carrying out their grisly threat.
		In early April a US soldier identified as Private Keith Maupin, was captured by guerrillas and remains missing with no word on his fate.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/jun/29/text/wnw_2-1-p.htm

	US-led coalition capture strategic Umm Qasr
		Elsewhere, coalition forces bombed the Iraqi controlled Northern city of Mosul, where a series of explosions were heard, sending plumes of smoke.
		US and British troops advanced more than 75 kms deep into Iraq on the second day of war and were said to be close to Basra, but were facing pockets of resistance.
		However, Iraq said it shot down a US or British fighter plane after it fired a missile and the aircraft crashed in Kuwait, which was the target for Iraqi scud missiles, which were intercepted by the American patriot missiles.
	news.indiainfo.com /2003/03/21/21iraqcapture.html

	Guardian Unlimited Special reports Amnesty accuses US-led forces of abuses
		The group is to present a memorandum detailing "allegations of ill-treatment by coalition forces and inhumane detention conditions" to Paul Bremer, the head of the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq, today.
		The allegations include the shooting of a 12-year-old boy during house-to-house searches by US troops, and reports of Iraqis detained by coalition forces being subjected to torture.
		"Many of the coalition soldiers and military police engaged in law enforcement do not have basic skills and tools in civilian policing," Curt Goering, a member of the Amnesty team in Iraq, noted.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/Story/0,2763,1004538,00.html

	SHORT TAKES
		The letter was identical to one that the US-led coalition in Iraq made public in February, saying it had been intercepted by US intelligence and had been written to bin Laden by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
		CAIRO: A letter that a leader of militants in Iraq purportedly wrote to Osama bin Laden saying his fighters are being squeezed by US-led coalition troops resurfaced on Islamic Web sites, drawing fire on Tuesday from Al Qaeda sympathisers.
		The letter had met with skepticism when it was first released by the Americans, with portions shared and discussed among contributors to forums that regularly feature views in line with Al Qaeda’s.
	www.thehimalayantimes.com /PrintStory.asp?filepath=aATaoanlaNaeaw2a/a2Ta0qa/Va6a/xrgaHaoZaea/aFWata0a0rxydkta1a8voIamal&dtSiteDate=20040616

	Factbook: Iraq - Yahoo! Reference
		In August 1990, Iraq seized Kuwait, but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991.
		Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions during the past 12 years resulted in the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime.
		Coalition forces remain in Iraq, helping to restore degraded infrastructure and facilitating the establishment of a freely elected government.
	messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/factbook/iz

	International
		The head of Iraq's Special Tribunal, meanwhile, announced that the first criminal case has been filed against Saddam, stemming from the 1982 massacre of dozens of Shiite villagers in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt against the ousted leader.
		Iraq's Shiite-led government is the first such in an Arab country for centuries and should be a natural ally for the theocratic regime in Iran, an almost entirely Shiite country.
		The former international development secretary-who resigned from Blair's government over the US-led Iraq war- warned that mooted new anti-terror legislation would act as a recruiting agent for extremists, in an interview to be broadcast on the GMTV television programme on Sunday.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jul/18/18072005ap.htm (8514 words)

	Irish Times Article - US-led coalition attempts to regain the upper hand
		The US-led coalition has moved to recapture the military initiative in the Iraq War with a massive air assault on elite Republican Guard units south of Baghdad.
		The coalition had claimed to be in control of the port on Sunday but it was the scene of fighting between Coalition and Iraqi forces yesterday.
		Coalition commander, Gen Tommy Franks, told reporters the Iraqi regime was putting civilians at risk because it was placing troops and non-combatants in close proximity.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2003/0325/3479032396HM1LEAD.html (8514 words)

	Is the US-led Coalition Illegitimate?
		All the while United States President George W. Bush and coalition are daily composing the agenda for a democratic Iraq.
		Because the US and allies proceeded to liberate Iraqi captives while the UN was wrangling, quibbling, debunking the allies and setting up all sorts of definitions for defeat and global destruction.
		Coalition set out to free an entire nation from a butchery regime maximum -- and it accomplished just that.
	www.intellectualconservative.com /article2263.html (8514 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Chronology: Major political, economic events in post-war Iraq
		The move was considered a key step toward a planned power handover from the US- led coalition to the Iraqi people on June 30.
		Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of the US forces in Iraq, said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that additional criminal charges may be filed as the investigation went on.
		The US-led coalition agreed to suspend military operations in Najaf after Shiite leaders struck a deal with al-Sadr to withdraw his Mehdi Army from the holy cities.
	www.reliefweb.int /w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/af2319d3d58e8f5fc1256ea7002ca5a3?OpenDocument (8514 words)

