IOF Fatally Wound British Peace Activist in Rafah
International Press Center, April 11, 2003
GAZA STRIP, April 11, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)- - Palestinian medical sources in Gaza City said today that a British peace activist was fatally wounded, while he was trying to protect Palestinian children from the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the city of Rafah.

Israeli troops 'shoot British peace activist'
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
The 24-year-old British activist was trying to help two children who were trapped in crossfire when he was shot in the head. Doctors at a hospital in Rafah said that he was declared brain dead. -- Israeli troops today shot a British peace activist working as a human shield with the International Solidarity Movement, witnesses said. The man was reportedly standing between Israeli troops and a group of Palestinian children when soldiers opened fire, Khalil Abdullah, an activist with the Palestinian-backed group, said.

Palestinians wounded in Israeli raid on Gaza cemetery
ABC, April 11, 2003
Israeli helicopters fired four missiles at a cemetery in the central Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis, lightly injuring one Palestinian man. Palestinian security sources said an Israeli patrol also opened fire at a crowd that had gathered near the location of the air raid, lightly wounding two men. The missiles hit a collective grave and security sources said they were searching the vault for possible militants or weapons hidden inside.

Breaking News: Settlers Attack Palestinians in Beit Hanoun
International Press Center, April 11, 2003 
20:30 Armed Jewish settlers attacked several Palestinian citizens in the area of Beit Einoun, northeast of Hebron. Six Palestinians were wounded, according to medical sources in the city.

IAF kills Gazan Jihad man, wounds 8
Haaretz, April 11, 2003
Two Fatah men killed in Tul Karm  -- Israel Air Force helicopter gunships yesterday fired missiles at a car in Gaza City, killing a senior Islamic Jihad militant, while two Fatah activists were killed by IDF special forces in the West Bank.

Israel Continues Sweep for Militants
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli attack helicopters fired missiles into a cemetery Friday during a daylong military search for suspected Islamic militants that led to the arrests of four people from a Bedouin farming community. Also, a British peace activist was shot in the head Friday in the Gaza Strip while trying to protect two Palestinian children caught in a crossfire involving army troops, the International Solidarity Movement said.

5,000 Islamic Jihad supporters attend funeral for slain leader
Middle East Times, April 11, 2003
Around 5,000 supporters of the hardline Islamic Jihad attended Friday a funeral for local leader Muhammad al-Zatma, who was eliminated when Israeli helicopters fired two missiles at his vehicle in Gaza City.

Court orders right-wingers to stay away from Hill 26  
Haaretz, April 11, 2003 
The Jerusalem Magistrates Court ruled Friday that two right-wing extremists must keep away from an illegal outpost near Hebron that has been the scene of violent clashes between security forces and settlers. Palestinians filed a complaint with the Hebron police on Friday, saying that settlers had beaten them adjacent to the Hill 26 outpost.

Saddam's defeat will improve peace talks chances, says U.S. 
Haaretz, April 11, 2003 
WASHINGTON - Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told a Senate committee yesterday that the departure of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should improve the atmosphere for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

Not much success in fighting Jewish terror
Haaretz, April 11, 2003 
It is hard to describe the indictment filed against Tzuriel Amiur yesterday as a huge achievement for the Shin Bet security services' Jewish section. Almost a year has passed since the Bat Ayin terror cell suspects were caught by chance as they allegedly planted a trailer packed with explosives outside an all-girls' school in the A-Tur neighborhood of East Jerusalem, opposite the Mokassed Hospital.

Palestinian police in Jericho hand over weapons to Israel
Middle East Times, April 11, 2003
In an unprecendented move, Palestinian police in the southern West Bank town of Jericho handed over to Israel weapons and explosives confiscated from Palestinian armed groups, the Israeli army said Friday.

Sharon okays 800 Turkish workers in Israel in return for tank deal
Haaretz, April 11, 2003 
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has permitted 800 Turkish construction workers to work in Israel as part of a $687 million deal with Israel's military industries to upgrade Patton tanks for the Turkish armed forces.

Analysis / As far as Jerusalem is concerned, Bush and Sharon see eye to eye on everything
Haaretz, April 11, 2003 
On the eve of Passover, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will break his silence in the media, self-imposed since his election victory in the February elections. In a holiday interview to the press, Sharon will discuss his desire to begin the diplomatic process with the Palestinians, which he will say is in Israel's interest, and he will deflect worries about American pressure.

