Bush
tells Israel to abandon West Bank settlements
The Independent, June 4, 2003
US President tries to impress Arab leaders with a stern warning for Ariel Sharon
but doubts remain about road-map to peace -- George Bush served notice on Israel
yesterday that it must evacuate Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The US President
gave the warning at a gathering with Arab leaders in the Egyptian resort of Sharm
al-Sheikh.
Abbas
calls on Palestinian militants to 'end violence' against Israel
The Independent, June 4, 2003
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas today called for "an end to violence
against Israelis everywhere," during the Middle East peace summit in the Jordanian
resort of Aqaba.
Sharon
vows to remove unauthorized outposts
Haaretz, June 4, 2003
U.S. President George Bush, Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon ended summit talks in Aqaba, Jordan on Wednesday with historic
pledges to end violence, revive the peace process and work toward the internationally-sponsored
road map, which envisions an independent Palestinian state by 2005.
Zionist
forces demolish Palestinian house on suspicion of planning attack
Palestinian Information Center, June 4, 2003
Tulkarm - A Zionist army spokesman yesterday said that the Zionist forcers had
demolished the house of a Palestinian citizen in the West Bank district of Tulkarm
on Monday night. The spokesman said that the Palestinian was suspected of intending
to launch a martyrdom operation in the green line (Palestinian lands occupied
in 1948).
Israeli
occupation army imposes curfew on Jenin
Palestinian Information Center, June 4, 2003
Occupied Jerusalem - The Israeli occupation army on Wednesday reinvaded the northern
West Bank town of Jenin, a frequent target of Israeli incursions. Palestinian
sources in the city said Zionist troops imposed curfew on the town’s 80,000
inhabitants, threatening to shoot and kill those leaving their homes.
Israeli
forces release 91 Palestinian prisoners, arrest 10 others
Arabic News, June 4, 2003
The Israeli occupation forces yesterday released 91 Palestinian detainees most
of them are administrative prisoners with the exception of Ahmad Jebera ( Abu
al-Sukkar) who has been jailed since 1975. However, the occupation forces carried
out new breaking in and arrest campaigns in the cities of the West Bank and Gaza
that resulted in wounding scores of Palestinians, arresting scores and destroying
one house.
Powell
Issues Warning to Yasser Arafat
Palestine Chronicle, June 4, 2003
"Under questioning, the secretary of state said that to live side-by-side with
an envisaged state of Palestine, the United States believes that Israel 'must
always be seen as a Jewish state' .." -- STATE DEPARTMENT (VOA) - Secretary of
State Colin Powell warned Palestinian Authority chief Yasser Arafat Tuesday not
to try to act as a "spoiler" in U.S.-led efforts to bring about a two-state solution
of the Middle East conflict.
Palestinian
detainees in Zionist jails begin hunger strike
Palestinian Information Center, June 4, 2003
Occupied Jerusalem - Thousands of Palestinian political prisoners and internees
in Zionist concentration camps have begun an open-ended hunger strike aimed at
forcing the Zionist regime to free them.
Israelis,
Palestinians Offer Concessions
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
AQABA, Jordan (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Wednesday to
dismantle illegal settlements in Palestinian areas, while the new Palestinian
leader renounced terrorism against Israel. Both steps were sought by President
Bush as he brought the two sides together in a bid to advance Middle East peace.
Ranteesi:
Sharm Al-Sheikh another failed summit
Palestinian Information Center, June 4, 2003
Gaza - Dr. Abdul Aziz Ranteesi, political bureau member of the Islamic Resistance
Movement, Hamas, has described the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit as one of the failed
summits that focused on Zionist security rather than Palestinian legitimate rights.
Hamas,
Jihad Defy Sharm El-Sheikh Summit
Palestine Chronicle, June 4, 2003
"Hamas stressed that the outcome of Sharm El-Sheikh summit would not influence
the movement decision to mull Palestinian Premier Mahmoud Abbas’ proposal
for a truce .." -- CAIRO - The Palestinian resistance movements Hamas and the
Islamic Jihad mocked at the agreement reached during the Arab-U.S. summit in the
Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh to stymie “assistance”
to what U.S. President George W. Bush dubbed as “terror groups.”
