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...earlier elimination of his sons, will help draw Saddam?s Baathist supporters into a new, peaceful political process. Bremer reached out to them in Sunday's press conference: ?With the arrest of Saddam Hussein, there is a new opportunity for the members of the former regime, whether military or civilian, to end their bitter opposition...
...hard to say how many Iraqi civilians have been killed in the fighting. The U.S. military does not track civilian casualties in wartime. Iraqi hospital records are unreliable, and because Iraqi Muslims usually bury their dead swiftly, deaths are not always recorded. The Project on Defense Alternatives in Cambridge, Mass., estimates that about 200 Iraqi noncombatants have been victims of coalition firepower since May 1, when President Bush announced the end of major hostilities...
...clutch of Israeli Air Force pilots raised eyebrows when they signed a letter this fall refusing to participate in attacks on Palestinian militants hiding in populated areas of the West Bank and Gaza. Such "targeted eliminations," they argued, are "illegal and immoral" because they often cause civilian casualties. Israeli officials countered that pilots take pains to avoid injuring civilians, and the air force discharged the 27 dissenters, some of whom are decorated officers. Now the pilots are demanding they be reinstated. If the air force doesn't comply, they say, they will take their case to the Supreme Court. That...
...delivered to the town's banks, is shrouded in mystery. The U.S. claimed to have killed first 46, then 54, many of them wearing the uniform of Saddam's Fedayeen. But their bodies were not found on the battlefield or in the local hospital, while locals insist that only civilian bystanders were killed. Still, by the accounts of both locals and American troops, the fighting was fierce and protracted. The idea of forces loyal to Saddam Hussein still running around in uniform seven months after U.S. forces took control of Iraq - and capable, according to the account...
...addition to the structured activities of the conference, delegates identified the opportunity for civilian students to interact with cadets as an invaluable experience...