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On May 1 President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq were over. Since then, over 160 Americans have died in Iraq.
The casualty figures listed below come from a database maintained by The Associated Press. Names of service members who have died are entered only after their official release by the military. Since names are not always released immediately, the number of names in the database may not correspond to overall numbers of deaths reported by military authorities.
Status Total U.S. Britain Other
Killed since May 1 210 188 18 4
Total killed in Iraq 380 326 50 4
Source: The Associated Press as of Oct. 25; 7:35 p.m. EDT
Names of those killed since May 1
Age Hometown Incident
Oct. 9, 2003
Air Force (Spain) Sgt. Jose Antonio Bernal Gomez 34 Spain Action
Army Spc. Joseph C. Norquist 26 San Antonio, Texas Action
Army Pvt. Sean A. Silva 23 Rosemont, Calif. Action
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swisher 26 Lincoln, Neb. Action
Oct. 6, 2003
Army Spc. Spencer T. Karol 20 Woodruff, Ariz. Action
Army Pfc. Kerry D. Scott 21 Mount Vernon, Wash. Action
Army 2nd Lt. Richard Torres 25 Clarksville, Tenn. Action
Oct. 4, 2003
Army Spc. James H. Pirtle 27 La Mesa, N.M. Action
Oct. 3, 2003
Army Pfc. Charles M. Sims 18 Miami, Fla. Accident (land)
Oct. 1, 2003
Army Command Sgt. Maj. James D. Blankenbecler 40 Alexandria, Va. Action
Army Pfc. Analaura Esparaza Gutierrez 21 Houston, Texas Action
Army Spc. Simeon Hunte 23 Essex, N.J. Action
Sept. 30, 2003
Ukraine Army Yuriy Koydan Urkaine Accident (land)
Sept. 29, 2003
Army Sgt. Andrew Joseph Baddick 26 Jim Thorpe, Pa. Accident (land)
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher E. Cutchall 30 McConnellsburg, Pa. Action
Army Pfc. Kristian E. Parker 23 Slidell, La. Non-combat
Army Sgt. Darrin K. Potter 24 Louisville, Ky. Accident (land)
Sept. 25, 2003
Army Capt. Robert L. Lucero 34 Casper, Wyo. Action
Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert E. Rooney 43 Nashua, N.H. Accident (land)
Army Spc. Kyle G. Thomas 23 Topeka, Kan. Action
Sept. 24, 2003
Army Spc. Michael Andrade 28 Bristol, R.I. Accident (land)
Sept. 23, 2003
Army Sgt. John Nightingale 32 Leeds, Britain Non-combat
Sept. 22, 2003
Army Spc. Paul J. Sturino 21 Rice Lake, Wis. Non-combat
Sept. 20, 2003
Army Lunsford Brown, II 27 Creedmoor, N.C. Action
Army Sgt. David Travis Friedrich 26 Naugatuck, Conn. Action
Army Staff Sgt. Frederick L. Miller, Jr. 27 Hagerstown, Ind. Action
Sept. 18, 2003
Army Capt. Brian Faunce 28 Philadelphia, Penn. Accident (land)
Army Spc. Richard Arriaga 20 Ganado, Texas Action
Army Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson 26 Orangeburg, S.C. Action
Army Spc. James C. Wright 27 Delhi Township, Ohio Action
Sept. 15, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly 31 North Creek, N.Y. Action
Army Staff Sgt. Alyssa R. Peterson 27 Flagstaff, Ariz. Non-combat
Sept. 14, 2003
Army Sgt. Trevor A. Blumberg 22 Canton, Mich. Action
Sept. 12, 2003
Army Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bennett 35 Seymour, Tenn. Action
Army Master Sgt. Kevin N. Morehead 33 Little Rock, Ark. Action
Sept. 11, 2003
Army Sgt. Henry Ybarra, III 32 Austin, Texas Accident (land)