Hamas,
Jihad say will not lay down arms despite Abbas call
Haaretz, June 4, 2003
The militant Palestinian organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad said Wednesday
that they would not lay down arms despite an appeal from Palestinian Prime Minister
Mahmoud Abbas. "We will never be ready to lay down arms until the liberation of
the last centimeter of the land of Palestine," senior Hamas official Abdel-Aziz
al-Rantisi told Reuters.
Sharon
'ready' to evacuate 17 West Bank settlements
Financial Times, June 3, 2003
Ariel Sharon, Israeli prime minister, was on Tuesday said to be ready to evacuate
17 Jewish settlements in the West Bank to establish territorial contiguity between
the towns and cities of a future Palestinian state.
Settlers
dig in against eviction by Sharon
The Telegraph, June 4, 2003
Fifteen miles north of Jerusalem, the 22 Jewish settlers at the Giv'at Asaf outpost
are preparing to defend their homes. They have heard about Israeli promises to
dismantle "flagrantly illegal" settlements in the West Bank and know their community
is top of the eviction list.
PM
to offer contiguity for interim state
Haaretz, June 4, 2003
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will announce in his speech today at the close of
the Aqaba summit that the interim Palestinian state will have a "contiguous territory,"
but the Palestinians must declare an end to violence, fight against terrorism
and return to the negotiating table. Sharon will also promise an immediate dismantling
of illegal outposts.
Sharon,
Abbas Pledge Mideast Cooperation
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
AQABA, Jordan (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Wednesday to
dismantle illegal outposts in Palestinian areas, while the new Palestinian leader
renounced terrorism against Israel. Both steps were sought by President Bush as
he brought the two sides together in a dramatic bid to advance Middle East peace.
Broad
brush of the White House fails to pick out details
The Independent, June 4, 2003
George Bush has promised to commit "as much time as necessary" to brokering a
peace settlement between the Palestinians and Israelis. Few believe his first
face-to-face foray into the negotiating arena this week will achieve this end.
Syria
slams U.S. mideast peace effort as biased
Reuters, June 3, 2003
DAMASCUS, June 3 (Reuters) - Syria on Tuesday criticised U.S. peace efforts at
a summit with Arab leaders as an attempt to end a Palestinian uprising for independence
while turning a blind eye to what it described as Israeli "crimes".
Radical
groups vow to fight on
Courier-Mail, June 5, 2003
THE radical Islamic Jihad group said today "resistance will continue as long as
the (Israeli) occupation persists here," following a three-way US, Israeli and
Palestinian summit in Jordan. Mohammed al-Hindi said Palestinian prime minister
Mahmud Abbas' pledge to end the armed intifada was a "gratuitous offer."
Bush
Pledges US Commitment to Creation of State of Palestine
Palestine Media Center, June 4, 2003
PNA: Hamas, Jihad May Have No Choice But to End Violent Resistance -- The Palestine
National Authority (PNA) welcomed two statements issued by American and Egyptian
Presidents at the conclusion of the US-Arab summit meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh
Tuesday and warned that Hamas and Islamic Jihad may have no choice but to end
violent resistance to Israeli occupation if Israel pledges to stop its aggression
and killing of Palestinians at the Aqaba summit in Jordan Wednesday.
A
Look at Hilltop Outposts in West Bank
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
A key element of the first phase of the ``road map'' peace plan at the center
of Wednesday's Mideast summit in Aqaba, Jordan, is removal of Israeli settlement
outposts created since March 1, 2001. Some details about the outposts..
Saudi
Arabia rejects an American proposal to start normalization with Israel
Arabic News, June 4, 2003
News reports from Sharm Esh Sheikh said that Saudi Arabia, the creator of the
renowned Arab initiative to settle the Arab- Israeli conflict, refused a proposal
made by President George W. Bush during the consultation meeting with the Arab
leaders to start Arab normalization with Israel before starting practical steps
to the implementation of the Roadmap which is conducive to the foundation of the
Palestinian state.
