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1. President Backs His Defense Chief In Show Of Unity
(New York Times)...Richard W. Stevenson and Carl Hulse
President Bush made a robust show of support on Monday for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, as the White House, the Pentagon and Congress grappled with whether and how to release more pictures of Iraqi prisoners being abused by American soldiers.
2. Mistreatment Of Detainees Went Beyond Guards' Abuse
(Washington Post)...Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Scott Wilson
Problems in the U.S.-run detention system in Iraq extended beyond physical mistreatment in prison cellblocks, involving thousands of arrests without evidence of wrongdoing and abuse of suspects starting from the moment of detention, according to former prisoners, Iraqi lawyers, human rights advocates and the International Committee for the Red Cross.
3. Head Of Inquiry On Iraq Abuses Now In Spotlight
(New York Times)...Douglas Jehl
As the son of a survivor of a Japanese prison camp whose military service went all but unrecognized for decades, Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba learned early lessons about right and wrong.
4. Poll: War Opposition Up Amid Iraqi Abuse Scandal
(USA Today)...John Ritter
...So offensive is the scandal that it appears to be having a profound impact on public opinion about the war. For the first time, a majority of Americans say they're dissatisfied with President Bush's performance, and 58% disapprove of his handling of the situation in Iraq, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday.
5. Tribal Proposal Requires Al-Sadr To Stand Trial
(Washington Times)...Annia Ciezadlo
Coalition officials are looking favorably on a deal proposed by Shi'ite tribal leaders that would see Sheik Muqtada al-Sadr face trial, but allow the radical cleric to save face by surrendering to tribal authorities instead of American forces.
6. U.S. Training African Forces To Uproot Terrorists
(New York Times)...Craig S. Smith
...Generals here at the United States European Command, which oversees the area, say the vast, arid region is a new Afghanistan, with well-financed bands of Islamic militants recruiting, training and arming themselves. Terrorist attacks like the one on March 11 in Madrid that killed 191 people seem to have a North African link, investigators say, and may presage others in Europe. Having learned from missteps in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American officers are pursuing this battle with a new approach.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
7. Bush: U.S. Owes Debt To 'Superb' Rumsfeld
(USA Today)...Jim Drinkard and Tom Squitieri
President Bush visited the Pentagon on Monday to shore up his embattled Defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, as the administration and Congress grappled with how to handle potentially explosive new photos of prisoner sexual abuse.
8. Bush Views More Photos
(Los Angeles Times)...Maura Reynolds and Esther Schrader
President Bush, making an unusual visit to the Pentagon on Monday, viewed still-secret photographs of U.S. soldiers mistreating Iraqi prisoners and said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was doing "a superb job" for which the nation owes him "a debt of gratitude."
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9. Bush Backs Rumsfeld, For Now
(Wall Street Journal)...Carla Anne Robbins and Greg Hitt
President Bush again endorsed Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, saying he is doing a "superb job." But that praise is unlikely to quiet demands for Mr. Rumsfeld's resignation in the wake of the Iraqi prisoner-abuse scandal, or halt the handicapping on his likely successor.
10. Bush Lauds Rumsfeld For Doing 'Superb Job'
(Washington Post)...Mike Allen and Bradley Graham
President Bush went before cameras at the Pentagon yesterday to unequivocally praise Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in an effort to head off growing pressure for his resignation, then examined more than a dozen new photos documenting abuse of Iraqi detainees. Bush's aides had known for several days about the graphic photographs, which include sexual abuse of detainees and other mistreatment of naked, hooded detainees. But the session gave the commander in chief a vivid view of fuel that could continue to feed a scandal that was a distraction a week ago, but now is consuming the White House and creating real alarm among Republicans.
11. Military: Guantanamo Unlike Iraq
(Miami Herald)...Frank Davies, David Kidwell and Ronnie Greene
Interrogation techniques used at the Guantᮡmo Bay terror prison are meant to wear down detainees, but the rules forbid the kind of tortures coming to light in Iraq, say U.S. government officials and other experts familiar with the facility.
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12. At The Pentagon, Quirky Powerpoint Carries Big Punch
(Wall Street Journal)...Greg Jaffe
...Mr. Barnett's military is a far cry from the shape of today's armed forces. Instead of a single force to wage wars and rebuild nations, Mr. Barnett envisions two. The first, which he dubs "Leviathan," would be hard-hitting, ready to take on conventional foes such as Saddam Hussein on a moment's notice. The second, more unconventional force of "System Administrators" would focus on bringing dysfunctional states into the mainstream through the type of nation-building operations seen in Iraq, the Balkans and Eastern Africa. It wouldn't only mop up after wars but would travel the world during peacetime building local security forces and infrastructure.
IRAQ
13. Iraq Cleric Faces Showdown With Moderate Shiites
(Los Angeles Times)...Patrick J. McDonnell and Alissa J. Rubin
U.S. and British forces have recently inflicted heavy casualties on Muqtada Sadr's militia, but the Shiite cleric is bracing for a showdown with a more familiar foe: moderate Shiites who do not support his uprising.
14. U.S. Forces Raze Cleric's Office
(Washington Post)...Sewell Chan and Daniel Williams
U.S. forces destroyed one of two Baghdad offices of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr early Monday during six hours of fighting in which 16 Iraqis were killed.
15. Marines Safely Venture Into Fallouja, Talk With Leaders
(Los Angeles Times)...Tony Perry
In a test of what U.S. Marines see as their new partnership with Iraqi security forces, a joint convoy Monday safely escorted an American general into this troubled city's downtown for a 25-minute meeting with the mayor and a group of sheiks, government officials and businessmen.
16. Violence, Collision Kill 3 U.S. Soldiers In Iraq
(Los Angeles Times)...Associated Press
Three more American soldiers have died in Iraq, two from hostile fire and one in a traffic accident, military officials said Monday.
17. First Baghdad Court-Martial May Set Table For Later Ones
(New York Times)...Adam Liptak
The trial next week of an American military policeman on charges of mistreating Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison is likely to disappoint people eager for a thorough airing of the available evidence. It may also frustrate those who would like to see tough punishment should his guilt be established.
18. A Double Ordeal For Female Prisoners
(Los Angeles Times)...Tracy Wilkinson
...Whether it was one or numerous cases of rape, many Iraqis believe that sexual abuse of women in U.S.-run jails was rampant. As a result, female prisoners face grave prospects after they are released: denial, ostracism or even death.
19. Allies Demand Justice In Abuse
(Washington Times)...William J. Kole, Associated Press
America's allies in Iraq, voicing disgust at abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops, demanded yesterday that the Pentagon punish those responsible.
20. Secret World Of U.S. Interrogation
(Washington Post)...Dana Priest and Joe Stephens
...The Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, where a unit of U.S. soldiers abused prisoners, is just the largest and suddenly most notorious in a worldwide constellation of detention centers -- many of them secret and all off-limits to public scrutiny -- that the U.S. military and CIA have operated in the name of counterterrorism or counterinsurgency operations since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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