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
