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U.S. investigates
Black Hawk crash
BY LOUIS MEIXLER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - The U S.
military tried to determine
Sunday whether insurgent gun
fire caused the crash of two Black
Hawk helicopters, killing 17 sol
diers in the worst single loss of
American life since the war in
Iraq began. '
Meanwhile, an audiotape pur
portedly by Saddam Hussein
urged Iraqis to escalate attacks
against the occupation and
“agents brought by foreign
armies” — Iraqis who support the
coalition.
The speaker on the tape, aired
on Al-Arabiya television, said the
only way to end the chaos in Iraq
was for Saddam and his now out
lawed Baath Party to return to
power.
U.S. soldiers, meanwhile, took
the offensive with the military
mounting operations in Baghdad
and Saddam’s home region of cen
tral Iraq. The military fired a satel
lite-guided missile with a 500-pound
warhead at a suspected guerrilla
training base. Four insurgents
were killed in a separate clash.
“Any of those groups that are.
working against the best interest
of the Iraqis are going to be tar
geted,” said Lt. Col. William
MacDonald, spokesman of the 4th
Infantry Division.
Strong explosions thundered
through central Baghdad after
sundown Sunday, apparently part
of “Operation Iron Hammer,” a
new get-tough strategy of going af
ter insurgents before they can
strike.
Late Sunday, a large number of
U.S. soldiers, backed by armored
vehicles and helicopters, moved
into the Sunni Muslim neighbor
hood of Azamiyah, sealing off a 20
block area and searching vehicles
5 in a show of force.
The CIA said it would review
the purported Saddam tape for its
authenticity. But President Bush
dismissed the recording.
“I suspect it’s same old stuff.
It’s propaganda. We’re not leav
ing until the job is done, pure and
simple,” Bush said. “I’m sure he’d
like to see us leave, if in fact it’s
his voice. I know the elements of
the Baathist party, those who
used to torture, maim and kill in
order to stay in power would like
to see us leave.”
The voice in the recording re
sembled Saddam’s, but was huski
er and the speaker appeared tired.
“The evil ones now find them
selves in crisis and this is God’s will
for them,” he said. “The land and
fire of glorious Iraq that God has
blessed with j ihad because of valor
in resistance... will swallow hun
dreds of thousands of troops that...
will never achieve their plans.”
The only solution for Iraq, the
speaker said, was for “the zealous
Iraqi sons, who ran its affairs and
brought it out of backwardness ...
to return ... to run its affairs
anew,” he said, referring to the
Baath leadership.
_ The speaker also lashed out at
Iraqis who cooperate with the U.S.
military, calling them “stray dogs
that walk alongside the caravan.”
Iraqis who work with the United
States have been targeted by Iraqi
guerrillas.
The top U.S. administrator in
Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, said Saddam
likely made some arrangements
for a guerrilla war against the
Americans before his regime fell
before invading U.S. troops in
April.
Sunday, Nov. 9
© LARCENY OF STUDENT ID,
BLAH P.E. CENTER, 1328
WHEAT ST. The victim said
.someone removed his ID
without his permission.
Estimated value: $1. Reporting
officer: T. Brewster.
Wednesday, Nov. 12
® LARCENY OF CHAIR,
WOODROW COLLEGE The
complainant said someone took
a wooden chair with a blue
cover from her porch.
Estimated value: $200.
Reporting officer: W.R. Bond.
Thursday,JNov. 13
® MALICIoifS INJURY TO
PERSONAL PROPERTY,
BLOSSOM STREET GARAGE,
LEVEL 17,1300 BLOSSOM ST.
The complainant said someone
let the air out of his vehicle’s
two left tires and keyed the
front right quarter panel.
Estimated damage: $100.
Reporting officer: T. Brewster.
Photographer
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Some people have expressed
concern that these photos are
too gory. But Keshia Dewitt, a
first-year political science stu
dent, sees the images differently.
“Depends on the person and
how they the perceive the pic
tures. An old person might be
more sensitive to the pictures,
while, as a teeftager, I am not re
ally bothered. Violence is a com
mon element of society,” she
said.
Seth Peterson, a first-year busi
ness student from Charleston,
agrees. “War photography ex
poses a necessary truth that the
public deserves to see, that will
continue for years to come.”
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