Month: March 2004
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POLITICS: Shiite Ayatollah Is Warning U.N. Against Endorsing Charter Sponsored by U.S.
March 23, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 22 — Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has warned of “dangerous consequences” if the United Nations endorses the American-sponsored interim constitution for an independent Iraq that was adopted over Shiite protests two weeks ago. The warning came in a letter released…
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Car Bomb at Baghdad Hotel Leaves at Least 27 Dead
March 18, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 17 — A huge car bomb destroyed the five-story Mount Lebanon Hotel in central Baghdad on Wednesday evening, tearing the facade off the building and sending residents tumbling into the street. At least 27 people were killed and 41 wounded. The explosion reduced an apartment…
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Iraq Violence Continues as War’s First Anniversary Nears
March 18, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS AGHDAD, Iraq, March 18 — A bomb exploded today outside a hotel in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, and guerrillas and American forces exchanged fire west of Baghdad, continuing the violence that has marked the first anniversary this week of the Iraqi war. In a separate incident,…
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Car Bomb at Baghdad Hotel Leaves at Least 27 Dead
March 18, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS AGHDAD, Iraq, March 17 — A huge car bomb destroyed the five-story Mount Lebanon Hotel in central Baghdad on Wednesday evening, tearing the facade off the building and sending residents tumbling into the street. At least 27 people were killed and 41 wounded. The explosion reduced an apartment…
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Many Casualties Reported in Baghdad Hotel Blast
March 17, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 17 — A massive explosion ripped through an area in Baghdad today, causing many casualties, witnesses said. The blast caused severe damage to an apartment building and a hotel, the Mount Lebanon, in the al Karada district of Baghdad, and it sent a massive fireball…