Arab
moderates authorize Bush to complete his program
Arabic News, June 4, 2003
It seemed from the "half an hour" summit which was held in Sharm Esh Sheikh yesterday
that the five Arab leaders who took part in it authorized the US President George
W. Bush to complete his work plan in the region, being in Palestine through concentrating
on halting the Intifada and linking it to terrorism, or in Iraq where the Arab
side seemed to be remarkably neutral, giving no hints to the war Iraq was exposed
to or the occupation it undergoes currently.
Abbas
statement: Full text
BBC, June 4, 2003
The following is the full text of the statement by Palestinian Prime Minister
Mahmoud Abbas - also known as Abu Mazen - after the Middle East peace summit in
Aqaba, Jordan.
Text
of Comments by Bush, Mideast Leaders
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
Text of the statements Wednesday by King Abdullah II of Jordan, Palestinian Prime
Minister Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President George
W. Bush in Aqaba, Jordan, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.
A
bold stride along the road to peace - or a footnote in history?
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
President Bush is said not to have a strong grasp of detail on the Middle East.
Instead, he has a new strategy: naivety. Stride to peace, or a footnote in history?
-- President Bush meets the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers in Jordan
today for a summit that history books will either record as starting the final
journey to Middle East peace or not bother to mention.
Sharon
statement boosts road map for peace
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
"The prime minister's office states that the Palestinian state will be, among
other things, completely demilitarised, and this nation will be the home of the
Palestinian diaspora and Palestinian refugees will not be allowed into Israeli
territory." -- George Bush's Middle East peace campaign today received a boost
as the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, voiced support for the creation of
an interim Palestinian state.
Analysis
/ It's now terror versus settlements
Haaretz, June 4, 2003
The Gulf of Eilat has known quite a few summits in the last decade, peace talks
and dashed hopes. The Jordanian king's palace in Aqaba, where the road map will
be launched today, is only a few kilometers away from the Taba Hilton, where the
Israeli-Palestinian peace process was cut off in January 2001. It's difficult
to remember all the other conferences, the agreements that were violated, the
regional development plans that evaporated.
Mid-East
foes back peace plan
BBC, June 4, 2003
A landmark Middle East summit has ended with pledges from Israel and the Palestinians
to back the international peace plan known as the roadmap. Both Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas - better known
as Abu Mazen - supported the plan's vision of a Palestinian state existing in
peace alongside Israel.
Summits
split Israeli media
BBC, June 4, 2003
This week's Middle East summits aimed at achieving peace in the region have split
leading commentators in the Israeli media. While some welcome the summits as offering
an opportunity for peace, others forecast a backlash against the plan to rein
in the growth of Jewish settlements.
Background
/ If Sharon makes peace, is he in mortal danger?
Haaretz, June 4, 2003
On the eve of the 36th anniversary of a war that revolutionized Judaism as well
as the modern Middle East, Israel's most prominent hawk Ariel Sharon closed a
landmark summit Wednesday by putting hawks on notice that the road map will level
West Bank outposts and oust settlers from their caravan homes, as the government
treads the path leading to sharing the Holy Land with an independent Palestine.
Analysis:
Bush seeks to convince sceptics
BBC, June 2, 2003
For the first time, an American president is in the Arab world for a summit with
Arab leaders to discuss the root cause of much of the anger and rancour directed
at the United States - the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The meeting
is taking place against a radical new reality in the Middle East. America is occupying
an Arab country, Iraq, and there are an unprecedented number of US troops in the
rest of the Gulf.
Weekly
Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,
22-28 May 2003
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Israeli occupying forces have continued to conduct illegal actions and human rights
violations against Palestinian civilians, including collective punishment, shelling
of and incursions into Palestinian areas, house demolitions and agricultural land
leveling. This week, 22-28 May 2003, 5 Palestinian civilians, including
3 children and a handicapped man, were killed by Israeli occupying forces.
Occupation
Chronicle Events in Palestine June 4, 2003
Palestine Media Center
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian police officer in the northern
Gaza Strip. IOF also wounded eight Palestinians in the northern West Bank city
of Nablus and detained ten others in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. 2
Palestinians Die of Wounds in Gaza, Tulkarem. IOF Invade Jenin.
