Iraq
Kurds may seek Iraq backing
By tom On Thursday, April 14 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY October 18, 1996, Friday, INTERNATIONAL EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 186 words Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani warned Thursday he may again seek Saddam Hussein’s military help to slow a rival Kurdish faction from making further military gains.Read moreRed Cross hopes to see allied captives
By tom On Wednesday, April 13 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY February 1, 1991, Friday, FINAL EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 241 words An International Red Cross convoy loaded with emergency medical supplies crossed into Iraq Thursday, raising hopes that Baghdad will grant access to allied POWs.Read moreDefeat of Kurdish rivals could stabilize north Iraq
By tom On Thursday, April 14 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY September 11, 1996, Wednesday, FINAL EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 6A LENGTH: 401 words DATELINE: IRBIL, Iraq IRBIL, Iraq — Saddam Hussein reasserted his influence in northern Iraq on Tuesday, lifting trade and travel barriers in place since the Persian Gulf war ended in 1991.Read moreCIA hid many Iraq prisoners, generals say
By tom On Wednesday, April 13 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY September 10, 2004, Friday, FINAL EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 10A LENGTH: 434 words DATELINE: WASHINGTON WASHINGTON — The CIA hid “dozens” and perhaps as many as 100 prisoners from Red Cross inspectors at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and other detention centers, Army officials told the Senate Armed Services Committee onRead moreKurd allies retake north for Saddam
By tom On Thursday, April 14 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY September 10, 1996, Tuesday, FINAL EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 249 words DATELINE: DOKAN, Iraq DOKAN, Iraq — Kurdish fighters aligned with Saddam Hussein capturedtheir rivals’ last stronghold on Monday, giving Saddam controlof northern Iraq for the first time since the Persian Gulf war.Read moreIraqis shift to fight rebels; Baghdad to return looted Kuwait riches
By tom On Wednesday, April 13 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY March 6, 1991, Wednesday, FIRST EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 361 words Iraq Tuesday fulfilled two more U.N. conditions for a permanent cease-fire in the Persian Gulf war – including a promise to return Kuwaiti assets such as gold. Meanwhile, Saddam Hussein is moving troops from the north toRead moreU.S. watches rumblings in, around Iraq
By tom On Thursday, April 14 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY September 9, 1996, Monday, INTERNATIONAL EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 314 words DATELINE: NORTHERN IRAQ NORTHERN IRAQ — Continued fighting here and Turkey’s establishment of a security zone along its border with Iraq prompted a U.S. warning on Sunday that Washington would not allow Baghdad to threaten regional stability.Read moreRed Cross reports widespread abuse of Iraqis
By tom On Wednesday, April 13 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY May 11, 2004, Tuesday, FIRST EDITION BYLINE: Peter Eisler and Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 5A LENGTH: 826 words The international Red Cross gave U.S. military officials at least a half-dozen warnings last year that Iraqi prisoners were being abused by American personnel, according to a confidential report the aid organization sent toRead moreIraq’s Kurd allies to attack
By tom On Thursday, April 14 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY September 9, 1996, Monday, FINAL EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 377 words DATELINE: SALAHADIN, Iraq — A Kurdish faction backed by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein prepared to launch an all-out offensive today in hopes of eliminating its rival for good.Read morePrisoners’ deaths add new furor
By tom On Wednesday, April 13 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY May 5, 2004, Wednesday, FINAL EDITION BYLINE: John Diamond and Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A LENGTH: 637 words DATELINE: WASHINGTON WASHINGTON — The Army is investigating the deaths of 10 prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan and has declared two others homicides as part of a growing probe of abuse by military prisonRead moreTurkey deploys troops on border Security zone along Iraqi border called ‘temporary’
By tom On Thursday, April 14 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY September 9, 1996, Monday, INTERNATIONAL EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 4A LENGTH: 674 words DATELINE: ANKARA, Turkey ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller said her government had received a request from one of two Kurdish groups inside Iraq — the Kurdish Democratic Party — to help seal Turkey’s border with Iraq.Read moreIraq balks at Red Cross access
By tom On Wednesday, April 13 th, 2011 · no Comments · InUSA TODAY January 30, 1991, Wednesday, FINAL EDITION BYLINE: Tom Squitieri SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 2A LENGTH: 234 words The push to get International Red Cross workers access to prisoners of war in Iraq took on new urgency Tuesday when Baghdad Radio reported that an allied POW died in a U.S.-led air raid.Read more