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Protests grow against US-led occupation of Iraq Amid a wave of protests against the US-led occupation of Iraq, the country’s most senior Shiite cleric has reiterated his opposition to the Bush administration’s plans to instal an unelected provisional government on July 1. The US-British invasion of Iraq has led to a social catastrophe. Occupation Watch, an international group of antiwar organisations, released a report last weekend estimating that between 7,900 and 9,800 civilians have died from war-related causes since the US invasion. www.wsws.org /articles/2004/jan2004/iraq-j15.shtml

Worldwide protests mark first anniversary of US-led invasion of Iraq Hundreds of thousands of anti-war protesters around the world took to the streets Saturday to denounce the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq on the first anniversary of the war. Around 100 Syrians marched in central Damascus to denounce the conflict and the continued US-led occupation of Iraq. Worldwide protests mark first anniversary of US-led invasion of Iraq www.spacewar.com /2004/040321005446.wdqwmdl7.html

US Mistakes in Iraq In this weblog, a number of the major mistakes made by the US administration after the occupation of Iraq are briefly outlined. These mistakes not only led to the loss of “the hearts & minds” of the Iraqi people but actually led to “gaining" their animosity and resulted in considerable damage to Iraq and to America. The mistakes committed by the American administration since the occupation of Iraq more than a year ago have been many. usmistakes.blogspot.com

July 2003 - U.S.-led occupation of Iraq: Three US soldiers are killed while guarding a Baquouba children's hospital northeast of Baghdad, Iraq bringing the number of US troops killed in combat to 161, 14 more than the 1991 Gulf War total. U.S.-led occupation of Iraq: In Iraq, "four key figures" in the former Iraqi regime die in a large operation by US troops. 2003 occupation of Iraq: 7 newly US-trained Iraqi policemen are killed and at least 13 are wounded by an explosion while they are marching from training school in Ramadi. psychcentral.com /psypsych/July_2003   (3875 words)

BBC NEWS World Middle East US 'planning occupation of Iraq' Correspondents have suggested that the floating of an occupation plan and the possibility of war crimes trials could be the US administration's way of warning the Iraq's generals of the cost of continuing to support Saddam Hussein or of using weapons of mass destruction in the event of US-led military action against Iraq. While opposing an occupation of Iraq or turning it into an American protectorate, Iraqi opposition groups say that a temporary foreign presence working with an Iraqi civilian government would be acceptable. The post-war occupation of Iraq might be carried out by a US force, a United Nations force, or a coalition of forces - perhaps including Britain. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/2320625.stm   (3875 words)

Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The purpose of the Occupation of Iraq was, according to U.S. President George W. Bush, purely to bring about a transition from post-war anarchy to full Iraqi sovereignty. The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthrew the Ba'ath Party government of Saddam Hussein. There were reports of looting of Iraq's archaeological treasures, mostly from the National Museum of Iraq; up to an alleged 170,000 items, worth billions of US dollars [8]: these reports were later revealed to be vastly exaggerated. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Occupation_of_Iraq   (3875 words)

Mistakes worsened Iraq tensions Iraqis who'd expected the American-led occupation to bring a rapid return of power, water and fuel supplies and relief from poverty, fear and violence instead saw their lives threatened and their national treasures looted. All these mistakes, coupled with a limited influx of foreign terrorists eager to make holy war on the Americans in Iraq, fueled the growth of the insurgency, both in numbers and in sophistication. The Bush administration and Iraq's interim government have now pinned their hopes of defeating the insurgents on January elections for an interim national assembly that is to write a new constitution. www.freep.com /voices/sunday/eiraq17_20041017.htm   (3875 words)

2003 invasion of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iraq was subsequently marked by violent conflict between U.S.-led occupation of Iraq soldiers and forces described by the occupiers as insurgents. During the invasion and occupation of Iraq, however, as in most other US wars, the Bush administration prohibited release of such photographs and, according to Senator Patrick Leahy, scheduled the return of wounded soldiers for after midnight so that the press would not see them. Occupation of cities and attacks on peripheral military units were viewed as undesirable distractions. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq   (8439 words)

Iraq - sacbee.com HILLAH, Iraq (AP) - A bomb exploded at the entrance of a Shiite Muslim mosque south of Baghdad as hundreds of worshippers gathered for prayers on the first day of Ramadan and for the funeral of a man killed in an earlier bombing. BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Bomb blasts killed six Marines in western Iraq, and U.S. forces killed dozens of militants in U.S. offensives aimed at uprooting al-Qaida insurgents ahead of the country's vote on a new constitution, the military said Friday. Two U.S. soldiers were killed in fighting in western Iraq, bringing to eight the number of American casualties in a series of offensives the military has launched to put down militants before the Oct. 15 vote. www.sacbee.com /24hour/special_reports/iraq   (8439 words)