Palestinian
Detainee Released After 27 Years of Captivity
Palestine Media Center, June 4, 2003
Abu Sukar Heads for Arafat’s HQ Soon After Release -- June 4, 2003
- After 27 years of incarceration, Israel released Ahmad Jbara, better known by
his nom de guerre, Abu Sukar, who was welcomed by his family and a small but jubilant
crowd at Kalandia roadblock, just outside of Ramallah.
Hear
Palestine, June 4, 2003
Hear Palestine
NEWS: Israeli Ministers Confiscate Building in Occupied Jerusalem / Jenin: Israeli
Army Invades City and Camps; Imposes Curfew / Nablus: Home Raids and Attacks in
Balata Camp; 8 Arrested / Bethlehem: Boy Critically Wounded / Hebron: Army Blows
Up 3 Detainee Homes in Yatta; Curfew in Tafouh / Tulkarem: Israeli Army Invades
Nour Shams and Al-Quds University / Ramallah: All Entrances Closed; Curfew Lifted
/ Qalqilya: A Scream for Help FEATURES: Rafah: Students Look
Out for New Israeli Measures at Crossing / 89 Detainees Released, Some Had Few
Days of Detention Left
Explosive
went off in a Hizbullah ambulance
Arabic News, June 4, 2003
Eye-witnesses and security sources said that an explosive went off in an ambulance
for the Hizbullah party in the border Lebanese village of Kafer Kalla and resulted
in wounding its driver in the first incident of its kind targeting members of
the Hizbullah party since the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon in 2000.
ADL:
Starbucks Israel closure not due to anti-Israel pressure
Globes, June 4, 2003
''BusinessWeek”: Starbucks’ 1,532 cafes outside North America have
thus far yielded only net losses. -- The Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) café chain’s
serious troubles are not confined to Israel. The world’s largest network
of cafes is facing increasing difficulties from Zurich to Tokyo.
Maximum
alert for terror tied to summit
Haaretz, June 4, 2003
Israeli security forces went on maximum alert for the threat of terror attacks
timed to coincide with and to disrupt the Wednesday summit between President George
W. Bush, Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,
Army Radio reported....Palestinian sources reported that the IDF clamped a curfew
on the Balata refugee camp near Nablus, in the West Bank, on Wednesday afternoon
after having imposed a curfew on Jenin earlier in the day, Army Radio reported.
Lupolianski
elected as J'lem mayor, Yahav wins Haifa race
Haaretz, June 4, 2003
Jerusalem's acting mayor Uri Lupolianski became the first ultra-Orthodox candidate
to be elected to the Holy City's highest office, defeating millionaire businessman
Nir Barkat by a margin of 52 to 42 percent, election results showed Wednesday.
Wolfowitz:
Iraq war was about oil
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
"Let's look at it simply. The most important difference between North Korea and
Iraq is that economically, we just had no choice in Iraq. The country swims on
a sea of oil." -- Oil was the main reason for military action against Iraq, a
leading White House hawk has claimed, confirming the worst fears of those opposed
to the US-led war.
U.S.
to Lay Off 500,000 in Iraq
Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2003
Critics say Washington is moving too quickly to revamp the government employment
sector. -- BAGHDAD — U.S. reconstruction officials will soon hand out pink
slips to nearly half a million Iraqi military and civilian personnel, exacerbating
an unemployment crisis that experts say could slow the pace of postwar reconstruction.
Iraqis
not ready for democracy, says Blair's envoy
The Times, June 4, 2003
THE British diplomat charged with bringing democracy to Iraq said yesterday that
the country’s political culture was too weak, and radicals too powerful,
to proceed with elections for an interim government.
Soldier
dies as US faces 'cohesive' resistance
The Times, June 4, 2003
AN AMERICAN soldier was shot dead in central Iraq early yesterday, the tenth to
be killed in as many days in a hit-and-run attack. The latest incident occurred
near the town of Balad, 55 miles north of Baghdad. The total number of US military
killed since the end of hostilities is 38. At least eight have been killed by
hostile fire.
US
soldier was killed
Arabic News, June 4, 2003
A US military spokesman has admitted that an American female soldier was killed
yesterday at dawn to the north of Baghdad as she was shot in a recent series of
attacks against the American forces in Iraq during the few past days.
Soldiers
accused of beating PoWs
BBC, June 4, 2003
Two British soldiers have been ordered out of Iraq after the alleged beating of
Iraqi prisoners of war, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. One of the allegations
is that a soldier punched a prisoner in the face and gave him a black eye.
