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mmm James Earl Rudder Nonnandy Program 10 Tuesday, November 18, 2003 THE BATTAL1® Study WWII and European Politics in France and Germany Summer II informational Meetings: U.S. troops raid neighborhood in Baghda Wed, Nov. 19,5-6 pm, Rudder 502 By Slobodan Lekic THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thurs, Nov. 20,5-6 pm. Rudder 407 f or more information, please contact: Study abroad Programs Office First floor Bir/ell Hall West, 845-0544 studyabroad.tamti.edu Summer European Academy Summer Session I 2004 , Informational Meetings Monday 17' h 5:45-6:45pm Tuesday 18 ,h 5:45-6:45pm 502 Rudder Study Abroad Programs http://studyabroad.tamu.edu Study European current affairs and politics in Germany, France, Belgium & Luxembourg BAGHDAD, Iraq — Mortar and tank fire lit up the night sky over Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit Monday in a show of force to intimidate the resist ance, while troops angered residents by mounting their biggest-ever hunt for weapons and explosives in a middle class Baghdad area. Meanwhile, in the town of Ramadi west of Baghdad, troops announced they had arrested an organizer a leader of the Fedayeen guerrillas responsible for bomb attacks and ambushes on U.S. forces. The suspect, Kazim Mohammed Paris, who was a “high value target,” a military state ment said. U.S. forces have reacted to the increasing attacks in which dozens of Americans and their allies have died by mounting a massive show of force in central and northern Iraq. Buildings factories and other facilities believed used as staging areas for guerrilla attacks have been bombed from the air and blasted by artillery barrages. Troops have carried out dozens of raids aimed at appre hending suspects and seizing weapons and bomb-making materials. One such “cordon-and-search” raid early Tuesday in Baghdad’s middle-class a Azamiyah district netted 21 suspects along with 30 Kalashnikov AK-47 automatic rifles, about a dozen shotguns and 10 hand guns. Most suspects had violated a one weapon per house rule. Some 2,000 troops of the 1st Armored Division — backed by tanks, armored vehi cles and low-flying helicopters took part in the nighttime raid, sealing off a 20 block area and searching every single building inside it. Col. Charles Sexton, commander of one of three participating battal ions expressed satisfac tion that the massive searches had gone off without incident. But many citizens of the neighborhood next to the Tigris River said they were puzzled by the choice of target, because the area — which is home to r!;" Under Saddam Hussein there was much more security and we could own guns — Samir al-Hadith engineer in Saudi Arabia detained after the army revolvers or bird guns that could notb presented a serious threat to the securiii the occupying forces. “Of course everybody has weapoi said Samir al-Hadith, an engineer, works in Saudi Arabia and had retunft Baghdad to check on his home, “Tlteie so many thieves nowaJj we have to defend lies.” “Under Saddam Hu: there was much more* rity and we could oi guns,” he said. Zuheir Ali, 26, detained after troops foiwl snub-nose .38 i Wesson revolver in along with an AK-47, lit left the automatic confiscated the “1 don’t understand bureaucrats, lawyers and other professionals — has not seen any rebel activity. Saddam was last seen in public in the neighborhood in April. Some also were furious that troops were arresting men who had more than the single AK-47 now allowed by the coalition forces. At least a dozen of those taken away were we’re not criminals, we only wanttodeli: our homes from looters,” Ali said. Journalists accompanying the troops ing the bitterly cold night were tea by several of the residents. “But no tea for the soldiers,”saidLait Shaheen Ahmed who stood on the sides with her mother and two sisters after to had gone through their house. St THE SODA FOUNTAIN BAR The student: the Agg hostage 18,199 the loss ed cam squared safe, in' The the Un oversee dents w shrug c love fo A&I continu lore of each dt uphold ly’s los and sta find in Tho ing on most it Pursue FREE ICE CREAM! Corner of Time Antiques 8z Collectibles Mall 118 N. 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