The Sheriff
Haaretz, April 11, 2003
Avri Ran has a farm and Jewish followers in the West Bank. But for his Arab neighbors, it's a rule by force.  The admiration shown for Avri Ran by the Jewish residents of hilltops in Samaria is matched only by the fear and loathing he arouses among the Palestinian neighbors there and the peace activists who are working with them.

IDF debating if U.S. conquest is also an Israeli victory
Haaretz, April 11, 2003 
The army's top brass, from colonel up, is to meet Sunday for a presentation by on the Israel Defense Forces' financial condition, the defense budget and the multi-year development budget. The immediate ramification of the budgetary issues is that many officers and NCOs will be fired, mostly from the middle ranks. But behind these concerns are deeper, political issues with regard to the significance of the American success in Iraq.

ISM Updates: Tulkarem, Rafah
International Solidarity Movement, April 10, 2003
Tulkarem: Undercover Israeli Special Forces assassinate 2, injure 4, Witnessed by ISM activists.  Jibna, Rafah: Israeli Army Shoots 2 More Civilians In Jibna, Rafah.  ISM Activists Working As Human Shields In Area.

Israeli fire critically wounds British activist
ABC, April 11, 2003
Israeli troops shot and critically wounded a British peace activist helping Palestinian children cross a street under gunfire on Friday, fellow activists and hospital officials said. Tom Handoll was one of 12 members of the International Solidary Movement (ISM) who on Thursday went to the Rafah refugee camp on the Eygptian border to protest at continued Israeli shooting in the area, ISM member Nick Smith said.

IDF mows down more 'human shields'
Middle East Times, April 11, 2003
For the past three weeks, while you were looking the other way, the 29-month-old intifada has continued in Israel. Lives have been lost – including those of two American peace activists - hundreds have been crippled and injured, houses have been destroyed and yet reports of these events have mostly been drowned out by those from Iraq.

British peace activist shot by IDF troops in Gaza Strip
Haaretz, April 11, 2003
Israel Defense Forces troops shot a British peace activist working with the International Solidarity Movement on Friday, witnesses said. Doctors said the Briton was brain dead. The activist was standing in between IDF troops and a group of Palestinian children when soldiers opened fire, said Khalil Abdullah who works with the Palestinian-backed peace group.

2 soldiers killed by gunmen at Jordan Valley Golani base
Haaretz, April 11, 2003 
Nine others hurt in raid by 2 gunmen  -- Two Palestinian gunmen infiltrated a small Golani training base close to the northern Jordan Valley Beka'ot moshav around dawn yesterday morning, killing two soldiers and wounding nine.

Palestinians: IAF helicopters attack cemetery in Gaza Strip
Haaretz, April 11, 2003
Palestinian sources reported Friday that IAF Apache helicopters fired missiles at a cemetery near Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip... Hospital officials in the southern Gaza Strip town reported seven people injured in the attack. Two of the wounded were in serious condition, Nasser hospital said.

Gunmen kill two Israeli soldiers
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers and injured nine others yesterday after infiltrating an army base in the West Bank shortly before dawn. The three gunmen were killed in a gunfight with Israeli soldiers at the military base near the village [settlement] of Beka'ot.

Police investigating settler over alleged beating of Palestinians near illegal outpost
Jerusalem Post, April 11, 2003
Hebron Police is investigating a complaint lodged by Palestinian residents of the town's outskirts, alleging that settlers beat them near an illegal outpost near the town known as 'Hill 26'.

A family tree whose roots are still hidden
Haaretz, April 11, 2003 
"Aristocracy of the Land: The Husseini Family, a Political Biography") by Ilan Pappe, Bialik Institute, Zagagi series, 444 pages -- A kind of collective political biography with a nod to psychology, tracing the nucleus of political power of an emerging nation....Ilan Pappe has set out to reconstruct the hidden roots of this family, which played a key role in the history of the Palestinians.

