Year: 2004
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One by One, Iraqi Cities Become No-Go Zones
September 5, 2004 By DEXTER FILKINS BAGHDAD, Iraq — At a recent meeting with a group of tribal sheiks, an American general spoke with evident frustration about the latest Iraqi city to fall into the hands of insurgents. “Not one dime of American taxpayers’ money will come into your city until you help us drive…
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Journalist From Italy Killed in Iraq by Captors
By John. F. Burns BAGHDAD, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 27 – The Arab news channel Al Jazeera reported early Friday that it had received a videotape from a group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq showing the killing of an Italian journalist, Enzo Baldoni, who disappeared last week while traveling to Najaf. Italy’s Ansa news…
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INSURGENCY: In Western Iraq, Fundamentalists Hold U.S. at Bay
August 29, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS and ERIK ECKHOLM BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 28 – While American troops have been battling Islamic militants to an uncertain outcome in Najaf, the Shiite holy city, events in two Sunni Muslim cities that stand astride the crucial western approaches to Baghdad have moved significantly against American plans to…
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Two Power Brokers Collide in Iraq
by John F. Burns, NY Times The New York Times August 22, 2004 Two Power Brokers Collide in Iraq Link By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq ? In Iraq, of late, it has been a tale of two cities, and of two men of vaulting ambition, each seeking a path to power in the Iraq…
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Iraq Chief Gives ‘Final Warning’ to Rebel Cleric
August 20, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS New York Times BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 19 – Prime Minister Ayad Allawi gave what he described as a final warning on Thursday to the rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, saying the cleric should move quickly to fulfill his vow to disarm and leave the shrine in Najaf where…