Sept. 10, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky, Jr. 31 Elizaville, N.Y. Helicopter accident
Sept. 9, 2003
Army Spc. Ryan G. Carlock 25 Macomb, Ill. Action
Sept. 7, 2003
Army Spc. Jarrett B. Thompson 27 Dover, Del. Accident (land)
Sept. 2, 2003
Army Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson 20 Oak Park, Ill. Helicopter accident
Sept. 1, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Camara 40 New Bedford, Mass. Action
Army Sgt. Charles T. Caldwell 38 North Providence, R.I. Action
Army Staff Sgt. Cameron B. Sarno 43 Waipahu, Hawaii Accident (land)
Aug. 30, 2003
Army Sgt. Sean K. Cataudella 28 Tucson, Ariz. Accident (land)
Aug. 29, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. Mark A. Lawton 41 Hayden, Colo. Action
Aug. 27, 2003
Royal Army Fusilier Russell Beeston 26 Govan, Britain Action
Army Sgt. Gregory A. Belanger 24 Narragansett, R.I. Action
Army Spc. Rafael L. Navea 34 Pittsburgh, Penn. Action
Army Lt. Col. Anthony L. Sherman 43 Pottstown, Penn. Non-combat
Aug. 26, 2003
Royal Army Spc. Darryl T. Dent 21 Washington, D.C. Action
Aug. 25, 2003
Army Spc. Ronald D. Allen, Jr. 22 Mitchell, Ind. Accident (land)
Army Pfc. Pablo Manzano 19 Heber, Calif. Non-combat
Aug. 23, 2003
Army Pfc. Vorn J. Mack 19 Orangeburg, S.C. Non-combat
Army Spc. Stephen M. Scott 21 Lawton, Okla. Non-combat
Royal Army Cpl. Dewi Pritchard 35 Bridgend, Britain Action
Royal Army Maj. Matthew Titchener 32 Southport, Merseyside, Britain Action
Royal Army Warrant Officer Colin Wall 34 Crawleyside, County Durham, Britain Action
Aug. 21, 2003
Army Pfc. Michael S. Adams 20 Spartanburg, S.C. Non-combat
Navy Lt. Kylan A. Jones-Huffman 31 College Park, Md. Action
Aug. 20, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. Bobby C. Franklin 38 Mineral Bluff, Ga. Action
Army Spc. Kenneth W. Harris, Jr. 23 Charlotte, Tenn. Accident
Aug. 18, 2003
Army Spc. Eric R. Hull 23 Uniontown, Pa. Action
Aug. 16, 2003
(Denmark) Army Cpl. Preben Pedersen 34 Denmark Action
Aug. 14, 2003
Royal Army Capt. David Martyn Jones 29 Lincolnshire, Britain Action
Army Pfc. David Kirchhoff 31 Anamosa, Iowa Illness
Aug. 13, 2003
Royal Army Pvt. Jason Smith 32 Hawick, Britain Non-hostile
Army Sgt. Steven W. White 29 Lawton, Okla. Action
Aug. 12, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton, Jr. 37 Guilford, Conn. Illness
Army Staff Sgt. Daniel R. Parker 18 Lake Elsinore, Calif. Accident (land)
Army Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Brown, Jr. 21 Conway, Pa. Action
Army Sgt. Taft V. Williams 29 New Orleans, La. Action
Aug. 10, 2003
Army Pvt. David S. Perry 36 Bakersfield, Calif. Action
Aug. 9, 2003
Army Spc. Levi B. Kinchen 21 Tickfaw, La. Non-combat
Army Sgt. Floyd G. Knighten, Jr. 55 Olla, La. Non-combat
Aug. 8, 2003
Army Pvt. Brandon Ramsey 21 Calumet City, Ill. Vehicle accident
Army Pvt. Matthew D. Bush 20 East Alton, Ill. Non-combat
Aug. 7, 2003
Army Pfc. Duane E. Longstreth 21 Tacoma, Wash. Non-combat
Aug. 6, 2003
Army Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga 20 Bellville, Texas Illness
Army Sgt. Brian R. Hellerman 35 Freeport, Minn. Action
Army Pvt. Kyle C. Gilbert 20 Brattleboro, Vt. Action
Army Sgt. Leonard D. Simmons 33 New Bern N.C. Non-combat