The U.S. Occupation of Iraq In response to the unexpectedly high level of resistance to the U.S.-led occupation in Iraq, there are signs that the United States may decide to desert its handpicked Iraqi Governing Council and declare an end to the occupation as early as June of 2004. But at the same time the U.S. occupation imposes a different kind of straitjacket on the political and economic future of the country, and subjects the Iraqi people to humiliation and often injury and even death at the hands of the U.S. military. A fuller description of the scandalous U.S. labor policy in today's Iraq can be found in the October 25, 2003 resolution on the occupation and labor rights in Iraq, passed at the National Labor Assembly convened in Chicago by U.S. Labor Against War www.uslaboragainstwar.org. www.wpunj.edu /~newpol/issue36/landy36.htm   (8439 words)

Dennis Kucinich on Iraq Since then, we have seen that there has been nothing but a trail of lies that led the United States into its involvement in Iraq. U.S. military casualties in Iraq continue to rise, and the media has begun comparing the figure to the number of U.S. dead in Vietnam in 1965 prior to the significant expansion of U.S. operations there. Iraq had neither the intention nor the capability of attacking the United States. www.kucinich.us /issues/iraq.php   (8439 words)

Headlines about History and Historians Iraq Virtual Museum: Italy is to make an Internet recreation of Baghdad's famed musem of antiquities as it was before being pillaged during the US-led invasion of Iraq. Prior to the bombings in London, investors had been rattled by a litany of shocks, including Sept. 11, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, the resignation of Richard Nixon, Russia's launch of the Sputnik satellite during the Cold War, Pearl Harbor in 1941 and other disastrous or just disconcerting events. How a Trip to Film in Iraq Ended in a Military Jail Cell: The NYT has interviewed Cyrus Kar, the recently-released American filmmaker who was arrested in Iraq while filming a documentary history of Cyrus the Great. hnn.us /articles/4480.html   (8439 words)

Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A military occupation was established and run by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which later appointed and granted limited powers to an Iraq Interim Governing Council. There were reports of looting of Iraq's archaeological treasures, mostly from the National Museum of Iraq; up to an alleged 170,000 items, worth billions of US dollars [8]: these reports were later revealed to be vastly exaggerated. The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthrew the Ba'ath Party government of Saddam Hussein. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_Occupation_of_Iraq   (8439 words)

Iraq Occupation Timeline : Resources : Wage Peace Campaign : AFSC Iraq Casualty Count, an acknowledged authority on the number of U.S. forces killed in Iraq, begins to also track the number of Iraqi civilians and security forces being killed. The Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction reports that the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which ran Iraq until June 2004, is unable to account for $8.8 billion in reconstruction funds. The United Iraq Alliance, a coalition of Shiites, receives 48 percent of the vote; Kurdish parties receive 26 percent, and Sunnis just 2 percent because Sunni leaders called for a boycott. www.afsc.org /iraq/guide/occupation-timeline-6.htm   (1269 words)

CBC News Indepth: Iraq Iraq Body Count says that 37 per cent of the deaths were caused by the U.S.-led forces, and that 30 per cent happened during the invasion phase of the war. Iraq's interim government council agrees on a temporary constitution that limits the role of Islamic law in the country, making it one source for the country's civil law, but not the primary one. U.S. Representative Jack Murtha, a Democrat, war veteran and vocal cirtic of the Iraq war echoes Allawi's sentiments: "It is a civil war. www.cbc.ca /news/background/iraq/timeline.html   (15891 words)

CBC News:Mistakes made after Iraqi occupation: Garner LONDON - The U.S-led coalition made a number of mistakes after taking control of Iraq, the former U.S. administrator says. Garner said the coalition should have moved more quickly to establish a government in Iraq. In an interview with the BBC, Lt.-Gen. Jay Garner said there should have been more ground troops deployed. www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/11/26/garner031126   (15891 words)

2003 Invasion Of Iraq Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography Support for the invasion and occupation of Iraq included 49 nations, a group that was frequently referred to as the "coalition of the willing." These nations provided combat troops, support troops, and logistical support for the invasion. Those who opposed the war in Iraq did not regard Iraq's violation of UN resolutions to be a valid case for the war, since no single nation has the authority, under the UN Charter, to judge Iraq's compliance to UN resolutions and to enforce them. Opponents to the US-led occupation engage in guerrilla warfare. popularityguide.com /encyclopedia/2003_invasion_of_Iraq   (10113 words)

Definition of 2003 occupation of Iraq The 2003 occupation of Iraq by a US-led multinational government was toppled and the 2003 occupation of Iraq. Search by definition of 2003 Occupation of Iraq. www.wordiq.com /definition/U.S.-led_occupation_of_Iraq   (10113 words)

Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: Iraq April 27: A sister of Iraq's new Sunni vice-president has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad today, two weeks after another of her brothers was murdered. May 8: The first British servicewoman to die in action in Iraq was named today alongside four other members of a flight crew killed at the weekend when their helicopter was brought down. March 20: At the beginning of the Iraq war, the UN entrusted $23bn of Iraqi money to the US-led coalition to redevelop the country. www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/0,2759,423009,00.html   (1091 words)