	'Saddam tape' takes a dig at US-led coalition
		"Coalition forces will give a 2 500-dollar reward to those who give us information leading to the arrest of people responsible for killing or shooting coalition soldiers or Iraqi policemen," the coalition's Arabic newspaper said.
		However, seven more US soldiers were wounded, according to a US spokesman, in three separate attacks yesterday, including three in a rocket-propelled grenade strike in the northern city of Kirkuk.
		But US boss for Iraq, Paul Bremer, declared once again that Saddam was finished and instead chose to look to the country's future.
	www.namibian.com.na /2003/june/world/03E1092D1E.html (8514 words)

	PINR - Iraqis Further Disillusioned With U.S.-led Coalition
		In light of these concerns, the main goal of the U.S.-led coalition since September should have been to increase safety and stability in Iraq in order to address and rectify the most negative aspects of the September Gallup poll.
		Nevertheless, a majority of Iraqis believe that it is up to them to "work this out," and not the responsibility of the U.S.-led coalition.
		The poll found that Iraqis are quickly becoming disenchanted with the U.S.-led coalition.
	www.pinr.com /report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=121&language_id=1 (8514 words)

	US-led coalition urges end to celebratory fire after wedding deaths
		The US-led coalition in Iraq broadcast an appeal to Iraqis Friday to abandon the traditional gunfire at marriages after three members of a wedding party were reportedly shot dead by US troops this week.
		The US army has launched an investigation into the deaths of three Iraqis in the town of Samarra, north of the capital, after doctors reported that they had been killed by US troops as they rode through the streets firing in the air to celebrate a wedding.
		New weapons controls announced by coalition ground forces commander Lieutenant General David McKiernan last week included a ban on celebratory fire, although he acknowledged it would be difficult to enforce as the practice was "part of the culture".
	www.spacewar.com /2003-a/030530100435.l0s24gkv.html (8514 words)

	US-Led Coalition Needed in Iraq for Five More Years
		Asked when US and other coalition troops would be able to leave, editor of the publication, Christopher Langton, said everything depended on training Iraqi government forces and the speed with which they could take over security.
		He said there were not enough coalition troops in Iraq to ensure security, adding to the need to build up Iraqi government forces.
		The study said US commanders are trying to create stability and clear the way for January elections by using air and artillery attacks to hit insurgents, while the Iraqi authorities offer talks and aid to insurgents who abandon their struggle.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=53163&d=20&m=10&y=2004 (8514 words)

	20 citizens detained in Iraq released
		In December, five citizens arrived home after they were released from a detention centre run by US-led coalition in the port town of Um Qasr in southern Iraq.
		The 25 released so far were among 37 Jordanians who were arrested by the coalition forces in Iraq after the fall of the former Iraqi regime last year.
	www.jordanembassyus.org /01182004001.htm (8514 words)

	Coalition against US-led war formed
		It also demands justice for victims of US terrorist actions from the genocidal war of aggression in the Philippines to the ongoing bombardments in Iraq.
		Dubbed "Justice Not War Coalition", the group demands justice for all victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and similar acts by private groups and states.
		Vizmanos explained that the US government is "misdirecting legitimate public anger over the attacks towards a prolonged war that may exact a far bigger toll as far as civilian casualties are concerned."
	www.cyberdyaryo.com /press_release/pr2001_0925_01.htm (8514 words)

	CNN.com - Death toll for U.S.-led coalition in Iraq tops 1,000 - Jul 9, 2004
		Among coalition troops killed in Iraq in recent weeks were, clockwise from top left, U.S. Marines Rafael Reynosa, Bum R. Lee, Justin Hunt and British Fusilier Gordon Campbell Gentle.
		U.S. troops and an Iraqi National Guardsman die in Samarra.
		The latest reported deaths include a U.S. soldier who died from wounds in fighting Thursday in Baghdad, an American soldier killed in a Samarra attack Wednesday and another who died in a nonbattle-related incident Thursday.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/07/09/iraq.main/index.html (8514 words)

