Politics

Bush catering to Muslims

U.S. Troops Clash With Muslim Rioters
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- American troops clashed with rioters carrying Saddam Hussein's picture in a Baghdad suburb Friday, and heavy smoke billowed from the mayor's office in a city west of the capital following a big explosion. In northern Iraq, American troops sealed off the village where Saddam was born and began issuing identity cards to the villagers to determine who can move in and out.

House Approves $87 billion for Iraq, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Ignoring popular rising anti-occupation sentiment the US House of Representatives has strongly endorsed a $87.5 billion package, mainly to sustain the country’s military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The package, approved 298-121 on Friday morning, includes nearly $65 billion for military personnel and operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an additional $18.6 billion for reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The White House had threatened to veto the bill if loans were included. Supporters of the loans said US taxpayers are already paying plenty for Iraq and Iraqis should have a bigger stake in their country's reconstruction.

Bush catering to Muslims: 'Enough to make you sick'
President Bush is just plain wrong in pandering to Islam. It's enough to make you sick. Let me ask you a question: Do you think President Franklin Roosevelt held White House tributes to the Japanese after Pearl Harbor?

U.S. Special Forces Soldier
Killed by Muslims in Afghanistan
KABUL -- A U.S. special forces soldier has died of wounds suffered in a clash in volatile southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Friday, the third U.S. death in Afghanistan in less than a week. The clash between U.S.-led special operation forces and their Afghan allies and "a 10- to 15-member anti coalition element" took place on Thursday in an area about 35 miles west of the district of Deh Rawood in the province of Uruzgan.

Has US given away a $20-Billion Grant before?
Congress Negotiators Reject Loans for Iraq
WASHINGTON -- U.S. congressional negotiators on Wednesday rejected a plan to require repayment by Iraq of half of its U.S. aid package, backing President Bush as they prepared a final $87 billion bill for Iraq and Afghanistan. The White House had threatened to veto the entire bill if Congress did not agree to give Iraq the nearly $20 billion devoted to reconstruction, rather than go along with a Senate-passed plan that would have turned half of that amount into loans to Iraq. With Southern California facing devastating wildfires, they also agreed to add $500 million to the emergency spending package for domestic disaster relief.

Confederate Banner Back in Miss. Politics
JACKSON, Miss. -- Two years after Mississippi voters decided to keep a Confederate battle emblem on the state flag, the Republican gubernatorial candidate is keeping the issue flying heading into next week's election.

2 Get 30 Months in Prison
for Vandalizing Power Lines
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Two Rock Springs men were each sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for knocking down power lines last March in southwest Wyoming. U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson on Thursday also ordered Eric Wickersham and Kole Egbert to pay $1 million in restitution for the damage they caused after their release. "The court, in a strong way, needs to condemn this kind of behavior," Johnson said. The two lifelong friends, both 21, pleaded guilty in August to destruction of an energy facility.

Posted by Editor at October 31, 2003 11:05 AM