The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Najaf, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister has ordered Shi'ite fighters to lay down their weapons and leave the holy city of Najaf, but fighting rages on with U.S. helicopter gunships pounding guerrilla positions. Four days of intense fighting in the heart of Najaf, across southern Iraq and in several districts of Baghdad has raised fears of a second Shi'ite Muslim uprising and piled pressure on Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's 40-day-old interim government. Cairo - The Arab League said Sunday a plan drawn up by Khartoum and the United Nations to deal with militias and the humanitarian crisis in western Sudan would head off threatened UN sanctions against Sudan. Tehran, Iran - Iran Sunday urged its citizens not to visit Iraq because it is not safe for Iranians anymore. The warning followed the abduction of an Iranian diplomat earlier Sunday from the road connecting the Shiite holy city of Karbala to Baghdad. Los Angeles, Calif. - An American reported to have been beheaded in Iraq at the weekend turned up alive in California 24 hours later to confirm he had faked his own execution as an "experiment" designed to demonstrate the power of the internet. Gaza - Israel has fired five helicopter missiles into the fringes of Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, but there has been no immediate word of casualties, Palestinian witnesses say.
