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Now, Some Facts.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
Looting: As the fog of war reporting clears, an alleged cultural catastrophe in Iraq looks to be less than feared. But will this cool the anti-U.S. rhetoric?
If there was anything the anti-war chorus abhorred during the recent war in Iraq, it was a bad-news vacuum. When things went well for the coalition, there was a real danger that people, even European people, might start thinking George W. Bush was right.
Things looked especially grim for the quagmire-and-chaos set as Baghdad was being freed.
Down came Saddam Hussein's statue, and everyone seemed glad to see him go. It looked like a no-bad-news day of the worst kind.
Then came the museum story. In the early stages of the liberation, looters got into the National Museum of Iraq and -- all reports agree on this much -- made a mess of the place.
Beyond that, the details were murky. No matter. The people who hated this war and wanted Bush to fall on his face had their story. And did they ever run with it.
The incident was quickly labeled a catastrophe for all mankind. Shocking numbers started popping up.
- American among foreigners kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 2, 2004 700+ words
...Business News Nov. 2--BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen kidnapped...the Polish Embassy in Baghdad during the 1990s. A...withdraw its soldiers from Iraq, and the release of...Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. Poland's president...
- Two U.S. soldiers and Baghdad, Iraq, police official are slain.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) January 11, 2005 700+ words
...McMahon Jan. 11--BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A roadside bomb killed...Monday in southwestern Baghdad, the second time in...were driving to work in Baghdad's Dora district, an...Press. Al-Qaida in Iraq, the group led by Jordanian...
- Fresh raids over Baghdad, Iraq warns coalition of more suicide attacks.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 31, 2003 700+ words
...planes pounded Baghdad with fresh air strikes as Iraq again warned that...bombardment of Baghdad seemed to pick...trying to colonize Iraq and "partition...serious fighting with Iraq's crack Republican...50 miles) from Baghdad. US officers said...
- Kurds lay down the law ahead of Baghdad.(Iraq)
- Newspaper article from: Weekly Petroleum Argus October 30, 2006 700+ words
...obvious reference to Baghdad's plans to revive Iraq's state-owned...conditional upon Baghdad agreeing to the...oil industry in Iraq along federal principles...deal with China, Baghdad is seeking to cement...finalised until Iraq has passed its...
- New Mayor of Baghdad, Iraq, Begins Tenure.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) April 22, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Christine Spolar Apr. 22--BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The new mayor of Baghdad doesn't live in the city, hasn't worked in Iraq for eight years and, as City Council members tell it, benefits from the...
- US forces poised outside Baghdad, Iraq remains defiant.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire April 3, 2003 700+ words
...strategic grip on Iraq. The sustained offensive...intersection south of Baghdad after heavy fighting...mission over central Iraq on Wednesday, US...miles) southwest of Baghdad. But despite their...complete." In northern Iraq, coalition air raids...forces looming outside Baghdad ...
- Al-Arabiya talk show views Syrian minister's visit to Baghdad, Iraq-Syria ties.
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports November 23, 2006 700+ words
...report on US policy on Iraq and Syria's readiness...pacify the situation in Iraq. A video report is then...on a news conference in Baghdad by the Syrian and Iraqi...step pushed Syria towards Baghdad, he replies: "Undoubtedly...current developments in Iraq, in the region, and...
- Five Are Killed, 15 Wounded in Baghdad, Iraq, Restaurant Bombing.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News January 1, 2004 700+ words
...News Jan. 1--BAGHDAD, Iraq--At least five...particularly bloody day in Iraq, in which a car...in another area of Baghdad injured five U...bombing or attack in Iraq, no one immediately...nestled in a quiet west Baghdad neighborhood marked...
- Violence in Baghdad; Iraq Police Training - Part 1.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire August 24, 2005 700+ words
...unity and stability in Iraq was underscored on Wednesday...new deadly attacks in Baghdad. CLANCY: Dozens of heavily...raising huge concerns among Iraq's security forces tonight...to us there live from Baghdad. Aneesh, thank you...of soldiers killed in Iraq. Dana Bash joins us now...
- Car Bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, Kills Police Officer, Wounds Others.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) September 3, 2003 700+ words
Sep. 3--BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The drumbeat of terrorist violence in Iraq continued Tuesday...police headquarters in Baghdad, killing one officer...convoy in southern Iraq. A UH-60 Black...crashed south of Baghdad, killing one American...
