August 31, 2003

August 31, 2003

"See also" August 30, 2003 - August 2003 - September 1, 2003----
* Tens of thousands of people turn out in Baghdad for the funeral procession of the murdered Shia Muslim leader Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3195163.stm] The Iraqi police handling the investigation say they have arrested 19 men in connection with the blast, many of them foreigners and all with admitted links to al-Qaeda. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml]
* The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declassifies carbon dioxide as a pollutant, a move seen as leading to the elimination of restrictions on industrial emissions of the controversial gas. Climate scientists have debated carbon dioxide's role in global warming for over a decade, with most voices (though notably fewer within the US) calling it the biggest factor, while others call it negligible. [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=438719]
* "Occupation of Iraq": American and Iraqi officials are discussing the possibility of forming a large Iraqi militia or paramilitary force to help improve security in the country. [http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030831/ZNYT03/308310472]
* Terrorist: Terrorism group Jemaah Islamiyah has schemes, revealed in a 40-page manifesto (the Pupji book or "General Guide to the Struggle of Jemaah Islamiyah"), for a suicide bombing campaign designed to change Asia and the Pacific region into Islamic provinces. Jemaah Islamiyah is also shown to be a well-formed organization with a constitution, rules of operation, and leadership structure. [http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7128251%255E401,00.html]
* Afghanistan: Soldiers are killed in a remote region (near the town of Shkin) near the Pakistani border. Taliban reinforcements moved into mountainous region in southern Afghanistan where U.S. and Afghan forces have been attacking hideouts in a battle over the past week. [http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030831_539.html]


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