Peter McMahon examines some futurist scenarios for the aftermath of a US-led invasion of Iraq - On Line Opinion 18/2/03 Iraq allows unqualified UN access, and either accounts for all weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or owns up to remaining stocks and programs. Let us then apply this method to the greatest problem occupying the world's attention right now, the futures of conflict with Iraq and the wider implications for the world. Resistance within Iraq is sustained and a sizeable occupation force must be maintained to suppress it. pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/10635/20030423/www.onlineopinion.com.au/2003/Feb03/McMahon1.htm   (1091 words)

Guardian Unlimited Special reports Iraq timeline: July 16 1979 to January 31 2004 Iraq claims that six civilians were killed and 15 wounded in last night's allied raid on the port city of Basra. The British and American-led mission in Iraq suffers a new blow when three British soldiers are killed and one seriously wounded by unidentified attackers in the southern city of Basra. Officials on Iraq's governing council warn that they are increasingly at risk from attack, a day after one of their number was shot and badly wounded in an assassination attempt. www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/page/0,12438,793802,00.html   (10449 words)

Against the Grain The current occupation of Iraq is only the latest attempt by Western imperial powers to dominate the region, according to Tariq Ali. The documentary, "Against All Odds: Hope in the Struggle," tells the stories of health workers and activists in southern Africa who are trying to make a difference. Thomas Frank argues that blue collar people have been mobilized against abortion, gun control, evolution in school, and a number of other issues directed at the "liberal elite," while the pro-business agenda of the right has slipped through hardly noticed. www.livingroomradio.org   (10449 words)

2003 Invasion of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iraq was subsequently marked by violent conflict between U.S.-led occupation of Iraq soldiers and forces described by the occupiers as insurgents. Prior to the invasion, the United States claimed that Iraq illegally possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 and had to be disarmed by force. The United Nations estimate of civilian casualties of the war in Iraq was 100,000 as of March 30, 2005. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq   (8153 words)

Category:2003 Iraq conflict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This category is for articles related to the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, its causes, events and consequences. Causes and prelude of the 2003 Iraq conflict The International Criminal Court and the 2003 invasion of Iraq en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:2003_Iraq_conflict   (223 words)

Al-Ahram Weekly Region Planning post-Saddam The success of the plan would largely be based on military occupation for the first three to four months, during which time a US-led coalition would establish security throughout Iraq. Observers caution that the exiled Iraqi dissidents are too fragmented to reach a consensus on some of the major issues. The 100-page plan, dubbed the "democratic principle", was prepared by a working group of exiled Iraqi intellectuals and professionals brought together by the State Department. weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/615/re2.htm   (223 words)

MSN Encarta - Donald Rumsfeld After the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq, Rumsfeld said he saw no need to send more U.S. troops to Iraq, despite some criticism that the reconstruction and occupation of Iraq were not going smoothly. During the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, Rumsfeld frequently appeared on nationally televised broadcasts to deliver press conferences and updates on the war. From the outset of his tenure as secretary and head of the Pentagon, political observers described Rumsfeld as one of the more hawkish members of the Bush administration, someone inclined to push for decisive military action, first in Afghanistan and later in Iraq. encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_681500367/Rumsfeld_Donald.html   (223 words)

Iraqi Opposition Agrees on Post-Saddam Blueprint The opposition is split, and includes the most pro-U.S. wing led by former banker Ahmad Chalabi and the Tehran-based Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), which claims better organization and more following inside Iraq. Not all of the Iraqi opposition chose to take part in the London meeting and the extent to which Iraqi delegates have support in their homeland is unclear. LONDON (Reuters) - Opponents of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Sunday agreed a political blueprint for the country's future, calling for a federal and tolerant Iraq in the event Saddam is ousted from power. www.iraqfoundation.org /news/2002/ldec/16_blueprint.html   (223 words)

The Christian Science Monitor Daily Online Newspaper Rather than allying itself with Iraq's opposition, an ambitious and fractious collection of exiles and dissidents, the US seems to be gambling that large segments of the Iraqi establishment will cooperate in a American-led effort to rehabilitate the country and reform its political system. They argue that Iraqis will see even a temporary US administration of Iraq as occupation, engendering anti-American sentiment throughout the Middle East. Some Iraqi opposition leaders are already attacking the plan, saying it amounts to a US military rule of Iraq that will favor the existing power structure in the country. www.csmonitor.com /2003/0213/p01s03-woiq.html   (223 words)

[ The New Iraq ] Founded on 20 April 2003, the Free Iraqi Society Party opposes the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq but supports the commencement of diplomatic relations between the two countries, provided these are conducted on equal footing. "Iraq is infected with several dangerous ailments, first of which is the occupation that wants to steal our land, funds, culture, and existence. The National Independence Party is a secular party led by Malik Duhan Al-Hasan, a former information minister and the current head of the Lawyers Union. www.rferl.org /specials/IraqCrisis/specials-politicalgroups2.asp   (223 words)

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