November 12, 2003

November 12, 2003

=November 12, 2003=

*Occupation of Iraq:
** A top-secret CIA intelligence report warns about growing numbers of Iraqis concluding the coalition can be defeated and supporting the resistance. The CIA report also cautions that more aggressive counterinsurgency tactics will induce other Iraqis to join the resistance. "Slate magazine" notes the new anti-insurgency measures in "postwar Iraq" means the situation is "Iraq War – Phase II." [http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1112/dailyUpdate.html]
**In response to a leaked report, Paul Bremer says that terrorists "are trying to encourage the Iraqi people to believe that the United States is not going to stay the course". The CIA report says that the incipient insurgency is deep rooted, growing rapidly and not confined to ex-Baathists. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=Y3I52G5DY2MFGCRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=3808966] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1083829,00.html]
** President Bush and senior advisers meet in Washington to determine how to move forward in Iraq, given the slow progress of the Iraqi Governing Council and the deteriorating political situation as outlined in the CIA report. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20031112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq]
** Thirty-one people, mostly members of Italian security forces, are killed in a mid-morning truck bombing in Nasiriya. Italian opposition politicians call for a pullout from Iraq. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3263087.stm] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1083284,00.html]
* Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Palestinian parliament approves a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3262729.stm]
*The United Kingdom government announces plans to introduce identity cards, which are intended to eventually become compulsory. [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1083046,00.html]
*The Peruvian Congress approves more charges against ex-President Alberto Fujimori, alleging he trafficked arms to Colombian guerrillas, sanctioned torture, was responsible for the disappearance of student activists, and mismanaged millions of dollars from Japanese charities to build schools for poor children in Peru, with an unexplained $2.3 million shortfall in funds received, among other irregularities.
*Shanghai With 501 km/h (311 mph) the Shanghai Transrapid sets up a new world record for commercial railway systems. [http://www.transrapid.de/cgi-tdb/en/basics.prg?session=543d3&a_no=9]


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