Nov 19-21

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RUNNING AWAY FROM THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION TERRORISM: Terrorized Palestinian women leaving a Rafah neighborhood with their children for safety after Israeli occupation tanks entered the neighborhood shooting indiscriminately, injuring eight Palestinians, four of whom are in critical conditions. The objective of the read was to demolish more Palestinian homes near the Palestinian-Egyptian border. The total number of demolished homes in Rafah alone reached about 1,200. (Alquds Alarabi, 11/19/03).


A Palestinian woman protesting the Sharon Apartheid Wall, which means starvation for Palestinians whose lands have been confiscated or to be annexed (PMC, 11/19/03).


Palestinian youths block a road by burning tires in the West Bank village of Al-Khader after Israeli troops entered the area on Tuesday. (AFP, Arab News, 11/19/03).


Israeli occupation soldiers examining the military checkpoint between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, near Al-Khader, which was attacked by Palestinian resistance yesterday. Two Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian fighter were killed in the attack. (Assafir, 11/19/03).


A wounded Israeli occupation soldier, who was wounded during a fire exchange with Palestinian resistance south of Jerusalem yesterday. Two Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian were killed. ( 11/18/03)


One of the US bombers, which participated in bombing the Iraqi town of Tikrit yesterday. (Annahar, 11/19/03).


The Italian President presiding over the funeral ceremonies of the 19 Italian occupation soldiers, who were killed in an Iraqi attack in Nassiriya, last week. (Annahar, 11/19/03).


Two Iraqi women examining electric generators in a Baghdad store yesterday, following interruption of electricity services as a result of the fighting. (Assafir, 11/19/03).


A military checkpoint near An Nassiriya, operated by soldiers of the new US-backed Iraqi army (Assafir, 11/19/03).


An Afghani employee closing the gate of the UN headquarters in Kabul yesterday, after the Taliban assassination of the UN French female employee and its threat to kill a UN Turkish employee it kidnapped earlier if the Government doesn't release the Taliban prisoners. The UN suspended its operations in East and South Afghanistan.. (Annahar, 11/19/03).


Prince Charles welcoming President Bush and his wife to London yesterday (Assafir, 11/19/03).


Lebanese President, Lahood (left), Syrian President, Assad (middle), and their wives, in Damascus yesterday. (Annahar, 11/19/03).


US Secretary of State, Colin Powell and European Foreign Affairs Coordinator, Javier Solana, in Brussels yesterday. (Annahar, 11/19/03).


US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, in a Seul US military base. He said that the South Korean success story will be repeated in Iraq. (Annahar, 11/19/03).


Protesters march through central London, November 20, 2003. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in anger at President Bush's visit. (Photo by Matt Dunham/Reuters, 11/20/03).


A victim is helped in the square outside the British consulate after at least five people were killed when explosions rocked Istanbul November 20, 2003. Two blasts rocked Istanbul, killing at least 15 people and devastating the HSBC British Bank headquarters and the British consulate in an apparent suicide attack Turkey called a strike against British interests. (Photo by Reuters TV, 11/20/03).


Destroyed cars stand outside the HSBC British Bank after five people were killed and 169 injured in explosions in Istanbul November 20, 2003, Turkish television stations quoted city health officials as saying. It was not immediately clear where the deaths occurred. One blast rocked the British consulate and another destroyed part of the headquarters of the London-based global bank HSBC, while a third was reported in a residential area. (Photo by Anatolian via Reuters, 11/19/03).


A British demonstration in London in protest to Bush's visit. (Alquds Alrabi, 11/20/03).


British police trying to control anti-Bush demonstrators in London yesterday. (Annahr, 11/20/03).


The US flag, torn and stained wit red color, in yesterday's London protests. ( Annahar, 11/20/03)


A Dutch occupation soldier searching an Iraqi man in Assamawa yesterday. (Assafir, 11/20/03).


