Posted on 05/28/2003 9:04:01 PM PDT by null and void
Good Morning.
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-- More than 30 animals, including lamas, were confiscated from Luna Park's petting zoo in Baghdad for neglect by the owner. A civil affairs team out of Washington, D.C., found the neglected animals and called for immediate attention. (Photo by Sgt. Mark Rickert)
Coalition civil affairs team confiscates neglected animals
Soldiers with the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade out of Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, seized more than 30 animals from Luna Park's petting zoo in Baghdad. The civil affairs soldiers pushed for confiscation when they found the petting zoo in extremely poor conditions. The animals were living in filthy cages and forgotten feeding bowls.
I always hate to see that animals like this have been abused or neglected. Glad there is now help.
MIAMI (AFP) - Citing her religious beliefs, a Muslim woman appeared in a Florida court to battle a demand that she remove her veil for a driver's license photograph.
"There are numerous references in the Koran demanding us to veil," Sultaana Freeman told an Orlando court, citing the Muslim holy book.
100 posted on 05/28/2003 9:27 PM EDT by TexKat
The lovely veiled lady & others like her need to make a decision if they will follow their "veiling" regulations or get a driver's license. Seems simple enough doesn't it?
MIAMI (NNS) -- Acting Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, paid tribute to South Florida Reservists when he visited the Navy/Marine Corps Reserve Center in Miami May 1.
Secretary Johnson addressed an audience of some 100 family members, Navy and Marine Corps Reservists, and full-time support staff on the evolving roles Reservists are playing in events throughout the world.
Powell Says Iraq Journalist Deaths Accident of War
New York, May 27, 2003— Just before noon on April 8, 2003, journalists covering the battle of Baghdad from the balconies of the Palestine Hotel looked on as the turret of a U.S. M1A1 Abrams tank positioned about three quarters of a mile away on the Al-Jumhuriya Bridge turned toward them and unleashed a single round. The shell struck a 15th-floor balcony of the hotel, fatally wounding veteran Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Spanish cameraman José Couso of Telecinco. Three other journalists were wounded in the attack.
She converted to Islam or whatever in 1997 or 98.
It was reported that a picture has been taken of Ms. Freeman by the state for a child abuse case.
It was reported that several IDs with her husbands picture and various names were found in her place of residence.
Women in Saudia Arabia are not allowed to drive.
Women in other mideastern countries that do drive have had their picture taken without the veil for the drivers license.
Not only am I required to have a photo id for driving, also when applying for a job (2 forms of ID), catching a check, occasionally purchases with credit cards, etc.
If she gets away with this, then we all should stand up and start bellowing, or all should refuse to have our pictures taken for drivers ID.
Okay I am listening to this guy on Scarborough and Company saying this is her right. Her religious right. I guess I need to get some religion.
Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) photo shows British Prime Minister Tony Blair arriving at Kuwait's International Airport. Blair arrived in Kuwait at the start of a visit to the Gulf that will see him become the first Western leader to go to post-war Iraq
Blair announces Iraq visit, Cook demands WMD inquiry
BAGHDAD (AFP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair was set to become the first western leader to visit Iraq since the war, as a former British minister called for an inquiry after Washington acknowledged Iraq may have destroyed weapons of mass destruction before war broke out.
"I want to see the British troops to thank them for their magnificent performance during the Gulf conflict," Blair said en route to Kuwait.
Former British FM calls for parliamentary probe over Iraqi weapons
LONDON (AFP) - Former British foreign secretary Robin Cook called for an inquiry after the United States said Iraqi forces may have destroyed the country's alleged weapons of mass destruction before war broke out.
"If (US Defence Secretary) Donald Rumsfeld is now admitting the weapons are not there, the truth is the weapons probably haven't been there for quite a long time," Cook, who resigned from the government over the war, told the BBC.
LONDON - Opponents of the U.S-British invasion of Iraq renewed their criticism of the war Wednesday after the American defense secretary said Iraq may have destroyed its weapons of mass destruction before the war.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, speaking in New York on Tuesday, said it was possible the reason Iraqi chemical or biological weapons had not yet been found was that Saddam Hussein 's government "decided that they would destroy them prior to a conflict."
DUBAI (Reuters) - An al-Jazeera television correspondent who had quoted eyewitness reports of a U.S. helicopter crash and the deaths of four Americans in Iraq Wednesday later said he was unable to confirm the incident.
"We cannot confirm anything ... not even that the incident occurred," the correspondent said without elaborating. He said he had been unable to enter the town of Hit itself due to the turmoil there.
Wreckage of the Iraqi presidential compound at Dora Farms bombed on the opening day of the Iraq war.
QUOTE--------"When we came out here the primary thing they were looking for was an underground facility, or bodies, forensics. And basically what they saw was giant holes created. No underground facilities, no bodies."
Col. Tim Madere
(CBS) The mystery of what happened to Saddam Hussein begins at a palace compound called Dora Farms on the southern outskirts of Baghdad. The war began here ten weeks ago when the U.S. dropped bombs and cruise missiles in an attempt to kill the Iraqi dictator.
Iraq Ponders Meaning of Newfound Freedom
BAGHDAD, Iraq - After more than three decades of being denied life's most basic freedoms under Saddam Hussein, Iraqis are trying to learn what it means to be free. And with more than 60 percent of Iraqis born after Saddam's party seized power, it is an alien concept to most.
"No one knows what freedom means," said Salima al-Majali, 29. "When were born, we opened our eyes to Saddam and everything was forbidden. Our life was all about fear."
Qantas staff suffer cuts in mid-air scuffle
Qantas would not reveal any details of the mid-air incident, but confirmed that the flight -- bound for Launceston on the island state of Tasmania -- had returned to Melbourne.
Police said one person had been taken into custody. ''We have two flight attendants suffering facial lacerations and they have been taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital,'' ambulance spokesman James Howe told Reuters.
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