Aug. 5, 2003
Army Spc. Farao K. Letufuga 20 Pago Pago, American Samoa Accident (land)
Army Staff Sgt. David L. Loyd 44 Johnson, Tenn. Illness
Aug. 1, 2003
Army Spc. Justin W. Hebert 20 Arlington, Wash. Action
July 31, 2003
Army Pvt. Michael J. Deutsch 21 Dubuque, Iowa Action
Army Spc. James I. Lambert, III 22 Raleigh, N.C. Non-combat
July 30, 2003
Army 1st Lt. Leif E. Nott 24 Cheyenne, Wyo. Action
July 28, 2003
Army Spc. William J. Maher, III 35 Yardley, Pa. Action
Army Sgt. Nathaniel Hart, Jr. 29 Valdosta, Ga. Accident (land)
July 27, 2003
Army Sgt. Heath A. McMillin 29 Canandaigua, N.Y. Action
July 26, 2003
Army Spc. Jonathan P. Barnes 21 Anderson, Mo. Action
Army Sgt. Daniel K. Methvin 22 Belton, Texas Action
Army Pfc. Wilfredo, Jr. Perez 24 Norwalk, Conn. Action
Army Pfc. Jonathan M. Cheatham 19 North Little Rock, Ark. Action
July 24, 2003
Army Cpl. Evan Asa Ashcraft 24 West Hills, Calif. Action
Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter 22 Bay Shore, N.Y. Action
Army Staff Sgt. Hector R. Perez 40 Corpus Christi, Texas Action
Army Sgt. Juan M. Serrano 31 Manati, Puerto Rico Action
July 23, 2003
Army Capt. Joshua T. Byers 29 Sparks, Nev. Action
Army Spc. Brett T. Christian 27 North Royalton, Ohio Action
July 22, 2003
Army Spc. Jon P. Fettig 30 Bismarck, N.D. Action
July 21, 2003
Army Cpl. Mark A. Bibby 25 Greensboro, N.C. Action
July 20, 2003
Army Sgt. Jason D. Jordan 24 Elba, Ala. Action
Army Sgt. Justin W. Garvey 23 Townsend, Mass. Action
Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. Willoughby 29 Phenix City, Ala. Accident (land)
July 19, 2003
Army 2nd Lt. Jonathan D. Rozier 25 Katy, Texas Action
July 18, 2003
Royal Army Capt. James M. Linton 43 Britain Non-combat
Army Spc. Joel L. Bertoldie 20 Independence, Mo. Action
July 17, 2003
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno 26 Gering, Neb. Non-hostile gunshot wound
Army Sgt. Mason Douglas Whetstone 30 Utah Non-combat injuries
July 16, 2003
Army Spc. Ramon Reyes Torres 29 Caguas, Puerto Rico Action
July 15, 2003
Marine Lance Cpl. Cory Ryan Geurin 18 Santee, Calif. Accident (land)
July 14, 2003
Army Sgt. Michael T. Crockett 27 Soperton, Ga. Action
July 13, 2003
Army Capt. Paul J. Cassidy 36 Laingsburg, Mich. Non-combat injuries
Army Sgt. Jaror C. Puello-Coronado 36 Pocono Summit, Pa. Accident (land)
July 12, 2003
Army Spc. Joshua M. Neusche 20 Montreal, Mo. Non-combat
July 11, 2003
Army Spc. Christian C. Schulz 20 Colleyville, Texas Non-combat injuries
July 9, 2003
Army Sgt. 1st Class Dan H. Gabrielson 39 Spooner, Wis. Action
Army Sgt. Melissa Valles 26 Eagle Pass, Texas Non-combat injuries
Marine Lance Cpl. Jason Andrew Tetrault 20 Moreno Valley, Calif. Accident (land)
Army Sgt. Roger D. Rowe 54 Bon Aqua, Tenn. Action
July 8, 2003
Army Sgt. 1st Class Craig A. Boling 38 Elkhart, Ind. Non-combat related (Kuwait)
Army Pvt. Robert L. McKinley 23 Kokomo, Ind. Accident (Germany)
July 7, 2003
Army Spc. Chad L. Keith 21 Batesville, Ind. Action
Army Staff Sgt. Barry Sanford 46 Aurora, Colo. Non-combat related
July 6, 2003
Army Pfc. Jeffrey Wershow 22 Gainesville, Fla. Action
Army Sgt. David B. Parson 30 Kannapolis, N.C. Action
July 3, 2003
Army Pfc. Corey L. Small 20 East Berlin, Pa. Non-combat related
