The US Senate backs legislation imposing sanctions on Syria ; the bill allows the president to adjust sanctions as a function of Syria's co-operativeness. {Link without Title}
pledges USD $15.5 million to help defeat President George W. Bush in 2004. Soros says a "supremacist ideology" guides the White House and describes the US under the Bush administration as a danger to the world. {Link without Title}
from a member of the Al Qaeda group claiming responsibility for Saturday's bombing in Riyadh that killed 17 people and injured over 100. {Link without Title}
--- Mayor of Fallujah says a US general threatens stern measures unless attacks on coalition forces stop. {Link without Title}
--- The British government and foreign policy establishment pushes privately for an early handover of sovereignty to Iraqis; they say the US shows too little sense of urgency. {Link without Title}
--- An Annenberg Public Policy Center poll, taken during widespread publicity over army helicopter shootdowns, says there has been a shift in US public opinion, now split about evenly over whether the war in Iraq is worthwhile. [http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1519868 [http://www.news-leader.com/today/1111-Americansv-213879.html]
--- There is a rising trend of complaints from returning National Guard smen and reservists as they return to work after assignments. {Link without Title}
PornographerLarry Flynt states that he has bought topless photos of famous Iraq War soldier Jessica Lynch and was planning to publish them in January 2004; later, he says he bought them to prevent them from ever being published. The photos reportedly show Lynch frolicking with male soldiers prior to her deployment to Iraq. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102736,00.html [http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/135799p-120870c.html]
