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redstar2000
23rd October 2003, 12:31
The US military has failed to conduct proper investigations into the killings of Iraqi civilians by American soldiers in Baghdad, a human rights group says.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3209426.stm

Two National Guard soldiers who married Iraqi women against their commander's wishes will have to wait at least eight months to return home with their brides, according to a lawyer for one of the soldiers.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...1439EDT0652.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/10/20/national1439EDT0652.DTL)

Halliburton, the oil services and construction group, has been accused by US lawmakers of charging "inflated prices" when they sell petrol to US troops in Iraq.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/3205105.stm

Mr Bush later attended a barbeque at Mr Howard's official residence where guests dined on shrimps and scallops, beef fillet and lamb cutlet and macadamia pavlova roulade with passion fruit ice cream.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/3204585.stm

A British charity has accused the US-controlled Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq of failing to account for $4bn meant to help rebuild the country.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3206841.stm

A leaked internal memo by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the US faces what is described as a "long, hard slog" in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3205717.stm

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Man in the White Shirt
26th October 2003, 15:36
I guess the question I must ask is "Is anyone surpirsed?"

Blackberry
27th October 2003, 00:49
More on the blues for Bush in Australia.

Link 1 (http://www.che-lives.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=18468)
Link 2 (http://www.che-lives.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=18465)