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BAGHDAD (AFP) - The chief suspect in an attack on a DHL aircraft over the Iraqi capital last month died in US custody after soldiers wounded him in a firefight, the US military said. US troops Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt also said troops had arrested 101 suspected combatants in 29 raids and 40 offensive operations over the last 24 hours. "Ziad Sahid, a former director of military intelligence... suspected of responsibility for attacks on coalition forces to include the downing of the DHL jetliner, died in a coalition medical facility of wounds received during a targeted raid on his complex,"...

No Flight Controls In a situation reminiscent of the United Airlines DC-10 landing without hydraulics in Iowa in 1989, the crew of a DHL A300 hit by a missile relied solely on engine power without flight controls to land at Baghdad. Pierre Ghyoot, secretary general of the Belgian Cockpit Assn. (BeCA), told Aviation Week & Space Technology that the pilots were able to guide the aircraft to a safe landing on Nov. 22 using only engine power settings. The aircraft lost all three hydraulic systems and all flight controls. Ghyoot said his organization is already planning to give the crew...

I was at the library yesterday, and my husband was reading Paris Match. I could NOT believe what I was seeing--a French reporter and photographer were with the group that used the--is it an RPG?--to hit the DHL cargo plane. Take a look at the photos that scroll on the top right. It's unbelievable, there are shots of the missile as it goes up, shots of the DHL plane being hit. So, someone knows where they are. I sure wish the French reporter would pass along the information to the Americans over there.

Merde reports: Rank and hateful anti-Americanism is now standard fare in French mass media. Paris Match trumpets 'Iraq: Exclusive, Our reporters were with the rebel commandos who hit the DHL cargo plane. They fired missles at the Airbus'. A slideshow is proudly displayed on their website and the images have been showcased on nightly news shows. French journalists lead the resistance against nasty American GIs! From the French paper: "De notre envoyee special Claudine Vernier Palliz C'est L'aube et L'houre de la premiere priere. Les dix hommes couchent leurs armes sur le sol et se preostement vers la mecque. Trois...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The global package delivery service DHL said Tuesday it had resumed flights to Baghdad, after one of its planes was hit by a missile on its approach to the airport. The missile struck a cargo plane on Nov. 23, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Baghdad's airport with its wing aflame. All three crew members were unhurt. A U.S. military investigation indicated the plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile. "From the advice we received, it is now a safe environment to fly," DHL spokeswoman Patricia Thomson told The Associated Press. She said...

<p>PARIS &#8212; A French weekly magazine plans to publish pictures of Iraqi insurgents launching a missile attack on a German DHL cargo plane over Baghdad that led to a closure of commercial air traffic to the Iraqi capital.</p> <p>The images were taken by Jerome Sessini, one of the photographers from the magazine Paris Match, who was with the attackers at the time of Saturday's attack, Editor in Chief Alain Genestar told Agence France-Presse yesterday.</p>

French mag's Iraq photo scoop From correspondents in Paris November 27, 2003 FRENCH weekly magazine, Paris Match, is to publish exclusive pictures of what it says are Iraqi rebels launching a missile attack on a German DHL cargo plane over Baghdad that led to a shutdown of commercial air traffic to the Iraqi capital. The images were taken by one of the magazine's photographers, Jerome Sessini, who was with the attackers - described in the accompanying article as "Iraqi guerrillas" - at the time of Saturday's missile strike, editor-in-chief Alain Genestar told AFP today. He said Sessini and a special...

French magazine publishes photos of attack on DHL plane in Iraq2 hours, 56 minutes ago Add Mideast - AFP to My Yahoo! PARIS (AFP) - French weekly magazine, Paris Match, is to publish exclusive pictures of what it says are Iraqi rebels launching a missile attack on a German DHL cargo plane over Baghdad that led to a shutdown of commercial air traffic to the Iraqi capital. AFP/Le Nouvel Observateur PhotoThe images were taken by one of the magazine's photographers, Jerome Sessini, who was with the attackers -- described in the accompanying article as "Iraqi guerrillas" -- at the time...

French Television Crew Participates in a Terrorist Attack in Iraq From Yahoo, here are advance stills from an upcoming French television broadcast which will show terrorists attacking an American cargo jet in Iraq. Apparently, the French television crew had been tagging along with the terrorists for a while before hand, and claim to be unaware of the attack beforehand. Here are video stills of the attack from 10 feet away:

A French journalist successfully negotiated to receive a home video taken two days ago three days ago by TERRORISTS on the ground in Baghdad near the International Airport. Japanese TV has gotten their hands on the video. Freepers, here it is.The brief video clip, with explanation, CLEARLY shows the enemy's advance positioning on the ground, near the airport, for the missile 'hit' of an approaching Baghdad-to-Bahrain DHL cargo aircraft. It then shows the actual missile launch, or what appears to be several launches. It also shows the "hit", under the left side wing of the aircraft. The speed of...

