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For more deaths, see: Deaths in 2003 2003 - January. January 3 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911) January 4 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (b. 1926) January 4 - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (b. 1923) January 8 - Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925) January 11 - Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925) January 11 - Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913) January 12 - Leopoldo ...

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2002 - August. August 2 - Kara Hoffman, American actress August 2 - Shelby Hoffman, American actress 2002 - December. December 6 - Sophia Rosalinda Bratt, daughter of Benjamin Bratt and Talisa Soto ...

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For more deaths see: Deaths in 2001 2001 - January-February. January 1 - Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914) January 2 - Teri Diver, American actress (b. 1971) January 3 - José Greco, Italian-born flamenco dancer (b. 1918) January 5 - Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942) January 12 - William Hewlett, American businessman (b. 1913) January 28 - Curt Blefary, baseball player (b. 1943) January 30, Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (b. 1 ...

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1995 - The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Robert Lucas, Jr. ...

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1996 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. James Mirrlees, William Vickrey ...

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Belgian cultural life has tended to concentrate within each community. The shared element is less important, because there are no bilingual universities, except the royal military academy, no common media, and no single, common large cultural or scientific organisation where both main communities are represented. Aside from these differences, Belgium is well-known for its fine art and architecture. The region corresponding to today's Belgium has seen the flourishing of major artistic movements that have had tremendous influence over E ...

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Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation. On September 26, 2003, the CIA requested that the Justice Department investigate the matter.[50] Karl Rove was identified by the New York Times in connection to the Plame leak on 2 October 2003, in an article that both highlighted Attorney General John Ashcroft's employment of Rove in three previous political campaigns, and pointed to Ashcroft's potential conflict of interest in investigating Rove. Ashcroft's subsequent recusal lead to the appointment of U.S ...

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Plame affair, Plame affair - Background, Plame affair - Wilson's investigation and critical editorial, Plame affair - Robert Novak article, Plame affair - Claim of Plame-Wilson conspiracy, Plame affair - Response to the article, Plame affair - Novak defends his column, Plame affair - Responses of the Bush administration, Plame affair - Novak's sources, Plame affair - Justice Department investigation, Plame affair - Time line of Plame affair, Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation, Plame affair - Contempt of court: Miller Cooper, Plame affair - Karl Rove, Plame affair - Other journalists with early knowledge, Plame affair - Air Force One memo, Plame affair - Indictments, Plame affair - Reactions to the controversy, Plame affair - White House reactions, Plame affair - Congressional reactions, Plame affair - Reactions of former CIA officers, Plame affair - Public opinion, Plame affair - Criticism of Plame/Wilson, Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's CIA Job Allegedly Being Widely Known, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's Status as 'Covert', Plame affair - Criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald, Plame affair - Legal questions, Plame affair - Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Plame affair - Espionage Act, Plame affair - Theft of Government Property, Plame affair - Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer, Plame affair - The Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Plame affair - Other laws and precedents, Plame affair - Actual damage caused, Plame affair - Conspiracy theories, Plame affair - CIA conspiracy, Plame affair - Saudi conspiracy interpretation, Plame affair - Notes

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On October 28, 2005, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald issued a five-count indictment[110] (PDF) of Libby on felony charges of perjury, making false statements to FBI agents and obstruction of justice for impeding the Federal grand jury investigating the CIA leak case. Libby has not been indicted for the actual leaking of Plame's name to Robert Novak. While Fitzgerald did indicate that further indictments are possible, he indicated his understanding that this would be a rare occurrence, once a grand jury has been dismissed. However, Karl Rove's attorneys did indicate that their client is still a ...

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Plame affair, Plame affair - Background, Plame affair - Wilson's investigation and critical editorial, Plame affair - Robert Novak article, Plame affair - Claim of Plame-Wilson conspiracy, Plame affair - Response to the article, Plame affair - Novak defends his column, Plame affair - Responses of the Bush administration, Plame affair - Novak's sources, Plame affair - Justice Department investigation, Plame affair - Time line of Plame affair, Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation, Plame affair - Contempt of court: Miller Cooper, Plame affair - Karl Rove, Plame affair - Other journalists with early knowledge, Plame affair - Air Force One memo, Plame affair - Indictments, Plame affair - Reactions to the controversy, Plame affair - White House reactions, Plame affair - Congressional reactions, Plame affair - Reactions of former CIA officers, Plame affair - Public opinion, Plame affair - Criticism of Plame/Wilson, Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's CIA Job Allegedly Being Widely Known, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's Status as 'Covert', Plame affair - Criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald, Plame affair - Legal questions, Plame affair - Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Plame affair - Espionage Act, Plame affair - Theft of Government Property, Plame affair - Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer, Plame affair - The Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Plame affair - Other laws and precedents, Plame affair - Actual damage caused, Plame affair - Conspiracy theories, Plame affair - CIA conspiracy, Plame affair - Saudi conspiracy interpretation, Plame affair - Notes