Common images
Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, 10 -16 April 2003
Palestine and Iraq are two faces of the same coin. Jonathan Cook from Tulkarm explains how  -- Al-Jazeera was showing Iraqi prisoners, their heads covered with hoods and their hands tied tightly with white plastic cuffs, on the television behind Sultan and Shareef Haroun. But the two brothers, sitting in their home again after three days exiled from their families, hardly needed reminding of what occupation looks like up close.

Iraq War News

US marines kill two children in checkpoint error
ABC, April 11, 2003
US Marines say they killed two children at a checkpoint in Iraq today, when the driver of the vehicle in which the youngsters were travelling ignored warnings to stop, creating fears of a suicide attack.

Kurds celebrate fall of Mosul
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
Saddam Hussein loyalists fled Iraq's third city, Mosul, today as celebrations and looting began before the expected arrival of US forces and Kurdish fighters.

No hope for dying at Basra hospital
Middle East Online, April 11, 2003
Few nurses, doctors, no guards, no medicine, no power make hope for dying tiny in Republican Basra Hospital. -- BASRA, Iraq - She cradled her newlywed son, waved swarming flies away for the hundredth time and wept with every breath he took. In three days, he will be dead. Maybe two. Medical staff at Basra General Hospital will do little but stand and watch, stripped of the medicines and blood supplies that would save his life.

Experts Say US 'Discovery' of Nuclear Materials in Iraq was Breach of UN-Monitored Site
Common Dreams, April 10, 2003
VIENNA, Austria -- American troops who suggested they uncovered evidence of an active nuclear weapons program in Iraq unwittingly may have stumbled across known stocks of low-grade uranium, officials said Thursday. They said the U.S. troops may have broken U.N. seals meant to keep control of the radioactive material.

"Catastrophic" Situation at Baghdad Hospital: ICRC Official 
Common Dreams, April 11, 2003
A Baghdad hospital visited by a team of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was in "catastrophic" state, an ICRC official said. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday it doubted any hospital in Baghdad was still working because of 'anarchy' on the city's streets.

Is Killing Part of Pentagon Press Policy?
Common Dreams/FAIR, April 10, 2003    
NEW YORK - April 10 - The Pentagon has held up its practice of "embedding" journalists with military units as proof of a new media-friendly policy. On April 8, however, U.S. military forces launched what appeared to be deliberate attacks on independent journalists covering the war, killing three and injuring four others.

Umm Qasr Still Waiting for Help
Arab News/Baltimore Sun, April 11, 2003
UMM QASR, Iraq, 11 April 2003 — This is the place, just several miles from the Kuwait border, that American and British officials say is doing best among Iraq’s southern cities, the place where water is most plentiful, where there are no problems with food and where medical care is available for those who need it. Perhaps it is doing better than other cities but Umm Qasr is not doing well at all.

Iraqi National Congress: 'No place in new Iraq for Palestinians'
Jerusalem Post, April 10, 2003
There will be strong ties with Israel but no place for Palestinians in the new Iraq, a leading member of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) told me late Wednesday night.

Baghdad descends into chaos
BBC, April 11, 2003
The Red Cross has said it is worried about the chaos in Baghdad as the looting continues. -- The United Nations says the American forces have a duty under the Geneva Conventions to protect hospitals after a gang stole incubators and heart monitors.

Jordan Red Cresent scolds US-UK forces
Middle East Times, April 11, 2003
The Jordan Red Crescent Society has accused the United States and Britain of preventing its Iraqi counterpart from treating wounded civilians.

Heavy Fighting for Desert Base at Syria Border
New York Times, April 11, 2003
WASHINGTON, April 10 — Out of sight of television cameras, some of the heaviest fighting in Iraq has been raging for nearly three weeks near the town of Qaim on the Syrian border, where American Green Berets and British commandos have been attacking units of Iraq's Special Republican Guard and Special Security Services, according to senior military and defense officials.

EC probes US contracts in Iraq
EU Observer, April 11, 2003
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission has stated that it will scrutinise the way US authorities award reconstruction deals in Iraq. The Commission is to monitor deals to see if Washington breaches international trade rules on government contracts, but political constraints mean the Commission may not be willing to take the matter too far.

Turkey: U.S. assures us Kurdish fighters have left Kirkuk
Haaretz, April 11, 2003 
ANKARA - The United States has told Turkey that Iraqi Kurdish forces have withdrawn from the oil city of Kirkuk and will also pull out of nearby Mosul, a Turkish government source said on Friday.

