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Stories from 2003-09-20

Eight Civilians Killed in US Strike on Taliban

Sayed Salahuddin | Reuters | September 20, 2003

"The civilians died in their beds when a bomb landed on their tent in Naw Bahar district of the southern province of Zabul on Wednesday night." [more]

Guantánamo Base Chaplain in Detention

Coralie Carlson | Associated Press | September 20, 2003

"Yee is being held at a military brig in Charleston, S.C., Crosson said. That is the same place where officials are holding Yaser Esam Hamdi, an American-born Saudi who allegedly fought with the Taliban, and José Padilla, a former Chicago gang member charged with plotting to detonate a radioactive 'dirty bomb.' " [more]

Iraq's Occupiers Suspected of Losing Touch with Reality

Robert Fisk | Independent | September 20, 2003

"An increasing number of journalists in Baghdad now suspect that US proconsul Paul Bremmer and his hundreds of assistants ensconced in the heavily guarded former presidential palace of Saddam Hussein in the capital, have simply lost touch with reality." [more]

US Soldier Kills Baghdad Tiger After Colleague Clawed

STAFF | Reuters | September 20, 2003

"The night watchman said the soldiers had arrived in military vehicles but were casually dressed and were drinking beer. At the tiger's cage, now empty, pools of blood showed that the soldier passed through a first cage intended only for keepers and stood next to the inner cage's narrow bars." [more]

White House Ambushed by Criticism from Military Community

Andrew Gumbel | Independent | September 20, 2003

" 'I once believed that I served for a cause: "To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States." Now I no longer believe that,' Tim Predmore, a member of the 101st Airborne Division serving near Mosul, wrote ... 'I can no longer justify my service for what I believe to be half-truths and bold lies.' " [more]

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