Cynthia McKinney, the former Georgia congresswoman defeated after accusing President Bush of ignoring warnings of the Sept. 11 attacks, qualified Friday to seek her old seat.
Known for her outspoken and often provocative comments during five terms in Congress, McKinney was asked if she had mellowed during her two-year absence from Washington.
“I have continued to speak […]

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Asked how many American troops have died in Iraq, the Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian estimated yesterday the total was about 500 — more than 200 soldiers short.
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was asked about the toll at a hearing of a House Appropriations subcommittee. “It’s approximately 500, of which . . . approximately 350 […]

I write to strongly protest your decision to instruct Sinclair’s ABC affiliates to preempt this evening’s Nightline program. I find deeply offensive Sinclair’s objection to Nightline’s intention to broadcast the names and photographs of Americans who gave their lives in service to our country in Iraq.
I supported the President’s decision to go to […]

The American occupation forces in Baghdad and its suburbs were exposed in the past hours to strong strikes that resulted in killing 12 soldiers. The strongest of these operations was an attack by a booby trapped car in al-Mahmoudeyah to the south of Baghdad resulted in killing nine soldiers and wounding other 2.
Two […]

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The Treasury Department agency entrusted with blocking the financial resources of terrorists told Congress that at the end of last year it had just four full-time employees dedicated to investigating Osama bin Laden’s and Saddam Hussein’s wealth while nearly two dozen were working on Cuban embargo violations…{{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040429/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terrorism_financing_5 MORE}}

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American warplanes have struck three areas in the beseiged city of Falluja amid talks to hand security over to former Iraqi army officers.
The Golan district, the scene of heavy fighting over the past few days, was one of the three areas hit on Thursday, according to witnesses.
The warplanes roared low over the city after pounding […]

In the main square of Baghdad’s largest Shia ghetto, an elderly man in the worn uniform of the former Iraqi air force directs donkey and car traffic with a ping-pong paddle.
Al-Sadr City, once called Saddam City, has always been on the neglected margins of Iraq’s power centre and capital.
Piles of trash and long pools […]

American warplanes have struck three areas in the beseiged city of Falluja amid talks to hand security over to former Iraqi army officers.
The Golan district, the scene of heavy fighting over the past few days, was one of the three areas hit on Thursday, according to witnesses.
The warplanes roared low over the city after pounding […]

…A day after Kerry attacked Bush’s National Guard service for the first time, the presumptive Democratic nominee’s campaign circulated a dossier designed to undercut Bush’s contention that he fulfiled his service duties more than 30 years ago. Bush served in the Texas National Air Guard from 1968 to 1973, though it is unclear what […]