Britain cuts back forces in the Gulf
The Independent, April 11, 2003
Britain has started to to scale back its forces in the Gulf, armed forces minister Adam Ingram said today.

US threatens to use biggest bomb as hunt switches north
The Independent, April 11, 2003
The United States stepped up the military and psychological pressure on the Baathist stronghold of Tikrit yesterday as the hunt for Saddam Hussein and leading members of his regime began to focus on areas to the north and west of Baghdad.

Weapons of mass destruction will be found, insist Allies
The Independent, April 11, 2003
US commanders said yesterday that they would need "detailed intelligence" to find the arsenal of weapons of mass destruction which they continue to insist has been hidden in Iraq.

Iraq creates National resistance front to US- British coalition
Information Clearing House/ITAR-TASS, April 11, 2003
(ITAR-TASS) Iraq has launched activities with the aim to create a National resistance front to the U.S. British coalition. One of its leaders in exile, Abdel Amir ar-Rakabi, who represents the Iraqi patriotic movement, told Abu Dhabi satellite television that a resolution on the establishment of the National resistance front would be announced in Iraq in two days' time.

Exclusive: Saddam Was key in early CIA plot
Information Clearing House/UPI, April 11, 2003 
U.S. forces in Baghdad might now be searching high and low for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but in the past Saddam was seen by U.S. intelligence services as a bulwark of anti-communism and they used him as their instrument for more than 40 years, according to former U.S. intelligence diplomats and intelligence officials.

Tikrit Stands As Last Major Iraq Holdout
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
An entire Iraqi army corps disappeared Friday in northern Iraq's largest city, leaving Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit as the last major holdout of his regime.

Hunting Hussein, U.S. Attacks Mosque
New York Times, April 11, 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 10 — American forces hunting Saddam Hussein attacked a mosque here today and later bombed it, but appear to have missed an opportunity to kill or capture members of the Iraqi leadership.

UK troops 'break law' by hooding Iraqi prisoners
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
British troops have been following America's example by hooding Iraqi detainees, but the practice is inhuman and illegal -- In recent days, television has shown pictures of British troops making arrests in southern Iraq. Those arrested, it has been reported, are Ba'athist leaders and militia. If so, they may well be guilty of heinous crimes.

US to beam American news into Iraq
The Guardian, April 11, 2003 
The Bush administration is planning to beam US network news bulletins fronted by veteran anchors Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather into Iraq on its Towards Freedom TV channel within days.

US moves to tackle looting
BBC, April 11, 2003
Looting has reached "epidemic proportions" -- US forces in Baghdad say they are taking measures to try to end the serious security problems in the city caused by looting. The Americans are setting up a civil military operations centre at the Palestine hotel and have appealed for Iraqis running the public services in Baghdad to come forward and aid them.

U.S. to Recruit Iraqi Civilians to Interim Posts
New York Times, April 11, 2003
WASHINGTON, April 10 — The Bush administration said today that it would begin next week to identify Iraqi civilian leaders to help run their country, as tensions persisted between the State and Defense Departments over an interim authority that would pave the way for an elected government in Iraq.

Dyncorp Rent-a-Cops May Head to Post-Saddam Iraq
CorpWatch, April 9, 2003 
"When the area is safe, we will go in. Watch CNN. In the meantime fax us a resume if you want a job," Homer Newman, a Dyncorp recruiter told Corpwatch. But Chuck Wilkins, a company spokesman in Virginia, said: "The contract hasn't yet been awarded."

Iraq talks 'to start within days'
BBC, April 11, 2003
Tensions have arisen over who might replace Saddam Hussein  -- Iraqi opposition leaders will meet in the south of the country within the next week to begin discussions on the country's future, US military officials have said. White House special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad would chair the meeting, said Captain Frank Thorp, a spokesman at Central Command in Qatar.

Some Iraqis Try to Stop Baghdad Looters
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Taking the law into their own hands, Baghdad residents blockaded streets and beat up looters Friday as disorder spread in the Iraqi capital. The United States said the military does not intend to act as a police force.