Army Pfc. Edward J. Herrgott 20 Shakopee, Minn. Action
July 2, 2003
Marine Cpl. Travis J. Bradach-Nall 24 Multnomah County, Ore. Accident (land)
July 1, 2003
Army 1st Sgt. Christopher D. Coffin 51 Bethlehem, Pa. Accident (land)
June 28, 2003
Army Sgt. Timothy M. Conneway 22 Enterprise, Ala. Action
June 27, 2003
Army Cpl. Tomas Sotelo 20 Houston, Texas Action
June 26, 2003
Army Spc. Corey A. Hubbell 20 Urbana, Ill. Non-combat related (Kuwait)
Army Spc. Richard P. Orengo 32 Toa Alta, Puerto Rico Action
June 25, 2003
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory E. MacDonald 41 Washington, D.C. Accident (land)
Army Spc. Gladimir Philippe 37 Linden, N.J. Action
Army Pfc. Kevin C. Ott 27 Columbus, Ohio Action
Army Spc. Andrew F. Chris 25 San Diego, Calif. Action
June 24, 2003
Royal Army Sgt. Simon Alexander Hamilton-Jewel 41 Surrey, Britain Action
Royal Army Cpl. Russell Aston 30 Derbyshire, Britain Action
Royal Army Cpl. Paul Graham Long 24 Essex, Britain Action
Royal Army Cpl. Simon Miller 24 Tyne and Wear, Britain Action
Royal Army Lance Cpl. Benjamin John McGowan Hyde 23 Yorkshire, Britain Action
Royal Army Lance Cpl. Thomas Richard Keys 20 Llanuwchllyn, Britain Action
Army Spc. Cedric L. Lennon 32 West Blocton, Ala. Non-combat related
June 22, 2003
Army Spc. Orenthial J. Smith 21 Allendale, S.C. Action
June 19, 2003
Army Spc. Paul T. Nakamura 21 Sante Fe Springs, Calif. Action
June 18, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. William T. Latham 29 Kingman, Ariz. Action
Army Pfc. Michael R. Deuel 21 Nemo, S.D. Action
June 17, 2003
Army Sgt. Michael L. Tosto 24 Apex, N.C. Accident (land)
Army Pvt. Robert L. Frantz 19 San Antonio, Texas Action
June 16, 2003
Army Pvt. Shawn D. Pahnke 19 Shelbyville, Ind. Action
Army Spc. Joseph D. Suell 19 Lufkin, Texas Non-combat related
June 15, 2003
Marine Pfc. Ryan R. Cox 19 Derby, Kan. Accident (land)
June 13, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. Andrew R. Pokorny 30 Naperville, Ill. Accident (land)
June 12, 2003
Army Spc. John K. Klinesmith 25 Stockbridge, Ga. Accident (land)
June 10, 2003
Army Pfc. Gavin L. Neighbor 20 Somerset, Ohio Accident (land)
June 8, 2003
Army Sgt. Michael E. Dooley 23 Pulaski, Va. Action
June 7, 2003
Army Pvt. Jesse M. Halling 19 Indianapolis, Ind. Action
June 6, 2003
Navy Petty Officer Third Class Doyle W. Bollinger 21 Poteau, Okla. Accident (land)
Army Sgt, Travis Lee Burkhardt 26 Edina, Mo. Accident (land)
June 5, 2003
Army Pfc. Branden F. Oberleitner 20 Worthington, Ohio Action
June 3, 2003
Army Sgt. Atanacio Haro Marin 27 Baldwin Park, Calif. Action
May 30, 2003
Army Spc. Zachariah W. Long 20 Milton, Pa. Accident (land)
Army Spc. Michael T. Gleason 25 Warren, Pa. Accident (land)
Army Spc. Kyle A. Griffin 20 Emerson, N.J. Accident (land)
May 28, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Bradley 39 Utica, Miss. Non-combat related
Army Spc. Jose A. Perez 22 San Diego, Texas Action
May 27, 2003
Army Staff Sgt. Michael B. Quinn 37 Tampa, Fla. Action
Army Sgt. Thomas F. Broomhead 34 Canon City, Colo. Action
May 26, 2003
Army Pvt. Kenneth A. Nalley 19 Hamburg, Iowa Accident (land)
Army Maj. Mathew E. Schram 36 Brookfield, Wis. Action
Army Pfc. Jeremiah D. Smith 25 Odessa, Mo. Accident (land)