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Possible estimates on the total number of people killed in the invasion and occupation of Iraq vary widely. All estimates below are as of 12 December 2006, and include both the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the following Post-invasion Iraq, 2003-2006. References ^  Herold, Marc, et. al., "Iraq Bodycount". (ed. This is not a news organization; Public database of media-reported deaths in Iraq) See also:

Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Military occupation, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Legal status of the coalition presence, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - 2003, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - End of the War, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Insurgency begins, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Saddam captured and Elections requests, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - 2004, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Spring Uprisings, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Transfer of sovereignty, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Offensives and counteroffensives, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - 2005, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraqi elections and aftermath, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Announcements and renewed fighting, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Participating nations, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Casualties, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraqi councils and authorities, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Reconstruction, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Civilian government, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - United Nations resolutions, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Elections, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Sovereignty for Iraq, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraqi insurgency, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Guerrilla war, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Sabotage, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Fallujah, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Muqtada al-Sadr, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Hostages, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Fall-out, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraq Coalition members departures, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - U.S. military patrolling, Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - External articles and further reading

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Main articles: Military of the United States and Military budget in the United States Until the Constitutional Convention, the military presence in what became known as the United States was organized by each U.S. state as a voluntary or conscripted militia. As of 2005, the U.S. military consisted of an army, navy, air force and marine corps under the command of the United States Department of Defense. There also is the United States Coast Guard, which is controlled by the Department of Homeland Security. In each of these branc ...

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Military history of the United States, Military history of the United States - Overview, Military history of the United States - Timeline, Military history of the United States - Colonial wars 1620–1775, Military history of the United States - War of Independence 1775–1783, Military history of the United States - Early nationhood 1783–1820, Military history of the United States - Westward expansion 1820–1861, Military history of the United States - American Civil War 1861–1865, Military history of the United States - Post-Civil War era 1865–1917, Military history of the United States - First World War 1917–1918, Military history of the United States - Between the wars 1918–1941, Military history of the United States - Second World War 1941–1945, Military history of the United States - Cold War 1945–1991, Military history of the United States - Post-Cold War era 1991–present, Military history of the United States - War on Terrorism 2001–present, Military history of the United States - Related lists

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ElBaradei has served as the Director General for the IAEA for two terms since December 1, 1997, and is now set for a third term after the current US administration reluctantly reversed its opposition to him in June 2005. According to the Washington Post, [4] several intercepts were made on ElBaradei's phone calls concerning Iran's nuclear program in which the Bush administration hoped to find information that would help to remove ElBaradei as director of the IAEA. ElBaradei has questioned the U.S. rationale for the war in Iraq since the 2003 ...

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Mohamed ElBaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei - Early career, Mohamed ElBaradei - Controversy, Mohamed ElBaradei - October surprise, Mohamed ElBaradei - 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, Mohamed ElBaradei - Quotes

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Plame affair - White House reactions. In the beginning the White House called the allegation that Rove disclosed classified information "totally ridiculous" and "simply not true," and stated that "if anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration."[113] [114][115][116] The White House continued to publicly assert that no Bush administration officials were involved in the leak until after the Supreme Court decision of 2005, the subsequent release of internal TIM ...

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Plame affair, Plame affair - Background, Plame affair - Wilson's investigation and critical editorial, Plame affair - Robert Novak article, Plame affair - Claim of Plame-Wilson conspiracy, Plame affair - Response to the article, Plame affair - Novak defends his column, Plame affair - Responses of the Bush administration, Plame affair - Novak's sources, Plame affair - Justice Department investigation, Plame affair - Time line of Plame affair, Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation, Plame affair - Contempt of court: Miller Cooper, Plame affair - Karl Rove, Plame affair - Other journalists with early knowledge, Plame affair - Air Force One memo, Plame affair - Indictments, Plame affair - Reactions to the controversy, Plame affair - White House reactions, Plame affair - Congressional reactions, Plame affair - Reactions of former CIA officers, Plame affair - Public opinion, Plame affair - Criticism of Plame/Wilson, Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's CIA Job Allegedly Being Widely Known, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's Status as 'Covert', Plame affair - Criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald, Plame affair - Legal questions, Plame affair - Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Plame affair - Espionage Act, Plame affair - Theft of Government Property, Plame affair - Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer, Plame affair - The Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Plame affair - Other laws and precedents, Plame affair - Actual damage caused, Plame affair - Conspiracy theories, Plame affair - CIA conspiracy, Plame affair - Saudi conspiracy interpretation, Plame affair - Notes

