40_day_of_iraq_self_rule_after_us_led_war 6 August 2004 01 + 39_day_of_Iraq_self_rule_after_US_led_war 040806 ... 1) * a_wrong_war_in_21k * Invasion & Occupation in Iraq from 20 Mar 2003 to "actual" and "Physical" date of Cut_and_run ( TBD ) 040725 * What's_the_Point? 123 * Iraq's Top Cleric to Fly to London for Treatment 040806 ... . 16 minutes ago http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040806/wl_nm/iraq_sistani_dc&cid=574&ncid=1480 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has left Iraq and is heading to London for treatment for a heart condition, airport officials in Beirut said on Friday. 040806 ... 2) Live_Movies 040806 ... . 6 August 2004 Iraqi Militia Battle U.S., British, Italian Troops 4 minutes ago http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040806/ts_nm/iraq_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militia loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr battled U.S., British and Italian forces across central and southern Iraq overnight and into Friday, threatening to reignite a Shi'ite uprising. 040806 040806 ... 3) Washington's_'number_five'_security_threat 040806 ... An "amazing" newslink Clinton raps Bush over Iraq: 'number five' security threat http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040806/pl_afp/canada_us_iraq_clinton&cid=1521&ncid=1480 (Former US president Bill) Clinton, in Canada to promote his memoirs, said in a television interview "that at the time of the Iraq war, Saddam_Hussein was only Washington's number five security threat." 040806 ... Moment_of_truth 15_United_States_troops_wounded_in_Iraq_attacks 040806 ... and Death_'toll' 040806 ... . 5 August 2004 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq (news - web sites) in March 2003: As of Thursday, * 921 * 040805 ... Prediction In Aug 2004 1000:- Why_not? 040806 ... kx21 * A_point_in_time * What_if_the_anonymous_CIA_is_right? 040806 ... Yahoo! Search News Stories (Aug 6, 2004) - U.S.: 300 Militants Killed in Two Days - AP via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Iraqi Militia Denies U.S. Killed 300 Fighters - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Radical Cleric in Iraq Sets Off Day of Fighting - at The New York Times (reg. req'd) (Aug 6, 2004) - U.S. Troops, Al-Sadr Militants Clash - AP via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Top Iraqi Cleric Flies Into London for Treatment - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Sadr declares US his enemy amid fierce clashes with troops - AFP via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Four Lebanese Drivers Taken Hostage in Iraq - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Witness Disgusted by Abuse in Iraq Prison - AP via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Baghdad Fighting Kills 19, Wounds 111 Since Thurs - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Al-Sadr militia kills U.S. soldier; fighting threatens truce - USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Italian Troops Clash with Shi'ite Militia in Iraq - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - 15 U.S. Troops Wounded in Iraq Attacks - AP via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Top Shiite cleric headed for London from Iraq for medical treatment - AFP via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - Cease-fire in Iraq splinters - Chicago Tribune via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) - 26 Iraqis killed, 90 wounded in clashes in Baghdad Shiite district - AFP via Yahoo! News (Aug 6, 2004) 040806 ... somebody Violence and killings delay Basra vote Friday August 6, 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1277382,00.html What should have been a small and straightforward exercise in democracy in Basra has instead exposed the violent fissures in postwar Iraqi society and led to claims that the political process there has nearly disintegrated. 040806 ... . "The political process in Basra is so bad it has virtually collapsed," 040806 ... a "point" Iraqi VP raps US for 'uncivilised' Najaf deaths 2 hours, 27 minutes ago http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040806/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_britain_jafari_040806225814 "I think that killing Iraqi citizens is not a civilised way of building the new Iraq which is based on protecting people and promoting dialogue, not bullets." 040806 what's it to you? who go blather from