https://freerepublic.com/tag/palieiraqis/ en-us Sat, 12 Apr 2003 04:35:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/891460/posts Baghdad - The request for candy seemed innocent enough, but as the children approached the marines on patrol in Baghdad, Iraqi forces drove up and unleashed a salvo of rocket-propelled grenades. The ensuing five-hour firefight left nine marines wounded, including one who was shot in the head and remains in a critical condition. Staff Sergeant Brian Ivers said the experience on Wednesday, shortly after the marines' arrival in the Iraqi capital, had rammed home the dangers of being lulled into a false sense of security. Ivers said it appeared that the group of youngsters had been deliberately set up as... News 24 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/891460/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2003 04:35:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/890713/posts Apr. 10, 2003 'No place in new Iraq for Palestinians' By DOUGLAS DAVIS There will be strong ties with Israel but no place for Palestinians in the new Iraq, a leading member of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) told me late Wednesday night. The Washington-backed organization, a secular, democratic umbrella for Iraq's Shi'ite, Sunni, and Kurdish communities, is committed to a unitary state, with a large measure of autonomy for what they envisage will be three federal components. Until recently, the vigorously pro-Western movement was based in London. Now most of its leaders have relocated to various parts of Iraq,... Jerusalem Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/890713/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:37:33 GMT