SAM Hits Cargo Jet, 3 Dead as Ops Continue in Iraq By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2003 -- Baghdad International Airport was closed to all civilian traffic after a DHL cargo aircraft was hit by surface-to-air missiles Nov. 22, coalition officials said during a press conference today in Baghdad, Iraq. Three U.S. soldiers also were killed in Iraq, said Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations director for Combined Joint Task Force 7. Kimmitt said gunfire was involved in the deaths of the soldiers, but would not comment further. Coalition officials said the airport will...

Time is GMT + 8 hours Posted: 22 November 2003 2217 hrs Iraq suicide bombers kill at least 18; first missile hit on plane KHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq : At least 18 people were killed in twin suicide attacks on Iraqi police stations, as a civilian cargo aircraft made an emergency landing after the first successful missile strike on a plane in the seven-month-old insurgency. The scale of the carnage from the almost simultaneous car bombings against the two police stations north of Baghdad overwhelmed local hospital staff. Police were forced to fire in the air to disperse anguished residents...

<p>KHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq  — Iraqi police stations in Baqouba (search) and Khan Bani Saad (search) came under attack on Saturday, killing at least 14, the U.S. military and Iraqi officials said.</p> <p>Also Saturday, a DHL commercial cargo plane with its wing on fire landed safely at Baghdad International Airport (search) with no reported injuries. Reuters news service reported that the plane had been struck with a surface-to-air missile, but the U.S. military said it was unclear if it had been struck by ground fire or suffered a technical problem.</p>

A civilian plane belonging to international express courier DHL was hit by a SA-7 surface-to-air missile over Baghdad forcing it to make an emergency landing, the US military said. "A DHL plane took off from Baghdad airport this morning and was hit by a SAM-7 surface-to-air missile," said a military official who asked not to be identified. "It caught fire, it turned around and came back to the airport where it safely landed. The fire was taken out. There are no injuries," he added. It was the first time that a plane using Baghdad airport had been hit by a...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- A civilian cargo plane landed at Baghdad International Airport Saturday with its wing on fire, the military and witnesses said. The plane was trailing thick smoke and part of its wingtip was missing as it overflew Baghdad's Mahmoudiya district prior to touching down, said a witness who asked not to be identified. Capt. Carrie Clear, a spokeswoman for the U.S. military base at the airport, said the pilot had declared an in-flight emergency. The plane, belonging to the DHL package delivery service, landed safely and no one was hurt, she said. The military spokeswoman said an...

Exclusive report to FR. A DHL plane has gone down in Baghdad. First reports indicate either system failure or hit by 2 SAMS. Crew managed to land and was taken out by Medivac. More info when I get it.

DHL pulling jobs out of Seattle; loss of 1,000 positions possible By Bradley Meacham Seattle Times business reporter Airborne jobs are flying away after all. The Seattle-based delivery company, which was bought by rival DHL in August, might shed as many as 1,000 jobs here over the next year. About 160 jobs at Airborne's Belltown headquarters, including marketing, personnel, finance and other operations, will move to DHL's offices in South Florida, the company said late yesterday. About 360 information technology jobs will move to DHL's IT center in Scottsdale, Fla., and the fate of 500 other jobs at the former...

09:47 PM MDT on Friday, September 19, 2003 Associated Press SACRAMENTO - A millionaire investor from Idaho who has been fighting a long-running tax battle with the federal government has become one of the largest contributors to GOP front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign for governor. William A. Robinson gave $100,000 to Schwarzenegger's Total Recall committee and $21,000 to his candidate committee Tuesday, public records show. Schwarzenegger's recall committee is not subject to the same Proposition 34 campaign contribution limits as apply to his individual campaign, and can accept unlimited donations to promote recalling Democratic Gov. Gray Davis. In May, Robinson, who...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. PLANTATION, Fla. - DHL said Tuesday it will lay off 2,870 U.S. workers due to its acquisition of the ground-express delivery operations of Airborne Inc. The layoffs represent about 6 percent of the company's total U.S. work force of more than 44,000 employees, DHL spokeswoman Kim Levy said. DHL's pick-up and delivery services will now be handled by couriers servicing Seattle-based Airborne's delivery network, which DHL bought Aug. 15 for $1.05 billion. "While the decision to reorganize these operations was a difficult one, it is an important step as we seek...

US officials say they have new information regarding possible airline suicide hijackings planned for the rest of this northern summer, the Washington Post reported today. The information was developed from recent interviews with al-Qaeda operatives held by the United States, and corroborated separately through electronic intercepts or other means, officials told the newspaper. The United States blames Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network for the suicide hijack attacks on September 11, 2001, and interviews with al-Qaeda captives described possible scenarios similar to that of September 11, the Post reported. Department of Homeland Security officials said they had alerted airline and security...