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| Last Updated on:
Friday, August 06, 2004 |
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Clashes could touch off Iraqi Shiite revolt
Followers of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shot down a US helicopter on Thursday in the Iraqi city of Najaf and clashed with British troops in Basra threatening to reignite a Shiite uprising. The fighting in Najaf was the heaviest in the city since a rebellion by Sadr's followers in April and May. Full Story |
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Iraqi firms could benefit as Iraq kidnappers strike fear in foreigners
Iraqi firms could become the unlikely winners in the country's kidnapping crisis, ensuring that steady supplies reach US-led forces, as foreign transporters fall like flies and vow to quit Iraq. "The plans of foreign transporters to withdraw from Iraq appear negative on the surface of it," said Eric Nigh. Full Story |
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Ignore the kidnappers, or show it all
By Richard J. Elsendorf
To date, more than 50 captives from the United States, Canada and 11 other countries in Europe and Asia have been kidnapped in Iraq - many threatened with beheading. The media are unwittingly feeding this frenzy of brutal terror. Continue
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