Army Sgt. Keman L. Mitchell 24 Hilliard, Fla. Accident (land)
Army Staff Sgt. Brett J. Petriken 30 Flint, Mich. Accident (land)
Marine Sgt. Jonathan W. Lambert 28 New Site, Miss. Accident (land)
May 25, 2003
Army Pvt. David Evans 18 Buffalo, N.Y. Accident (land)
May 21, 2003
Army Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell 27 Omaha, Neb. Accident (land)
May 19, 2003
Marine 1st lt. Timothy Louis Ryan 30 Aurora, Ill. Helicopter accident
Marine Lance Cpl. Jason William Moore 21 San Marcos, Calif. Helicopter accident
Marine Staff Sgt. Aaron Dean White 27 Shawnee, Okla. Helicopter accident
Royal Air Force Cpl. David John Shepherd 34 Britain Illness
Marine Capt. Andrew David La Mont 31 Eureka, Calif. Helicopter accident
Army Lt. Col. Dominic R. Baragona 42 Niles, Ohio Accident (land)
Marine Sgt. Kirk Allen Straseskie 23 Beaver Dam, Wis. Accident (land)
May 18, 2003
Marine Cpl. Douglas Jose Marencoreyes 28 Chino, Calif. Accident (land)
Army Spc. Rasheed Sahib 22 New York, N.Y. Accident (land)
May 16, 2003
Army Master Sgt. William L. Payne 46 Otsego, Mich. Accident (land)
May 14, 2003
Army Spc. David T. Nutt 32 Blackshear, Ga. Accident (land)
May 13, 2003
Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin 31 Elgin, S.C. Action
Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker 19 Irvington, Ill. Accident (land)
May 12, 2003
Marine Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez 19 Norwalk, Calif. Accident (land)
Marine Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik 21 Schaumburg, Ill. Accident (land)
May 10, 2003
Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith 20 Anderson, Ind. Accident (land)
May 9, 2003
Army Cpl. Richard P. Carl 26 King Hill, Idaho Helicopter accident
Marine Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns 22 Vancouver, Wash. Accident (land)
Army Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen 31 Lead, S.D. Helicopter accident
Army Chief Warrant Officer Brian K. Van Dusen 39 Columbus, Ohio Helicopter accident
May 8, 2003
Army Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold 23 Hamilton, Ohio Action
Royal Air Force Gunner Duncan Geoffrey Pritchard 22 Accident (land)
May 6, 2003
Royal Army Pvt. Andrew Kelly 18 Tavistock, Britain Accident (land)
May 4, 2003
Army Pvt. Jason L. Deibler 20 Coeburn, Va. Accident (land)
May 3, 2003
Army Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds 25 East Lansing, Mich. Accident (land)
May 1, 2003
Army Pfc. Jesse A. Givens 34 Springfield, Mo. Accident (land)
Sept. 17 — President Bush took a step to quiet critics who charge
the White House tried to blur the lines between Saddam Hussein and
Sept. 11. NBC’s David Gregory reports.
MSNBC NEWS SERVICES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 — President
Bush said Wednesday that there was no evidence that former Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein was involved in the Sept. 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks, disputing an impression that critics say the
administration tried to foster to justify the war against Iraq.
“THERE’S NO QUESTION that Saddam
Hussein had al-Qaida ties,” the president said. But he also said, “We’ve had
no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th.”
