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| A
terrified Iraqi boy sitting on the street beside a US military
vehicle and soldiers during the fighting in Najaf yesterday (Assafir,
8/14/04). |
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| A video
grab shows wounded Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaking from
the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, August 13, 2004. Al-Sadr vowed to
stay in his Najaf stronghold until victory or death , shattering
hopes of a compromise with U.S. forces encircling the city's
holiest shrines. (Photo by Reuters TV,
8/14/04). |
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| Tens of
Palestinians were injured when Israeli occupation forces
attacked Palestinian cities and neighborhoods in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip on Saturday (IPC, 8/14/04). |
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| Yousuf
Hanani (25) the day he graduated from college. He was a member
of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. He killed an Israeli settler before
he was killed by guards of the Itamar settlement in the occupied
Palestinian territory of the West Bank (Assafir, 8/14/04). |
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| Israeli
occupation forces blew up the house of Yousuf Hanani's family in
Beit Fourik as a collective punishment to the family for their
son's attack on the Itamar settlement yesterday (Alhayat
Aljadeeda, 8/14/04). |
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| Tens of
Palestinians were injured when Israeli occupation forces
attacked Palestinian cities and neighborhoods in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip on Saturday (IPC, 8/14/04). |
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| Iraqi
Sunni demonstrators in Fallouja protesting the US assault on
Najaf yesterday (Annahar, 8/14/04). |
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| Iraqi
Shi'is arrive after marching from other cities to Najaf, in a
show of support for the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on August 13,
2004. (Photo by Ali Abu Shish/Reuters, 8/14/04). |
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| Iranian
demonstrators in Tehran burning the US flag in protest against
the US attack on Najaf yesterday (Annahar, 8/14/04). |
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| A US
personnel carrier in the Najaf ancient Islamic cemetery yesterday (Annahar, 8/14/04). |
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British journalist, James Brandon, released in Basra after hours
of kidnapping him yesterday (Annahar, 8/14/04). |
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Palestinian youngmen throwing stones at an Israeli jeep, as a
symbol of the brutal military occupation, in Ramallah yesterday. (Annahar, 8/15/04). |
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| An
Iraqi youngman carried on shoulders of another, cleaning Al-Sadr's
picture with his shirt after a halt in fighting, in Najaf yesterday (Annahar,
8/15/04). |
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| This is
not Rafah, Palestine. This is Samarra, Iraq yesterday, where US
air raids resulted in killing 50 Iraqis and destroying their
homes. (Al-Ayyam, 8/15/04). |
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| An
Iraqi family on the rubble of their house which was destroyed
during US air raids on Samarra, which killed 50 Iraqis and
injured scores of them yesterday (Annahar, 8/15/04).
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| Thousands
of Iraqis from several cities came to the rescue of Imam Ali
Mosque in Najaf yesterday. (Alquds, 8/15/04). |
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| Iraqi
fighters inside Imama Ali Mosque in Najaf. Al-Sadr instructed
them to stay there to defend the holy site even after his death
or capture. (Annahar, 8/15/04). |
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| Iraqis
chanting slogans of solidarity and loyalty to Muqtada Al-Sadr
inside Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf yesterday (Annahar, 8/15/04). |
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| Iraqi
fighters hugging each other after the beginning of the truce in
Najaf yesterday (Annahar, 8/15/04). |
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Venezuelans line up to vote in the national referendum in
Caracas, August 15, 2004. Venezuelans turned out early and in
large numbers on Sunday to vote in a historic referendum that
will either remove left-wing President Hugo Chavez from office
or give him a new mandate to govern for the next two years.
Headline of newspaper reads 'decisive day's journey. (Photo by
Jose Miguel Gomez/Reuters, 8/15/04). |
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| US air raids were resumed in Najaf
yesterday (Alquds Alarabi, 8/16/04). |
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C), Vice President Jose
Vicente Rangel (L) and friend Diosdado Cabello wave to
supporters from Miraflores Palace in Caracas, August 16, 2004.
Chavez on Monday declared victory in a referendum on his rule.
Chavez won backing from 58 percent of voters with 94 percent of
electoral rolls counted in the referendum on whether to recall
him before his term ends. (Photo by Jose Miguel Gomez/Reuters,
8/16/04). |
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| a
Palestinian political prisoner looking from the Hadarim prison
window northeast of Tel Aviv yesterday (Assafir, 8/16/04). |
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Families of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons
participating in a sit-in protest in solidarity with their
detained loved ones, in Ramallah yesterday. (Assafir, 8/16/04). |
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| A US
tank in a Najaf empty street yesterday. (Assafir, 8/16/04). |
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| A US soldier stands guard Sunday in
a haze of smoke outside a building during a cordon and search in
a neighbourhood outside Sadr City (AP photo by David P. Gilkey,
Jordan Times, 8/16/04). |
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| Iraqi
fighters during fighting against US forces in Najaf yesterday (Annahar, 8/16/04). |
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| CAIR President, Nihad Awad: Arab
Americans and Muslim American organization are studying an
announcement to their constituents concerning support for
presidential candidates (Assafir, 8/16/04). |
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| President Bashar Al-Assad (middle)
meeting with US Rep. Christopher Chaise (right), who headed a
5-member delegation to Damascus. Syrian FM Farouq Al-Shara
(left) attended the meeting (Assafir, 8/16/04). |
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| President Hugo Chavez voting in the
referendum on his presidency yesterday (Assafir, 8/16/04). |
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Rwandan troops leaving to Darfur, Sudan, as an African
peace-keeping forces. They will be joined by Nigerian troops
next week (Annahar, 8/16/04). |
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USS JFK sailors rescued six Iranian
sailors, whose boat drowned in the Arabian Gulf yesterday. (Annahar, 8/16/04). |
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| An Iraqi boy watches a burning
U.S. Army tank after it came under attack by Iraqi fighters in the
eastern Baghdad Shi'i suburb of al-Sadr city August 16, 2004. (Photo by
Stringer/Iraq/Reuters, 8/16/04). |
Protesters hold Hamas flags
during a protest rally in support of Palestinian political prisoners
inside Israeli occupation jails, in Gaza August 16,2004. Israel
declared psychological war on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on
Monday, saying it would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to
break their will. The 1,500 inmates, seen by Palestinians as symbols of
resistance to Israeli occupation, want wardens to stop strip searches,
allow more frequent family visits, improve sanitary conditions and
install public telephones, supporters said. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters,
8/16/04). |
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A Palestinian woman praying
for the release of her son, who is a political prisoner in Israeli
jails. About 8,000 Palestinian political prisoners launched a hunger
strike demanding improvement in their imprisonment conditions (IPC,
8/16/04). |
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From the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in
Athena, Greece, yesterday (Assafir, 8/14/04). |
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French soldiers welcoming veterans
from 16 African countries who participated in the liberation of France
in World War II. A celebration on August 15 will be held for the
anniversary on Charles De Gaule carrier in the French Mediterranean
coast. (Annahar, 8/14/04). |
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