BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) All three soldiers arraigned in Abu Ghraib have deferred their pleas, with a new hearing set for June 21.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) The Ukrainian parliament has rejected an opposition proposal to withdraw its troops from Iraq
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Al Qaeda suspects held in Spain
05/19/04 05:53 AM, EDT
A Spanish judge has remanded four suspected al Qaeda members into custody after their arraignment, according to a court order.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/19/madrid.arrests/index.html
Al Qaeda link seen in Japan case
05/19/04
A senior member of the al Qaeda terror group was based in Japan for more than a year, and investigators suspect he was trying to establish a terror cell, a media report says.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/japan.terrorlink.ap/index.html
Sudan off U.S. 'non-cooperating' list
05/18/04
Despite concerns over its government's involvement in an aid crisis, the United States Tuesday removed Sudan from its list of countries that are not cooperating in the war on terror.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/05/18/sudan.terror/index.html
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Isikoff: Memos Reveal War Crimes Warnings...Could Bush administration officials be prosecuted for 'war crimes' as a result of new measures used in the war on terror? The White House's top lawyer thought so http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4999734/site/newsweek/site/newsweek/
Taguba Report http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4894001/
The Pentagon plans to stop funding Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi exile it once hoped might help lead Iraq but whose intelligence reports and motives were doubted elsewhere in Washington, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=POMUZSXAZSD2ACRBAELCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=5180700
Bush camp wary on approval...The chief strategist for President Bush's re-election campaign yesterday said that if the president's declining approval ratings, which are already at record lows, slip an additional seven percentage points, it will be "very difficult to win." (The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040518-120219-3843r.htm
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Voting with their checkbooks, college professors are breaking overwhelmingly for Senator John F. Kerry over President Bush, with the Democratic challenger raising nearly three times as much in campaign contributions from college campuses. The fund-raising trend contrasts sharply with the 2000 presidential race, when Bush raised slightly more money from academia than Al Gore. (The Boston Globe) http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/05/18/professors_back_kerry_with_campaign_giving/
Israel is guilty of war crimes in its destruction of thousands of Palestinian homes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the human rights group Amnesty International charged in a report Tuesday. (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-05-17-israel-missiles_x.htm?csp=15
Missing Vietnam War Serviceman Identified
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/
The Reliable Source: Despite an outcry among media types, the State Department yesterday offered its full support for controversial press aide Emily J. Miller, who shocked both her boss, Colin Powell, and "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert when she ordered a cameraman to stop filming an interview with Powell that ran a few minutes over schedule Sunday in Jordan. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34743-2004May17.html
Pfc. Brian K. Cutter, 19, of Riverside, Calif., was found unconscious on May 13, and was later pronounced dead in Al Asad, Iraq. Cause of death is under investigation. He was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
http://www.defenselink.mil/today/