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Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger. Wilson was criticized by the Senate Select Committee on PreWar Intelligence because the Committee wrongly claimed that he claimed his trip to Niger proved that Iraq was not seeking uranium from Niger. A former Minister of Niger told Wilson, that he during a OAU minister meeting in Algiers in 1999, had an unformal meeting with an official from Iraq, who wanted to talk about "trade" between the two countries. But it never came to talk about any clear topic. The Minis ...

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Plame affair, Plame affair - Background, Plame affair - Wilson's investigation and critical editorial, Plame affair - Robert Novak article, Plame affair - Claim of Plame-Wilson conspiracy, Plame affair - Response to the article, Plame affair - Novak defends his column, Plame affair - Responses of the Bush administration, Plame affair - Novak's sources, Plame affair - Justice Department investigation, Plame affair - Time line of Plame affair, Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation, Plame affair - Contempt of court: Miller Cooper, Plame affair - Karl Rove, Plame affair - Other journalists with early knowledge, Plame affair - Air Force One memo, Plame affair - Indictments, Plame affair - Reactions to the controversy, Plame affair - White House reactions, Plame affair - Congressional reactions, Plame affair - Reactions of former CIA officers, Plame affair - Public opinion, Plame affair - Criticism of Plame/Wilson, Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's CIA Job Allegedly Being Widely Known, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's Status as 'Covert', Plame affair - Criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald, Plame affair - Legal questions, Plame affair - Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Plame affair - Espionage Act, Plame affair - Theft of Government Property, Plame affair - Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer, Plame affair - The Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Plame affair - Other laws and precedents, Plame affair - Actual damage caused, Plame affair - Conspiracy theories, Plame affair - CIA conspiracy, Plame affair - Saudi conspiracy interpretation, Plame affair - Notes

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The Plame affair has generated more than one conspiracy theory. Plame affair - CIA conspiracy. A series of events (including reports Wilson openly talked of his wife's CIA job) have led critics of Plame/Wilson to view the Plamegate affair as a covert CIA operation by a rogue agent (or perhaps Agency) designed to pull down a sitting president. [216] Plame's husband is thought to have played a key role by "misrepresenting" the intelligence he gathered on his trip to Niger. Wilson learned the former prime min ...

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Plame affair, Plame affair - Background, Plame affair - Wilson's investigation and critical editorial, Plame affair - Robert Novak article, Plame affair - Claim of Plame-Wilson conspiracy, Plame affair - Response to the article, Plame affair - Novak defends his column, Plame affair - Responses of the Bush administration, Plame affair - Novak's sources, Plame affair - Justice Department investigation, Plame affair - Time line of Plame affair, Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation, Plame affair - Contempt of court: Miller Cooper, Plame affair - Karl Rove, Plame affair - Other journalists with early knowledge, Plame affair - Air Force One memo, Plame affair - Indictments, Plame affair - Reactions to the controversy, Plame affair - White House reactions, Plame affair - Congressional reactions, Plame affair - Reactions of former CIA officers, Plame affair - Public opinion, Plame affair - Criticism of Plame/Wilson, Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's CIA Job Allegedly Being Widely Known, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's Status as 'Covert', Plame affair - Criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald, Plame affair - Legal questions, Plame affair - Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Plame affair - Espionage Act, Plame affair - Theft of Government Property, Plame affair - Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer, Plame affair - The Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Plame affair - Other laws and precedents, Plame affair - Actual damage caused, Plame affair - Conspiracy theories, Plame affair - CIA conspiracy, Plame affair - Saudi conspiracy interpretation, Plame affair - Notes

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Beginning in late 2002, and in the context of the War on Terrorism (a consequence of the September 11, 2001 attacks), the United States began an international campaign for stricter sanctions and regime change in Iraq because of questions about its former actions and its currentcapability to create weapons of mass destruction ("WMD"). The U.S. led the renewed sanctions through the U.N. effort as a response to what it said was Iraqi intransigence and refusal to allow thorough, randomly conducted weapons inspections; the U.S. demanded that inte ...