	US Labor Against the War: All prisoners in Iraq must be freed: Amnesty International
		US Labor Against the War: All prisoners in Iraq must be freed: Amnesty International
		Amnesty said it had received no reply from a June 9 letter it wrote to the US envoy to the United Nations, John Negroponte -- the future ambassador to Iraq -- expressing serious concern that UN resolution 1546 fails to clarify what would happen to the thousands of prisoners held by the occupying powers.
		“Any further detentions by the US and other members of the multinational force after the handover would be unlawful,” the rights group said.
	www.uslaboragainstwar.org /article.php?id=5484&printsafe=1 (8514 words)

	warriorsworld.net Forums: Allawi Blames Ambush on [US-led Coalition] 'Negligence'
		Last week, a U.S. defense official in Washington described Iraq's security forces as "heavily infiltrated" by insurgents, saying some Iraqi soldiers and police have developed sympathies and contacts with the guerrillas.
		Also, U.S. troops arrested an Iraqi National Guard battalion commander, Col. Daham Abd, allegedly for providing ammunition, money and information to the insurgents near the northern city of Kirkuk.
		U.S. forces have stepped up aerial and artillery assaults on Fallujah in recent weeks in an attempt to root out insurgents.
	forums.warriorsworld.net /other/msgs/41415.phtml (8514 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition OPINION > US-led coalition moving to reform purge of Ba’ath Party members in Iraq
		BAGHDAD—The US-led coalition is moving to reform the process by which ex-members of Iraq’s now disbanded ruling Ba’ath Party are being kept out of top government slots, speeding up the reinstatement of those unfairly fired and others who are sorely needed.
		The de-Ba’athification of Iraq was the first measure signed by US civil administrator Paul Bremer last May just after the fall of Baghdad.
		The policy change aims to benefit those wrongly accused of being Ba’ath members as well as thousands of civil servants, teachers, doctors and other professionals who were mid-level party members and who the country now needs.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/apr/27/yehey/opinion/20040427opi6.html (8514 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Healthcare budget inadequate
		BAGHDAD, 16 February (IRIN) - The US civil administrator in Iraq said at the Iraqi Medical Specialty Conference in Baghdad over the weekend that the US-led Coalition had failed to provide adequate funding for the rehabilitation of the country's health care system.
		At the conference, doctors criticised the US-led Coalition for the slow pace of rehabilitation and discussed the years of international isolation under Saddam Hussein's regime and UN economic sanctions.
		The US-led coalition and the Ministry of Health had procured and distributed more than 30 million doses of children's vaccinations, the US official pointed out.
	www.reliefweb.int /w/rwb.nsf/0/d32d257ae4cef9f2c1256e3c005e1dd3?OpenDocument (8514 words)

	Encyclopedia article on 2003 Invasion of Iraq [EncycloZine]
		Prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Zarqawi had settled in Kurdish northern Iraq (an area not controlled by Saddam Hussein's government) where he joined, and may have led, the terrorist organization Ansar al-Islam, which was an enemy of the Baathist regime.
		Specifically, the stated justification for the invasion included Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction, links with terrorist organizations and human rights violations in Iraq under the Saddam Hussein government, issues that are detailed below.
		Prior to invasion, the United States and other coalition forces involved in the 1991 Gulf War had been engaged in a low-level conflict with Iraq, enforcing the Iraqi no-fly zones where Iraqi air-defense installations were engaged on a fairly regular basis.
	encyclozine.com /2003_Invasion_of_Iraq (8514 words)

	RAWALPINDI: MMA flays US-led invasion of Iraq -DAWN - Local; 05 April, 2003
		A reporter from Islamabad adds: The Islamabad chapter of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) held a demonstration here to condemn the US-led aggression against Iraq and express solidarity with the Iraqi people.
		They criticised the leadership of the Muslim countries for facilitating the Anglo-American coalition in their aggression against Iraq.
		RAWALPINDI, April 4: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) staged a demonstration here on Friday to condemn the US-led invasion of Iraq.
	dawn.com /2003/04/05/local19.htm (8514 words)

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