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Does anybody know what country this name is from? I tried to search, but came up with information that was confusing. Saban Habibovic

What would have been the world's response if President Bush had said, "We are going into Iraq to end this evil regime, to end the suffering,torture and murder that the Iraqi people have endured for far too long." What if he did not mention WMD or terrorism or threats to neighboring countries? Would the world have supported this war?

‘The Americans Have Come’ Iraqi officials took the money and ran while U.S. Marines were served coffee and 7-Up. Melinda Liu reports from Baghdad on the jubilation, fear—and looting—in the capital For the first time in many days, there was no dawn chorus of aerial bombing or thudding artillery in Baghdad. I awoke today to a hot, scratchy breeze rustling through date palms and the muted chirping of birds. VERY OCCASIONALLY, distant warplanes or a muffled boom reverberated in the distance. The lack of nearby sounds of combat reassured many journalists here at the Palestine Hotel. But to me it...

Dear Americans, Let's say "Thanks!" to Private First Class Jessica Lynch... the heroic young American woman was captured and later dramatically rescued in Iraq. Her story is remarkable. Her unit was ambushed by Iraqi forces. As several of her fellow soldiers died next to her, PFC Lynch was determined to fight on. She took down several enemy soldiers, stopping only when she ran out of ammunition. She was dragged off and imprisoned in an Iraqi hospital... the treatment she endured there is not yet told. But upon her miraculous rescue, doctors found she had broken bones in her right arm,...

Unknown Hero Aided in Rescue of POW Jessica Lynch BOCA RATON, Fla., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida businessman Jonathan Larkin of Busy Body Gyms To Go has offered a $10,000 trust fund to be set up in the name of the Iraqi man named "Mohammed" whose last name has not been released for security purposes. Mohammed walked miles to give word to US- directed coalition troops as to the whereabouts of Pfc. Jessica Lynch. Lynch was rescued from the hospital in Nasiriyah where Mohammed's wife was a nurse. "Mohammed saw the mistreatment of Jessica and did not view her as...

Cheering Iraqis handed out soft drinks and offered cigarettes to U.S. Marines on Saturday, warmly welcoming the troops and making throat-slitting gestures at pictures of President Saddam Hussein. The Marines rolled into this town, 50 miles southeast of Baghdad, to tackle any pockets of resistance from Saddam loyalists bypassed as the U.S. vanguard swept toward the capital in the last two days. Instead they saw hundreds of young men heading away from the capital, apparently deserting the Iraqi army. Senior officials of Saddam's Baath Party had fled the town, residents said.

The argument that I get when I discuss Iraq