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...convoy, resulting in an eight-hour fire fight that left 11 Iraqis dead. Most attacks on U.S. soldiers are not even reported by the Pentagon, since military officials usually announce only those clashes in which Americans are killed or injured. "We're still at war," said Lieut. General Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq. As if to drive the point home, al-Jazeera broadcast an audiotape purported to have been made by Saddam, saying he is in Iraq and promising "days of hardship and trouble for the infidel invaders." Iraqis seen to be cooperating with Americans...
Determining precisely who is responsible for the attacks is the top priority for the No. 1 American soldier now in Iraq, Lieut. General Ricardo (Rick) Sanchez. Operating out of a small, cramped office tucked away in an opulent palace in downtown Baghdad, Sanchez says there is "no regional-or national-level synchronization or coordination" to the attacks. Instead, he says, "a lot of small groups are attempting to destabilize Iraq." Who are these men? Insofar as anyone can say, they include Saddam loyalists, radical Islamic fanatics, Arab mujahedin who entered Iraq from other countries--and just plain criminals, some...
...unit called Task Force 20, the U.S. intends to demoralize the diehards and prove to ordinary Iraqis still wary of openly cooperating with Americans that Saddam's rule is truly over. "We are absolutely focused on making sure that we can capture all the individuals on the blacklist," General Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, told TIME...
CHILE Graft Scandal Grows Former Public Works Minister Carlos Cruz, a longtime friend of President Ricardo Lagos, was charged with bribe taking in a growing scandal that has undermined the image of the country as Latin America's least corrupt. Five current ruling-party lawmakers are also facing graft charges, but Lagos denied the scandal constituted a crisis for his center-left government...
...feel cheated by the new government. Recent weeks have seen a bomb threat on a Dili hotel, a mob attack on a police station in the eastern town of Baucau, and a brawl between army cadets and policemen. "There was a political group behind this incident," Alkatiri aide Ricardo Robeiro said of last week's riots...