Year: 2004
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2 American Civilians Killed by Fake Iraqi Policemen
March 11, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS ABU GHARAQ, Iraq, March 10 — Two American civilians and their Iraqi interpreter were killed on Tuesday night in what American officials described as a “targeted killing” by terrorists posing as Iraqi police officers. They were the first American civilians working for the American occupation authority to be…
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Shiites May Demand Lifting of Limits on Their Power
March 10, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 9 — Iraq’s most powerful Shiite leaders kept up the pressure on Tuesday for changes in the interim constitution they signed on Monday, hinting that they may entangle the next phase of the American political timetable here, choosing a transitional government, by continuing their push…
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2 U.S. Civilians Slain by Men Said to Be Dressed as Iraqi Police
March 10, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS ABU GHARIK, Iraq, March 10 — Two American civilians working for the Coalition Provisional Authority and an Iraqi interpreter were killed by what Iraqi police officials said today they believe were four men dressed as Iraqi police officers. The civilians, two of them women, including the interpreter, were…
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Shiites May Demand Lifting of Limits on Their Power
March 10, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 9 — Iraq’s most powerful Shiite leaders kept up the pressure on Tuesday for changes in the interim constitution they signed on Monday, hinting that they may entangle the next phase of the American political timetable here, choosing a transitional government, by continuing their push…
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[JJ Letters] The lesson of Rege Cordic
December 26, 1997 This is an open letter to all of your readers who are also fans of the Lynn Cullen show, recently cancelled by WTAE in its questionable opinion that everybody in Pittsburgh wants to talk about Sports. (God Help Us !!!) Many years ago, Rege Cordic, Pittsburgh’s most famous radio personality of the…