Britons
find more mass graves
The Times, June 4, 2003
BRITISH investigators believe that they have located the graves of hundreds of
thousands of Iraqis killed by Saddam Hussein’s regime since the end of the
Gulf War in 1991. Professor Margaret Cox, who leads a team of forensic archaeologists
from Bournemouth University in Dorset, said that the official number of mass grave
sites was more than 50, with as many as six burial pits at each site.
US
and UN plot the new Iraq
BBC, June 3, 2003
The newly arrived United Nations special representative to Iraq and the chief
American official in the country have pledged to work together to improve the
lives of Iraqis. The UN envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and US administrator Paul
Bremer held their first meeting in the capital Baghdad amid fresh protests in
the city against the US-led occupation of Iraq.
Radical
Islam starts to fill Iraq's power vacuum
The Times, June 4, 2003
The imams have replaced Saddam in stifling basic freedoms, residents claim --
THERE was no direct threat, but the implication was clear: Allaa Hassan, owner
of the down-at-heel Najah cinema in Baghdad, arrived at work two weeks ago and
found a letter posted up outside the front of his box office.
Occupiers
Propose New Media Code in Iraq
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Faced with a freewheeling Iraqi media, the U.S.-led occupation
authority is devising a code of conduct for the press, drawing protests from Iraqi
journalists who endured censorship under Saddam Hussein and worry for their newfound
freedom.
U.S.
Military Pours Into Baathist Areas
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
HABANIYAH, Iraq (AP) - In a high-profile show of force, the U.S. military poured
more than 1,500 combat troops into a swath of central Iraq on Wednesday, signaling
that any violent resistance to American occupation would be met with harsh punishment.
British
soldiers questioned over PoW deaths
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
The role of British troops in Iraq came under further scrutiny today amid two
fresh allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war. In the most serious
case of its kind so far, the Ministry of Defence has announced an inquiry into
the deaths of two Iraqi prisoners in British custody.
U.N.
Team to Scour Iraq Nuclear Complex
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A team of U.N. atomic energy experts headed to Iraq on
Wednesday to make sure of radioactive material at the country's largest nuclear
storage complex is safe.
UN
nuclear team heads for Iraq
BBC, June 4, 2003
United Nations nuclear inspectors have left their Vienna headquarters for Iraq,
for the first time since the US-led invasion. The seven experts from the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will check reports of widespread looting at Iraq's
largest nuclear site. They left for Kuwait on Wednesday, and are not expected
to arrive in Baghdad before Friday.
Spies
'fuelled Iraq arms row'
BBC, June 4, 2003
Rogue elements within the intelligence services have been blamed by a senior minister
for briefing against the government about the weapons threat posed by Iraq. The
Leader of the Commons, Dr John Reid, said journalists were fed false information
which accused Tony Blair of exaggerating the size of Saddam Hussein's arsenal.
Blair
to Cooperate With Intelligence Probe
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair, under fire from lawmakers over Iraqi
weapons of mass destruction which so far can't be found, said Wednesday that he
will cooperate with a parliamentary probe into his handling of intelligence reports.
Pentagon
Denies Slanting Intelligence on Iraq
Washington Post, June 4, 2003
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon launched a campaign on Wednesday to rebut
allegations it sought to mold U.S. intelligence findings to support the view that
Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction posed an imminent threat to American
interests.
Iraqi
Weapons Expert Insists Search Is Futile
CommonDreams/Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2003
As a new hunt for banned arms begins, a military scientist says the chemical agents
he helped develop have been gone for years -- BAGHDAD — After three decades
as one of Saddam Hussein's chief chemical warriors, Iraqi Brig. Gen. Alaa Saeed
picks nervously at the kebabs on his plate as he talks about the deadly nerve
gases and blister agents he once produced.
European
figures call for the release of Tareq Aziz
Arabic News, June 4, 2003
The French- Iraqi friendship society which includes hundreds representing all
political trends said in its call that the "war lunched by the US against Iraq
was illegal in the view of the international law, a matter which makes the detention
of Iraqi military and civilian leaders as illegal."
