Author: DXO
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GoogObits: Charles Richard O’Neil
My uncle died this week. He had just returned from his birthplace, Pittsburgh, to visit his brother, my father, who is dying in his own right. One day at a time, everybody. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Jul. 15, 1920 Departed on Nov. 20, 2004 and resided in Southfield, MI. Service: Saturday Nov. 27, 2004 RETIRED BAKER…
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Upon the Defeat of John Kerry
I have isolated myself today. I stayed home from work and cried as John Edwards and John Kerry conceded defeat. I am stunned and hurt. I am curious about these millions who voted for Bush. I am in the minority. That surprises me. I believe that our president has led a war of folly, has…
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THE OCCUPATION: Drawing From Its Past Wars, Britain Takes a Tempered Approach to Iraqi Insurgency
October 17, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS AMARA, Iraq – They came with their regimental colors, embroidered flags recording battles in 18th-century India, in the Napoleonic wars, against Ottoman legions in Iraq in World War I, on the Normandy beaches, and in Malaya, Kenya and other colonial outposts after World War II. For 8,900 British…
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JUSTICE: U.S. Official Says Early Trials of Hussein and Others Are Unlikely, Despite Allawi’s Demand
September 25, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS AGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 24 – A senior American official helping to prepare for the trials of Saddam Hussein and other top officials of the former government said Friday that “the likelihood of trials in the near future is remote,” despite a demand by Iraq’s interim prime minister, Ayad…
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JUSTICE: Iraqis Battle Over Control of Panel to Try Hussein
September 24, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS and DEXTER FILKINS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 23 – A bitter political struggle has erupted over control of the special Iraqi tribunal set up to try Saddam Hussein and his associates, with Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and his rivals maneuvering for influence over the appointment of judges, the timing…