David Remer: US-World Political HeadlinesPolitical headlines regarding the US in world affairs.Reports of Rape in Pacific Spur Air Force Steps- March 9, 2004 At least 92 accusations of rape involving Air Force personnel were reported to military authorities from 2001 to 2003, according to a new study. By Eric Schmitt. New York Times: NYT HomePagehttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/09/politics/09MILI.html?ex=1394168400&en=fd3ddf8798... Means, Not Ends, at Issue in U.S. Policy- March 9, 2004 AP Politicshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,33304998,1467,f/ Kurdish Rebels Ambush Turkish Soldiers- March 8, 2004 AP World Newshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,33331364,1469,f/ U.S. Marines Say They Killed a Gunman at March on Sunday- March 8, 2004 It was the first armed action for the Americans since they entered Haiti after the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Ariside a week ago. By Tim Weiner and Lydia Polgreen. New York Times: NYT HomePagehttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/08/international/americas/08CND-HAIT.html?ex=1394168400&... Iraq Nuclear Bomb Authority Wants Probe- March 8, 2004 AP World News By SAM F. GHATTAS BEIRUT, Lebanon - The father of Iraq (news - web sites)'s nuclear bomb program, speaking publicly for the first time since U.S. forces occupied Baghdad, called Monday for a U.N. probe of what nuclear inspectors knew before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and denied Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) had tried to restart his atomic program. Jafar Dhia Jafar said U.N. inspectors had "reached total conviction" that Iraq was free of nuclear weapons before...http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,33315530,1469,f/ Zimbabwe Seizes U.S.-Registered Plane- March 8, 2004 AP World Newshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,33315529,1469,f/ As U.S. Detains Iraqis, Families Plead for News- March 8, 2004 More than 10,000 Iraqi men and boys are in American custody, swept up in raids by American forces that still occur daily. By Jeffrey Gettleman. New York Times: NYT HomePagehttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/international/middleeast/07DETA.html?ex=1393995600&a... Top Shiites Drop Their Resistance to Iraqi Charter- March 8, 2004 New York Times: International Newshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,33279536,164,f/ Gary Younge: The ouster of democracy- March 8, 2004 Comment: In Haiti, Washington confirmed a foreign policy that is driven by self-interest and delivered through force, writes Gary Younge. Guardian Unlimitedhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1164195,00.html?=rss US troops are killing Afghans, rights body says- March 8, 2004 US troops in Afghanistan operating outside the rule of law, says new report. Guardian Unlimitedhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1164511,00.html?=rss |