Saddam's
Suspected Hiding Place Excavated
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Army engineers used bulldozers, backhoes and other equipment
to dig through a rubble-filled crater Wednesday, trying to determine if Saddam
Hussein died in an April 7 airstrike on a house where he was believed to be hiding.
Iran's
Supreme Leader Says Attack Against Iran Would be 'Suicide'
Palestine Chronicle, June 4, 2003
TEHRAN - As tension mounts between Washington and Tehran over a number of issues,
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that any military attack
against Iran would be what he termed "suicide for the aggressor."
Iranian
Hard-Liners Block Reform Bill
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
Measure's Defeat Could Be Turning Point in President's Struggle Against Clerics
-- ISTANBUL, June 3 -- Conservative Muslim clerics in Iran have overturned a bill
that would have allowed voters a bigger voice in deciding who holds political
power there. The bill, which had easily passed Iran's reformist parliament, was
rejected by the Guardian Council, one of several appointive bodies dominated by
the clerics who have blocked efforts to bring Iran's government in line with the
popular appetite for social and economic change.
Iran
helping religious militias in Iraq, British envoy warns
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
Britain's most senior official in Baghdad warned yesterday that Iran was still
giving "unwelcome" support to fundamentalist Shia groups in Iraq. John Sawers,
the prime minister's special envoy to Baghdad, accused Iran of backing religious
militias vying for power in postwar Iraq.
Iran
warns US against attack
BBC, June 4, 2003
Iran's supreme leader has warned the United States that any attack against his
country would be "suicide for the aggressor". "US threats are not new," Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei told tens of thousands of people in Tehran. They were marking the
14th anniversary of the death of Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini.
Saudis
'united' against militants
BBC, June 4, 2003
Saudi Arabia insists that it is trying to destroy violent Islamic militant groups
blamed for suicide attacks on Western targets in the kingdom and elsewhere. The
Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, told the BBC on Wednesday that
the suicide bombers had "united everybody in Saudi Arabia against their efforts".
Vice
President Tells West Point Cadets "Bush Doctrine" Is Serious
US Departmnent of Defense, American Force Press Service, June 3, 2003
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2003 — "If there is anyone in the world today who doubts
the seriousness of the Bush Doctrine, I would urge that person to consider the
fate of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq," Vice
President Richard Cheney told an applauding 2003 West Point graduating class May
31.
Poll:
70% say things going well in Iraq
USA Today, June 2, 2003
WASHINGTON — Most Americans still say things are going reasonably well for
the United States in Iraq, despite reports of continued civil disorder there,
escalating attacks on American troops and failure to find weapons of mass destruction,
a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows.
Some
in Islamic Nations Fear U.S. Attack
Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2003
WASHINGTON -- With the war in Iraq a fresh memory, majorities of citizens in seven
of eight Islamic countries surveyed in a new poll -- including longtime U.S. military
ally Turkey -- said they fear a U.S. military attack.
News
Anchor to Head Al-Jazeera
Arab News, June 4, 2003
DOHA, 4 June 2003 — News anchor Adnan Al-Shareef was named acting director
general of Al-Jazeera television yesterday after his predecessor’s removal
amid reports Saddam Hussein’s spy services had infiltrated the Qatari channel.
Air
Canada’s Beirut Route Scrapped
Arab News, June 4, 2003
MONTREAL, 4 June 2003 — Air Canada announced Monday that the Canadian government
had withdrawn permission for it to fly the only direct route from North America
to Lebanon for national security reasons.
Bush's
America loses hearts and minds
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
The conflict in Iraq has left lasting rancour, with anti-American sentiment widespread
and at an all-time high in the Muslim world, a global research project released
yesterday said.
Egyptian
Men Remain on Federal Watch List
The Guardian, June 4, 2003
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Eight Egyptian men who were detained after the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks still appear on government watch lists even though the FBI promised
to have their names removed.
Little
Pakistan Shrinks in Brooklyn
Arab News, June 4, 2003
NEW YORK, 4 June 2003 — The FBI grabbed the cook at Lazzat Pakistani Pizzeria
as he spun dough. The plump newsstand man from Lahore rode the D-train to register
with the Immigration and Naturalization Service — and never came back.