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Plame affair, Plame affair - Background, Plame affair - Wilson's investigation and critical editorial, Plame affair - Robert Novak article, Plame affair - Claim of Plame-Wilson conspiracy, Plame affair - Response to the article, Plame affair - Novak defends his column, Plame affair - Responses of the Bush administration, Plame affair - Novak's sources, Plame affair - Justice Department investigation, Plame affair - Time line of Plame affair, Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation, Plame affair - Contempt of court: Miller Cooper, Plame affair - Karl Rove, Plame affair - Other journalists with early knowledge, Plame affair - Air Force One memo, Plame affair - Indictments, Plame affair - Reactions to the controversy, Plame affair - White House reactions, Plame affair - Congressional reactions, Plame affair - Reactions of former CIA officers, Plame affair - Public opinion, Plame affair - Criticism of Plame/Wilson, Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's CIA Job Allegedly Being Widely Known, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's Status as 'Covert', Plame affair - Criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald, Plame affair - Legal questions, Plame affair - Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Plame affair - Espionage Act, Plame affair - Theft of Government Property, Plame affair - Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer, Plame affair - The Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Plame affair - Other laws and precedents, Plame affair - Actual damage caused, Plame affair - Conspiracy theories, Plame affair - CIA conspiracy, Plame affair - Saudi conspiracy interpretation, Plame affair - Notes

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While the breaking of Valerie Plame's cover as a CIA employee may be regarded as serious in and of itself, there has been debate over the damage caused by the leak, and the areas into which that damage may extend, particularly in relation to Plame's work with her cover company, Brewster Jennings & Associates. Legal filings by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald contain many pages blanked out for security reasons, leading some observers to speculate that Fitzgerald has pursued the extent to which national security was compromised by ...

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Plame affair, Plame affair - Background, Plame affair - Wilson's investigation and critical editorial, Plame affair - Robert Novak article, Plame affair - Claim of Plame-Wilson conspiracy, Plame affair - Response to the article, Plame affair - Novak defends his column, Plame affair - Responses of the Bush administration, Plame affair - Novak's sources, Plame affair - Justice Department investigation, Plame affair - Time line of Plame affair, Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation, Plame affair - Contempt of court: Miller Cooper, Plame affair - Karl Rove, Plame affair - Other journalists with early knowledge, Plame affair - Air Force One memo, Plame affair - Indictments, Plame affair - Reactions to the controversy, Plame affair - White House reactions, Plame affair - Congressional reactions, Plame affair - Reactions of former CIA officers, Plame affair - Public opinion, Plame affair - Criticism of Plame/Wilson, Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's CIA Job Allegedly Being Widely Known, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's Status as 'Covert', Plame affair - Criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald, Plame affair - Legal questions, Plame affair - Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Plame affair - Espionage Act, Plame affair - Theft of Government Property, Plame affair - Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer, Plame affair - The Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Plame affair - Other laws and precedents, Plame affair - Actual damage caused, Plame affair - Conspiracy theories, Plame affair - CIA conspiracy, Plame affair - Saudi conspiracy interpretation, Plame affair - Notes

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There are many questions surrounding the allegations of illegality by Karl Rove, Lewis Libby, and perhaps other administration officials. These officials are potentially vulnerable under a number of federal laws relating to disclosure of Plame's identity, along with laws against perjury, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice. The unusual circumstances of this case led a number of media organizations to file a friend-of-the-court (amicus curiae) brief on behalf of the journalists who were subpoenaed (Matthew Cooper, Judith Mill ...

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Plame affair, Plame affair - Background, Plame affair - Wilson's investigation and critical editorial, Plame affair - Robert Novak article, Plame affair - Claim of Plame-Wilson conspiracy, Plame affair - Response to the article, Plame affair - Novak defends his column, Plame affair - Responses of the Bush administration, Plame affair - Novak's sources, Plame affair - Justice Department investigation, Plame affair - Time line of Plame affair, Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation, Plame affair - Contempt of court: Miller Cooper, Plame affair - Karl Rove, Plame affair - Other journalists with early knowledge, Plame affair - Air Force One memo, Plame affair - Indictments, Plame affair - Reactions to the controversy, Plame affair - White House reactions, Plame affair - Congressional reactions, Plame affair - Reactions of former CIA officers, Plame affair - Public opinion, Plame affair - Criticism of Plame/Wilson, Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's CIA Job Allegedly Being Widely Known, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's Status as 'Covert', Plame affair - Criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald, Plame affair - Legal questions, Plame affair - Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Plame affair - Espionage Act, Plame affair - Theft of Government Property, Plame affair - Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer, Plame affair - The Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Plame affair - Other laws and precedents, Plame affair - Actual damage caused, Plame affair - Conspiracy theories, Plame affair - CIA conspiracy, Plame affair - Saudi conspiracy interpretation, Plame affair - Notes

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1998 - January-February. January 1 - Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (b. 1905) January 4 - Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908) January 5 - Sonny Bono, American singer, actor, and politician (b. 1935) January 7 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) January 8 - Michael Tippett, English composer (b. 1905) January 9 - Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) January 11 - Klaus Tennstedt, Germ ...