Russia, France, Germany Hold Iraq Talks
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - As U.S.-led forces consolidated their hold on Iraq, the leaders of Russia, France and Germany gathered Friday for a summit that was expected to push for the United Nations to play the leading role after the end of hostilities.

Anti-war leaders discuss Iraq
BBC, April 11, 2003
This is the "anti-Belfast summit", some commentators have said  -- The leaders of Russia, France and Germany are meeting in Saint Petersburg to discuss their strategy in dealing with post-Saddam Iraq and the victorious coalition.

Pentagon Outlines 3-Part Blueprint For Iraq Rule
Islam Online, April 11, 2003
 "The United States intends to stay in Iraq "as long as necessary", but not one day more," Wolfowitz  -- WASHINGTON, April 11 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Thursday, April 10, outlined a three-stage transition for Iraq from its current status without a functioning government to occupation by U.S.-led forces, to eventual self-governance, adding that France should pay for opposing war and that Russia should now forget about ever winning back its debts from Iraq.

US shows off new card trick
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
The US military today said that it had issued a most-wanted list of 55 former leaders of Saddam Hussein's regime in the form of a deck of playing cards.

UN crucial to rebuilding Iraq
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
The Bush administration is discovering that world financial organisations want international authorisation before starting on postwar reconstruction -- Much as the US would like to sideline the UN in post-war Iraq, the Bush administration is discovering that the road to reconstruction does, indeed, lead through the UN.

Power vacuum that has taken US by surprise
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
Washington row over who will take reins of government -- The US won the war with relative ease: the peace is proving to be a lot harder. The collapse of Saddam's regime has left a power vacuum that has taken America by surprise.

Spy agencies compete to find Saddam secrets
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
US forces in Baghdad have secured the Iraqi interior ministry for the CIA in the hope of finding documents on the ousted regime's human rights abuses and the development of weapons of mass destruction, according to intelligence sources.

Divided Arabs contemplate their second catastrophe
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
Analysis: Neighbours despair at Saddam's lack of fight amid concern that his overthrow signals a new order they too are powerless to resist -- "His image put up more resistance than he did," said a commentator in the leftwing Beirut newspaper al-Safir, referring to those symbolic moments in Firdaus Square, Baghdad, when an American tank recovery vehicle came to the assistance of the jubilant Iraqis trying to topple the giant statue of Saddam Hussein.

Regimes who worry that they will be next
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
Rulers face conciliation or confrontation -- Fears that Iraq may not be the last American target have been raised by bellicose statements from the Pentagon and US neo-conservatives directed against other members of the "axis of evil" and the so-called "states of concern". In light of the Baghdad regime's fate, these countries now face a choice between fight and flight.

France faces isolation as strains show in anti-war axis
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
Jacques Chirac faced a backlash from his peace campaigning yesterday after warnings from his own party that France had gone too far in opposing Britain and the US, and now faced international isolation.

Archbishop Orders Priest to Raise Flag
The Guardian, April 11, 2003
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest who removed the U.S. flag from in front his church was ordered to put it back up by the archbishop, who said anti-war views shouldn't be forced on the public.

UN agencies alarmed at security situation in Iraq but some planning to go back
Arabic News, April 11, 2003
Even as United Nations relief agencies reported chaotic scenes from Baghdad, with a hospital and UN compounds being looted, plans were underway yesterday to send some international humanitarian aid staff back into the country within the next few days, security permitting.

Straw underlines the importance of dialogue with Syria, Iran
Arabic News, April 11, 2003
Britain yesterday announced the importance of continuing dialogue with Syria and Iran and that the two countries should help in building a better future for post- war Iraq.

Syria urges 'end to occupation'
BBC, April 11, 2003 
Syria has called for an end to the "occupation" of its neighbour, Iraq, in its first official response to the fall of Baghdad. But Damascus did not respond to accusations on Wednesday from US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that it was helping members of Saddam Hussein's regime to escape.

Syria cuts oil exports
BBC, April 11, 2003 
Traders in the London oil markets have reported a sudden big cut in crude oil deliveries from Syria which, they say, could prove the country has been illegally importing Iraqi oil. This follows a warning to customers on Tuesday that Syria was cutting oil exports by nearly half for the rest of the year, from state oil marketer Sytrol.