The president’s comment was the administration’s firmest assertion
that there was no proven link between Saddam and Sept. 11. It came after
Vice President Dick Cheney clouded the issue Sunday by saying, “It’s not
surprising people make that connection.”
Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Cheney also repeated an
allegation, doubted by many in the intelligence community, that Mohamed Atta,
the lead Sept. 11 attacker, met with a senior Iraqi intelligence official in
Prague in the Czech Republic five months before Sept. 11, 2001.
“We’ve never been able to develop any more of that yet, either in
terms of confirming it or discrediting it,” Cheney said Sunday. However,
other U.S. authorities have said information gathered on Atta’s movement
showed that he was on the U.S. East Coast when that meeting supposedly took
place.
ALLEGATION HOTLY DISPUTED
Critics of the Bush administration have pointed to statements like
Cheney’s as evidence that the administration was exaggerating al-Qaida’s
prewar links with Saddam to help justify the U.S.-led war against Iraq.
A recent poll indicated that nearly 70 percent of Americans believed
Saddam probably was personally involved. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
said Tuesday, “I’ve not seen any indication that would lead me to believe
that I could say that.”
The administration has argued that Saddam’s government had close
links to al-Qaida, the terrorist network led by Osama bin Laden that
masterminded the Sept. 11 attacks. Bush himself has taken to referring to
Iraq as the central front in the war against terror.
But Bush said there was no attempt by the administration to try to
confuse people about any link between Saddam and Sept. 11.
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“No, we’ve had
no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th,” Bush
said. “What the vice president said was is that he [Saddam] has been
involved with al-Qaida. ... There’s no question that Saddam Hussein had al-Qaida
ties.”
BUSH WOULD WELCOME SADDAM’S
DEATH
Bush spoke after a number of newspapers from states important to his
re-election campaign printed articles Wednesday morning based on an
interview he conducted Tuesday. In that interview, he predicted that Saddam
would eventually be captured or killed, but he said the definition of
victory in Iraq would be when the country was free and peaceful.
The comments were published on the same day that a new audiotape
surfaced in which the purported voice of Saddam demanded the United States
unconditionally withdraw from Iraq or face “catastrophic” losses.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that Bush said that his
policies for rebuilding Iraq and dismantling militant organizations were
working but that the message had not filtered down to the public.
In response to a question about
the importance of capturing Saddam, Bush said: “The definition for victory
is for there to be a free and peaceful Iraq. And yes, we’d like to capture
or kill him, as well. And we will at some point in time.”
The alleged Saddam audiotape, meanwhile, called for Iraqi men and
women to step up their fight against the U.S. occupation.
“You Mujahedeen, Iraqis and women, increase your attacks on your
enemies,” the voice said. It sounded like Saddam’s, but there was no way to
independently verify who the speaker was.
The man called on U.S. forces to withdraw from Iraq immediately.
“We call on you to withdraw your armies as soon as possible and
without any conditions or restrictions, because there is no reason for you
to suffer more losses, which will be disastrous for the Americans,” he said,
claiming that the recording was made in “mid-September.”
The man also called on Iraqis to protest against occupation in the
streets, to “beat the walls in protest” and to donate money to the
resistance.
The last purported Saddam tape was broadcast Sept. 1 by the Al-Jazeera
television network, and the CIA said it was likely authentic.
REVENGE ATTACKS FEARED
Al-Arabiya news editor Aymen Gaballah said the new tape was received
Wednesday in Baghdad. As usual, he said, someone called the Al-Arabiya
office and said he had a tape of Saddam.
He said the tape was aired in its entirety, 14 minutes.
Speaking with long pauses between thoughts and with the sound of
papers rustling as if reading the message, the voice sounded to experienced
ears to be that of Saddam, who sounded very tired.
U.S. forces in Iraq have been plagued by guerrilla attacks blamed on
Saddam’s followers since he was ousted in April, hampering efforts to
rebuild the country.
In an interview published Wednesday, the commander of the U.S.-led
coalition in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, told The Times newspaper of
London that U.S. soldiers now also
faced revenge attacks
from ordinary Iraqis angered by the occupation.