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Iraq
Abu Ghraib trials moved from Baghdad to U.S.
By wire services
Published November 11, 2004
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military announced today that the courts-martial of three Army reservists charged with abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison will be shifted from Baghdad to Fort Hood, Texas.
The trials of Sgt. Javal Davis, Spc. Sabrina Harman and Spc. Charles Graner Jr. had been set to begin next year in Baghdad.
No reason was given for the decision to move the trials to the United States. Lawyers for the accused had been pressing for a change of venue for months, in part because of problems bringing witnesses and attorneys to one of the world's most dangerous cities.
Arab reaction to Fallujah battle remains muted
CAIRO - As U.S. troops push into Fallujah, the Arab world is watching with concern - fearing a repeat of the high number of civilian casualties that accompanied an aborted attempt in April to take control of the city.
So far there seems to be little of the rage directed toward similar U.S.-led offensives in the past.
Clerics in Saudi Arabia said the insurgents were justified in resisting U.S. forces, and Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said he hoped the battle would end quickly.
Al-Jazeera television, based in Qatar, emphasized damage to mosques in the city, quoting an Iraqi journalist, Fadil Badrani, as saying about half of Fallujah's 120 mosques had been destroyed by U.S. tanks and jets.
But there has been notably less sympathy than in April for the militants - especially foreign fighters - who have engaged in a wave of kidnappings in the past six months, effectively holding the city's 300,000 inhabitants hostage to their violent agenda, several commentators said.
Limited access for news media has meant few scenes of dead or wounded civilians have appeared on Arab television channels, unlike those that stoked rage in the past.
"The reaction is limited, very limited," said Jaafar Ahmar, a Lebanese journalist and Iraq expert for Al Hayat newspaper in London.
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