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Death on the Road to Basra
Tristana Moore BBC News June 28, 2003
June 28, 2003

... Summary: Here is an article that portrays the brutality of war now raging in Iraq ...

First Congressional Probe of Bush's Invasion of Iraq
Ken Guggenheim June 28, 2003
June 28, 2003

... Summary: Refusing to perform their responsibility as legislators to conduct oversight of the executive branch, the Republican-controlled House and Senate rejected calls for a probe in to President Bush's lies that led to the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Today, several Democratic senators are launching the first independent probe to reveal the facts behind the mounting casualties in Iraq ...

1,000 Protest Bush's War: "Bush Lied, People Died"
Ryan Kim San Francisco Chronicle June 28, 2003
June 28, 2003

... Summary: Something doesn't make common sense when 1,000 people gathered in the street and demanded President Bush's impeachment for starting a war, and 650 paid $2,000.00 to continue Bush's occupation and war against Iraq at the same hotel in Burlingame, California today ...

Grim Reality: 201 US KIAs in Gulf War in 2003
Paul Haven June 28, 2003
June 29, 2003

... Summary: The official Department of Defense death toll in the Gulf War since March 2003 has passed 200. Combined with the more than 400 deaths from 1990 to 2002 in the Southwest Asia war zone, the total number of deaths is nearing 700 since the Gulf War began in 1990.

SF Drops Charges Against Most War Protesters
Dean Murphy New York Times June 28, 2003
June 27, 2003

San Francisco, California — The district attorney's office today dismissed infractions against 407 people arrested in March in antiwar protests here and also indicated that it would not pursue charges against all but about 20 of the others who were arrested.

US Troops in Iraq go from "Popular Euphoria" to "Brunt of Criticism"
Edmund Andrews New York Times June 28, 2003
June 28, 2003

Once Hailed, Soldiers in Iraq Now Feel Blame at Each Step

"No Dialogue with the Occupier."

Baghdad, Iraq, — After riding into Iraq on a wave of popular euphoria, American and British forces are unexpectedly finding themselves the brunt of criticism for everything that goes wrong these days.

Bush: God Told Me to "Strike at Saddam"
Arnon Regular Haaretz (Israel) June 28, 2003
June 28, 2003

... Summary: Minutes from private meetings President Bush held last week in the Middle East quote Bush as saying, "God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them."

Two Missing US Soldiers Found Killed; 61 KIA Since May 1
Chris Tomlinson AP / New York Times June 28, 2003
June 28, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq (AP) - Two U.S. soldiers missing for days from a checkpost north of the capital have been found dead, a senior U.S. army officer said.

10 Appalling Lies We Were Told About Iraq
Christopher Scheer Alternet.org June 27, 2003
June 27, 2003

... Summary: Here are the top ten lies President Bush and his Administration told in order to scare, to convice, and to bully the American people and Congress into attacking, invading, occupying, and plundering Iraq. Sadly, each day as Bush's lies unfold, more of our US service members are killed in action. When will Bush and his Administration be held responsible for all the killings? ...

US Soldier Shot While Shopping in Baghdad on Friday
Reuters Washington Post June 27, 2003
June 27, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq (Reuters) - A US soldier was shot in the head while buying digital video discs at a shop in Baghdad on Friday, the shop owner and other witnesses said.

Bush: Nothing But Lip Service for Our Soldiers
Army Times Editorial Army Times June 27, 2003
In recent months, President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress have missed no opportunity to heap richly deserved praise on the military. But talk is cheap -- and getting cheaper by the day, judging from the nickel-and-dime treatment the troops are getting lately.

Cheney And The CIA: Not Business As Usual
Ray McGovern Hartford Courant (CT) June 27, 2003
June 27, 2003

As though this were normal! I mean the repeated visits Vice President Dick Cheney made to the CIA before the war in Iraq. The visits were, in fact, unprecedented. During my 27-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency, no vice president ever came to us for a working visit.

Soldiers Edgier, Iraqis Angrier, as Attacks Spur Tighter Security
Jim Krane and Donna Abu-Nasr Associated Press Wire June 27, 2003
June 22, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ U.S. troops are quicker to pull weapons now. They keep cars at a distance. They frisk pedestrians. They break into homes to seize weapons and men.

Two Missing U.S. Soldiers May Be Abducted
Associated Press New York Times June 26, 2003
June 26, 2003

Washington, DC (AP) - Two American soldiers appear to have been abducted in Iraq, defense officials said Thursday.

Two US Soldiers Killed in Iraq on Thursday
Nadia Abou El-Magd Associated Press June 26, 2003
June 26, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq (AP) - Assailants launched a wave of ambushes against U.S. forces in Iraq, dropping grenades from an overpass, blowing up a vehicle with a roadside bomb and destroying a civilian SUV traveling with U.S. troops, soldiers and Iraqi police said Thursday. Two U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi civilians were killed.

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