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1998, 1998 - Events, 1998 - January, 1998 - February, 1998 - March, 1998 - April, 1998 - May, 1998 - June, 1998 - July, 1998 - August, 1998 - September, 1998 - October, 1998 - November, 1998 - December, 1998 - Unknown Dates, 1998 - Births, 1998 - Deaths, 1998 - January-February, 1998 - March-July, 1998 - August-December, 1998 - Unknown date, 1998 - Nobel Prizes, 1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1998 - Fields Medalists, 1998 - Templeton Prize

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With the Ba'ath party organization disintegrated, elements of the secret police and Republican Guard formed guerrilla units, since some had simply gone home rather than openly fight the multinational forces. These join the insurgency and their attacks around Mosul, Tikrit and Fallujah. In the fall, the insurgent groups, guerrilla units, and other elements (who called themselves "freedom fighters") began using ambush tactics, bombings, kidnappings, and improvised explosive devices, target ...

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Iraq War, Iraq War - Terminology, Iraq War - War rationales and debates, Iraq War - War justifications, Iraq War - Proponents of the war, Iraq War - Criticisms of the war, Iraq War - Iraq Survey Group findings, Iraq War - War of Iraq, Iraq War - Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War - Operations under the new Iraqi government, Iraq War - The Iraqi insurgency, Iraq War - Notes, Iraq War - External articles

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General Paul E. Vallely has criticized Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald on FOX News for not contacting a number of people who publicly stated they knew of Plame's job at the CIA. "Many of us as private citizens really challenged the depth and the extensiveness of Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald because he never called in Joe Wilson or Valerie Plame, who was an analyst by the way, and that's documented, or any of the hierarchy of the CIA. And so to me that's an incomplete process and should probably be null and void. ...

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Plame affair, Plame affair - Background, Plame affair - Wilson's investigation and critical editorial, Plame affair - Robert Novak article, Plame affair - Claim of Plame-Wilson conspiracy, Plame affair - Response to the article, Plame affair - Novak defends his column, Plame affair - Responses of the Bush administration, Plame affair - Novak's sources, Plame affair - Justice Department investigation, Plame affair - Time line of Plame affair, Plame affair - CIA calls for leak investigation, Plame affair - Contempt of court: Miller Cooper, Plame affair - Karl Rove, Plame affair - Other journalists with early knowledge, Plame affair - Air Force One memo, Plame affair - Indictments, Plame affair - Reactions to the controversy, Plame affair - White House reactions, Plame affair - Congressional reactions, Plame affair - Reactions of former CIA officers, Plame affair - Public opinion, Plame affair - Criticism of Plame/Wilson, Plame affair - Regarding Wilson's Trip to Niger, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's CIA Job Allegedly Being Widely Known, Plame affair - Regarding Plame's Status as 'Covert', Plame affair - Criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald, Plame affair - Legal questions, Plame affair - Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Plame affair - Espionage Act, Plame affair - Theft of Government Property, Plame affair - Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officer, Plame affair - The Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Plame affair - Other laws and precedents, Plame affair - Actual damage caused, Plame affair - Conspiracy theories, Plame affair - CIA conspiracy, Plame affair - Saudi conspiracy interpretation, Plame affair - Notes

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Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - End of the War. On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared the "end of major combat operations" in Iraq, while aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln which had hung a large "Mission Accomplished" banner. The weeks following the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime were generally a euphoric time among the Iraqi populace. New York Post correspondent Jonathan Foreman, reporting from Baghdad in May 2003, wrote that looting was less widespread than reported, and that "the intensity of the ...

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Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Spring Uprisings. In the spring, the United States and the Coalition Provisional Authority decided to confront the rebels with a pair of assaults: one on Fallujah, the center of the "Mohammed's Army of Al-Ansar", and another on Najaf, home of an important mosque, which had become the focal point for the Mahdi Army and its activities. In Fallujah four private military contractors, working for Blackwater USA, were ambushed and murdered, and their corpses desecrated. In retaliation a ...

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