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Thursday, September 25, 2003
WORLD
THE BATTALION
Roadside bomb attack misses
U.S. patrol, kills Iraqi civilians
By Steven Hurst
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A home
made bomb exploded Wednesday
along a road in the Iraqi capital,
missing a U.S. military patrol but
killing at least one Iraqi and injur
ing 18 others as it destroyed two
civilian buses, police and hospital
officials said.
Also Wednesday, U.S. troops
killed four Iraqis in two separate
engagements near Saddam
Hussein’s hometown Tikrit and
seized about 1,000 rounds of
ammunition in a raid around the
nearby village of Uja, where the
ousted Iraqi leader was bom.
The bombing took place in the
Azamiyah district, a commercial
and residential neighborhood of
north-central Baghdad. The
American vehicles escaped dam
age but two buses were destroyed,
according to Iraqi police Lt. Awas
Ibrahim. Hospital officials report
ed that five of the injured were in
critical condition.
U.S. troops face a growing
threat of attack by roadside
bombs, most of them remotely
controlled so that attackers can
detonate them from a distance as
convoys pass. Such devices are
discovered almost daily around
this city of 5 million people.
The presence of improvised
bombs marks a new and dan
gerous tactic in Iraqi resistance
against the U.S. military occu
pation. U.S. and Iraqi officials
blame the resistance on rem
nants of Saddam’s regime,
which was toppled by the
U.S.-led coalition in April.
In the Tikrit area, U.S.
troops came under fire twice
early Wednesday but suffered
no casualties, according to
Mtij. Hbshlyn Abdrte,
woman for the - 4th Infantry
Division. U.S. troops called in
an AC-130 gunship after seven
draqis attacked an oil pumping
(Station near Balad, just south
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died when the gunship opened
fire on his car.
Also near Balad, a U.S.
patrol killed three Iraqis waiting
in ambush with small arms and
rocket-propelled grenades, the
military said.
U.S. troops have been carry
ing out near-daily raids in the
Tikrit area following a coordi
nated attack by Iraqi resistance
fighters on Sept. 19 that killed
three American soldiers. The
raids have resulted in dozens of
arrests and follow-up raids.
In Mosul, a bomb exploded
Wednesday in a movie theater
showing foreign sex films, and
witnesses said two people were
killed and seven injured.
Religious and political groups
have warned cinema owners
against showing such films after
censorship ended following the
collapse of Saddam’s regime.
Saddam loyalists have also been
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/Saturday against a woman member of
fh£ Iraqi Governing Council, Aquila
al-Hashimi, who was shot by at least
six men in a pickup truck while driv
ing near her Baghdad home.
On Wednesday, a council
spokesman, Entifadh Qanbar,
said al-Hashimi’s condition
had “deteriorated dramatical
ly” and that doctors at a U.S.
military hospital in Baghdad
“are trying their best” to save
her.
Later, a senior U.S. official,
speaking on condition of
anonymity, said al-Hashimi’s con
dition was worsening “although
the latest reports are not as nega
tive as they were early this morn
ing.” He added, however, that
“there is a serious decline.”
Al-Hashimi, a career diplo
mat and member of a prominent
Shiite Muslim family, had been
preparing to leave for this
week’s U.N. General Assembly
meeting in New York when she
was ambushed.
She served in the Foreign
Ministry during the Saddam gov
ernment and was the only official
of the ousted regime appointed to
"■thd l!, ’2 I 5-iyi'e'mber ' Governing
Council..She had been expected to
become Iraq’s new enVoy to the
United Nations.
The current council presi
dent, Ahmad Chalabi, blamed
Saddam loyalists for the attack
on al-Hashimi as part of a cam
paign to target Iraqis who work
with the U.S.-led coalition. Last
month. Ayatollah Mohammed
Baqir al-Hakim, a top Shiite
cleric who leads a movement
with a seat on the Governing
Council, was killed in a car
bombing that left at least 85
people dead.
The council was established
by the U.S.-led coalition in
mid-July to put an Iraqi face
on the process of rebuilding
the country.
A Gallup poll conducted in
recent weeks found that most
Baghdad residents believed the
ouster of Saddam was worth the
hardships they’ve endured since
then. However, the survey also
found that Baghdad residents
were divided on whether the
country is worse off or better off
than before the U.S. invasion.
The poll found that 62 per
cent think ousting Saddam was
worth the hardships, including
electrical outages, job shortages
and civil unrest. Two-thirds, 67
percent, said they think that Iraq
will be in better condition five
years from now than it was
before the U.S.-led invasion.
Only 8 percent say they think it
will be worse off.
However, 47 percent said the
country is worse off than before
the invasion and 33 percent said
it is better off.
The Gallup poll of 1,178
adults was conducted face to
face in the respondents’ house
hold from Aug. 28 through
Sept. 4 and has a margin of
error of plus or minus 3 per
centage points.
The Press Association,
Britain’s domestic news agency,
reported that more than 200
British troops searched for
weapons Wednesday in the
southern Iraqi town of Tannuma.
British officers said only a hand
ful of weapons were found but
they believed the operation was
useful to remind Iraqis of the
coalition presence.
NEWS IN BRIEF
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woman's lawsuit over photo questions
S SAUNA, Kan. (AP) — Police officers and the city of Salina
■have been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by a woman interro
gated last year about photos processed at a Wal-Mart store that
included partially nude images of her 3-year-old daughter.
J In the lawsuit, Tamie Dragone claims she was humiliated and
!her family’s privacy was invaded when police called by store
lofficials questioned her about the photos, which included a pic-
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Attorneys for both sides agreed to dismiss the city defendants
at a hearing last Friday. Dragone’s attorney, Tom Boone, said
Tuesday that the suit contends negligence by Wal-Mart caused
the incident.
Salina Police Chief Jim Hill said officers had a statutory duty
to look into the possibility that the photographs were evidence
of child abuse.
Wal-Mart lawyers have moved for dismissal of claims against
the retailer, saying the photos could have led a reasonable per
son to conclude the child was being sexually abused.
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