88_day's_iraq_self_rule_after_us_led_war 23 Sep 2004 01 + 87_day's_Iraq_self_rule_after_US_led_war 040923 ... . * a_wrong_war_in_21k * Invasion & Occupation in Iraq from 20 Mar 2003 to "actual" and "Physical" date of Cut_and_run ( TBD ) What's_the_'Point'? 040923 ... a "Point" a_phrase_is_worth_1000000_'pictures':- 23 Sep 2004 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday ruled out sending troops to help restore stability in Iraq, rebuffing pleas from the Iraqi interim government and the United States:- "As far as Pakistan is concerned, our domestic environment is not conducive. It continues to be not conducive. We cannot be seen as an extension of the present forces there," "security forces should come from Iraq itself," "That itself will be the best option of substituting the U.S. and British forces to withdraw from their high visibility, handing over to Iraqi local forces, and then ultimately working out an exit strategy after an elected government also comes on the ground," National_interest_versus_US_policy: a_phrase_is_worth_1000000_'pictures'!!! 040923 ... Yahoo! Search Latest headlines: · Dick_Cheney Blasts John_Kerry for Allawi Comments AP - 2 minutes ago · Bush (War_President / Commander_in_Chief) Shrugs Off Bad Polls on Iraq Outlook AP - 3 minutes ago · Kerry: Allawi's Take on Iraq Unrealistic AP - 10 minutes ago 040923 ... 23 Sep 2004 Latest Stories · AP: Bombs Kill Most U.S. Troops in Iraq AP - 40 minutes ago · Iraqi Leader Vows Election Won't Be Delayed washingtonpost.com - 54 minutes ago · Cleric Insists Iraq Elections Be on Time AP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago · Hostage's Brother: U.S. Hinders Release AP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago "a_point_in_time- Live_Movies" 040923 ... Yahoo! Search · Israel Says Iran No. 1 Terrorism Exporter AP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago · Italy Clings to Hope for Hostages in Iraq AP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago · Mourners Gather in Ga. for Slain Hostage AP - 2 hours, 1 minute ago · A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths AP - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago · More US troops may go to Iraq for elections: Rumsfeld AFP - Thu Sep 23, 8:04 PM ET · Bush Says Kerry Criticisms on Iraq Threaten Effort Reuters - Thu Sep 23, 7:54 PM ET · Cheney 'appalled' by Kerry's 'lack of respect' for Iraqi leader AFP - Thu Sep 23, 7:53 PM ET · Iraq, UK Govts Say Will Not Give in to Kidnappers Reuters - Thu Sep 23, 7:49 PM ET · Bush, Allawi, defend US strategy in Iraq AFP - Thu Sep 23, 7:42 PM ET · Musharraf Snubs Pleas for Pakistani Troops in Iraq Reuters - Thu Sep 23, 7:14 PM ET · Bush Vows to Stay the Course Amid Iraq Violence Reuters - Thu Sep 23, 7:13 PM ET · Allawi defends progress in Iraq on US visit AFP - Thu Sep 23, 7:09 PM ET · Rumsfeld Suggests Limited Iraq Election Reuters - Thu Sep 23, 6:46 PM ET · Iraqi leader takes center stage in US election battle AFP - Thu Sep 23, 6:44 PM ET · PM Promotes His Image of Mostly Safe Iraq AP - Thu Sep 23, 6:22 PM ET · Bush: Poll Shows Iraqis More Upbeat Than Americans Reuters - Thu Sep 23, 6:00 PM ET · AdWatch: Kerry Spells Out Plan for Iraq AP - Thu Sep 23, 5:49 PM ET · Iraqi Girl, 15, Granted Asylum in U.S. AP - Thu Sep 23, 5:48 PM ET · Kerry: Allawi Abets Bush in Putting on 'Best Face' Reuters - Thu Sep 23, 5:19 PM ET · Gorbachev Says Iraq War 'Undermined' Law AP - Thu Sep 23, 4:44 PM ET · Gunmen Kill Oil Official in Northern Iraq AP - Thu Sep 23, 4:34 PM ET 040923 ... What Allawi said News Stories "We are succeeding in Iraq," Allawi (Iraqi "Interim" Prime Minister) tells US Congress - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 23, 2004) "My friends, today we are better off. You are better off. And the world is better off without Saddam_Hussein." "Your decision to go to war in Iraq was not an easy one but it was the right one. "We Iraqis know that Americans have made, and continue to make, enormous sacrifices to liberate Iraq, to assure Iraq's freedom," "I have come here to thank you, and to promise you that your sacrifices are not in vain. "Thank you, America." 040923 ... News Stories - Allawi backs Bush campaign by defending Iraq war - at Financial Times (Sep 23, 2004) - Cueing the Balloons in Hussein's Home Town - at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) (Sep 23, 2004) - NATO to Send Military Officers to Run Training Program in Iraq - at The New York Times (reg. req'd) (Sep 23, 2004) - 'Mr Blair, I don't want to die. Help me see my wife and son again' - at The Guardian (UK). (Sep 23, 2004) - Top Shiite Cleric Is Said to Fear Voting in Iraq May Be Delayed - at The New York Times (reg. req'd) (Sep 23, 2004) - Group Says It Released a Canadian Hostage - AP via Yahoo! News (Sep 23, 2004) - France pours cold water on Bush's sunny vision of Iraq - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 23, 2004) - French hostages to be freed in days: unknown Iraqi group - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 23, 2004) 040923 ... . - U.S. Rules Out Iraq Women Prisoner Release - AP via Yahoo! News (Sep 23, 2004) - Iraqi scientists detained despite lack of WMD - at The Independent (UK) (Sep 23, 2004) 040923 ... An "amazing" newslink 23 September 2004 The US has detained for far too long Iraqi scientists arrested last year in the belief that they would provide information about "Saddam_Hussein"'s WMD, according to an Iraqi government source. Even when US investigators concluded that no such weapons existed the scientists were not freed because the Americans feared their release would be seen as a tacit admission that Iraq had no WMD. This may explain why the US embassy in Iraq is determined to detain Dr Rihab Taha, who once worked on biological weapons, while the Iraqi justice ministry says it sees no good reason for her continued detention. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=564773 040923 ... ;) Oops... Pepsi_Folklore around_and_across www / Internet:- Two women - Iraqi_Scientists_detained_despite_'zero'_WMD Amen. 040923 what's it to you? who go blather from