Hawks Set Sights on Iran, Syria as Baghdad Falls
Common Dreams, April 10, 2003 
WASHINGTON - Emboldened by the U.S. military's apparent quick rout of Iraqi forces, conservative hawks in America are setting their sights on regime change in Iran and Syria. "It's time to bring down the other terror masters," Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute wrote on Monday -- two days before U.S. troops swept into the heart of Baghdad -- in a piece entitled "Syria and Iran Must Get Their Turn."

Shiite Protesters Storm Iraqi Embassy in Iran
New York Times, April 11, 2003
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iraqis stormed their embassy in the Iranian capital on Friday, tearing down photographs of Saddam Hussein but also chanting ``Death to America.''

Khamenei Welcomes Saddam's Ouster, Slams U.S. Occupation
Islam Online, April 11, 2003
Don’t Collaborate With Occupiers: Khamenei To Iraqi Opposition -- TEHRAN, April 11 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Iran may be happy to see its arch-enemy Saddam Hussein ousted, but plans to replace the toppled leader with a U.S. military ruler constitutes an aggression against Islam, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared Friday, April 11.

US takes on Syria in war of stern words
Christian Science Monitor, April 11, 2003
BEIRUT – Syria's support for the collapsed regime of Saddam Hussein may have goaded Washington into seriously considering the use of military force against Damascus. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld charged on Wednesday that Syria is taking in fleeing members of Hussein's regime and continues to supply Iraq with military equipment, an accusation he first leveled two weeks ago.

Remarks by Bush Aides Worry Syria
Common Dreams/San Francisco Chronicle, April 11, 2003
Ordinary People Fear Their Nation Could Be Target of 'Regime Change' -- DAMASCUS, SYRIA -- A sense of gloom-tempered defiance hangs over this capital city as President Bashar Assad's stand against U.S. policies in the Middle East pushes this hard-line Arab nation toward the top of the Bush administration's radar screen.

Highlights of the Noon Briefing, April 10, 2003
Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations, United Nations News, April 10, 2003
On entering the building this morning, Secretary-General Kofi Annan was asked by reporters about the recent developments in Iraq and said, “It appears there is no functioning government in Iraq at the moment.”

Orthodox head warns of big clash
BBC, April 11, 2003 
The leader of the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Bartholomew, has warned of the danger of confrontation between the Christian and Muslim world in the aftermath of the war in Iraq. Speaking in an exclusive BBC interview, conducted at his seat in Istanbul, the patriarch, who is the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, also called for an important role for the United Nations in finding a permanent solution to the crisis.

Lawmaker Questions Halliburton Contract 
Common Dreams, April 11, 2003
Waxman and Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., have asked for an investigation into how the Bush administration is awarding contracts for the reconstruction of Iraq, which could cost as much as $100 billion.

NY Police Admit Keeping Anti-War Protest Database 
Common Dreams, April 10, 2003
NEW YORK - New York police admitted on Thursday to compiling and then destroying a database of people arrested during anti-war protests, but rights groups decried the practice as an erosion of civil liberties in the name of the U.S. war on terrorism.

Danger in western desert delays journalists
Jordan Times, April 11, 2003
AMMAN — Hundreds of journalists that converged on the Karama border post at dawn Thursday on their way to Baghdad were allowed entry into the now devastated country following a several-hour delay by Jordanian authorities. Journalists present at Karama told The Jordan Times that authorities had restricted media and press corps' passage through the border post, warning that the road into the fallen Iraqi capital was too dangerous to travel.

Dutch considering role in postwar peacekeeping force in Iraq
Jerusalem Post, April 11, 2003 
The Dutch government, which supported the US-led war on Iraq, is discussing its possible role in a peacekeeping force in the region, officials said Friday.

Sony to cash in on Iraq with 'shock and awe' game
The Guardian, April 10, 2003
Sony have applied to register the name 'Shock and Awe' as a trademark -- Japanese electronics giant Sony has taken an extraordinary step to cash in on the war in Iraq by patenting the term "Shock and Awe" for a computer game.

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In pictures: Looting and disorder
BBC, April 11, 2003

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In pictures: Human cost of war
BBC, April 11, 2003

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Oil Exports From Northern Iraq Continue, Syria's Role
BBC, April 11, 2003