The US warship USS Vander Griffith, visiting the Vietnamese port of Hu She Minh (previously known as Saygon). US-Vietnam trade reached $6.3 billion during 2003. (Annahar, 11/20/03).


Jalal Talabani (left), the Iraqi Kurdish leader who is currently the Chairman of the US-appointed Governing Council, visiting Ankara, here with the Turkish Prime Minister, Rajab Tayeb Erdogan. (Annahar, 11/20/03).


Israeli soldiers beside the body and the truck of the Jordanian driver, who injured several tourists yesterday before he was shot dead by Israelis. (Assafir, 11/20/03).


Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during giving a speech in the Parliament and moment before he lost his balance. He came back for five minutes then left. (Annahar, 11/20/03).


The Egyptian Envoy, Muhsin Al Buhairi meeting with the Palestinian leaders of Hamas, Shaikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdul Aziz Al-Rantissi, in Gaza yesterday. (Annahar, 11/20/03).


The Egyptian Envoy, Muhsin Al Buhairi (right) and the Palestinian Prime Minister, Quorei (middle) in Gaza yesterday. (Annahar, 11/20/03).


Russian President, Putin, meeting with the Jordanian King, Abdallah, in Moscow yesterday. (Annahar, 11/20/03).


A fountain in Trafalgar Square, London is dyed with red paint by anti-war protesters (seen in the background) to coincide with the visit of US President George W. Bush to London on Wednesday. Bush is on a four-day state visit to the UK. (Reuters, Khaleej Times, 11/20/03).

Britain's Queen Elizabeth (L) walks with U.S. President George W. Bush past British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) during the ceremonial welcome on the first day of Bush's state visit to the UK at London's Buckingham Palace, November 19, 2003. (REUTERS/POOL/Kirsty Wigglesworth, 11/20/03).


Torturing Palestinian Prisoners in the Israeli "Russian Compound" by the "Banana shackle" (Illustration by Dudy Gerstein, PHR, 11/21/03).


Smoke rises from the Iraqi oil ministry after explosions in Baghdad, November 21, 2003. Rockets on Friday slammed into the Iraqi oil ministry and two central Baghdad hotels used by Western contractors and journalists, wounding several people. Photo by Ali Jasim/Reuters, 11/21/03).


Two cars burn after a bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, November 20, 2003. Three people were killed and six were wounded in a bomb attack outside the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party, whose leader is currently head of Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council. Photo by Anatolian via Reuters, 11/21/03).


The ceremony of bringing down the Bush statue in London Trafalgar Square, yesterday (Alquds Alarabi, 11/21/03).


Anti-war demonstrators gather in front of an effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush before it was pulled down in Trafalgar Square, London, as part of a large protest over his state visit November 20, 2003. REUTERS/ David Bebber, 11/21/03).


A British demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, in protest to Bush's visit. (Alquds Alrabi, 11/20/03).


President Arafat receiving Andrew White, Canterbury Envoy, who came accompanied with Dr. Kindel, a US cleric, Ramallah yesterday. (Alhayat Aljadeda, 11/21/03).


Part of the destruction resulting from a suicide attack on British interests in Istambul yesterday (Annahar, 11/21/03).


The Istanbul HSBC British bnak, which was the target of the yesterday's suicide attack together with the British Consulate in the city (Annahar, 11/21/03).

Anti-war demonstrators wearing masks representing Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) and U.S. President George W. Bush (R) take part in a protest outside Buckingham Palace in London, November 19, 2003. Bush is visiting the UK on a four-day official state visit. (REUTERS/ Russell Boyce, 11/21/03).

Anti-war protesters dressed up as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) and U.S. President George W. Bush (R) lead a demonstration through central London, November 19, 2003. U.S. President George W. Bush is on a four-day official state visit to the UK. (REUTERS/Paul McErlane, 11/21/03).

An effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush is held by demonstrators during a protest outside Buckingham Palace in London, November 19, 2003. Bush is visiting the UK on a four-day official state visit. (REUTERS/David Bebber, 11/21/03).