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Enron Chief goes berserk, hospitalized

It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy…

AC-130 gunships end cease fire in Fallujah

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) – The United States said it unilaterally ordered Marines to stop fighting in the beseiged Sunni city of Fallujah on Friday, but after dark the U.S. military apparently rescinded the order as it called in punishing airstrikes from AC-130 gunships.

-AP Wire

CORPSES LITTER FALLUJAH STREETS

South Africa’s Mail & Guardian

US-BACKED IRAQI COUNCIL OPPOSES FALLUJAH SIEGE

The siege on Fallujah, however, brought a condemnation from one of the most pro-American members of the U.S.-picked Governing Council, Adnan Pachachi.

“These operations were a mass punishment for the people of Fallujah,” Pachachi told Al-Arabiya TV. “It was not right to punish all the people of Fallujah and we consider these operations by the […]

AP confirms death toll

The deaths brought the toll of U.S. troops killed across Iraq this week to 42. The fighting also has killed more than 460 Iraqis _ including more than 280 in Fallujah, a hospital official said. At least 643 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003.

Iraq’s top U.S. administrator, […]

Reuters – 450 killed in Fallujah siege

Fallujah fighting kills 450 Iraqis.

Also, cease fire announced in Fallujah by Bremer.

Bush’s anti-terror advisers quitting in droves

Reuters: U.S. terrorism policy spawns steady staff exodus

Mortar attack on media hotels in Baghdad on first anniversary of STRATCOM statue destruction PR operation…

AP: Marines continue to deny death of civilians

The following is from tonight’s official AP roundup of events in Iraq for Thursday:

The fighting in Fallujah, nearby Ramadi, and across the south has killed more than 460 Iraqis _ including more than 280 in Fallujah, according to the director of the city’s hospital, Rafie Al-Issawi.

The Islamic Clerics Committee, whose offices are next […]

What is actually happening in DC

Rice was forced to admit that on August 6th, 2001 she briefed Bush that Bin laden groups seemed to be preparing for hijackings. The title of the “President’s Daily Briefing” was:

“Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside The United States”

I just broke Federal law by posting it. At this hour not only the contents […]

Foreign workers taken hostage in Iraq

BBC story. Apparently a number of South Koreans were taken hostage, then released, while the Japanese victims are still in captivity.