Show iVf- 'ViYrVf VJ- ' - ' A The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday OV fit Notion Kurds rejoice but Red Cross worker killed in crossfire north still volatile of Sulaymaniyah hundreds gathered in a central square " and chanted: “George Bush! George Bush!” Special Forces were cheered as they drove past Some Kurds tried to hug and kiss them ' In IrbiL about a dozen boys tried without success to sing “The Star Spangled Banner” Street celebrations erupted a few hours after a Significant northern battlefield victory Special Forces and Kurdish fighters captured an Iraqi radar and communications center perched on a mountain summit 10 miles northeast of Mosul Coalition aircraft struck die peak— where Iraqis had directed air defense systems — to ease the way for Kurdish ground forces who fought amid limestone crags near a ' Syrian Orthodox monastery from the 4th century “From our respective it was the most important gain and development so far” said Hoshyar Zebari a leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party one of two Kurdish factions controlling the northern region “This shows die crumbling of the northern front” At US Central Command headquarters in Qatar Brig Gen Vincent Brooks told American flags Militi- reporters that special operations troops and Kurdish solamen held their weapons diers seized a small town overhead north of Mosul and captured burned People newspaper Saddam 200 fighters He did not name One car of photos that town or another Iraqi windshield carried a message written in soap: Bye Bye Sadposition 20 miles south of Irbil where he said special dam A cartoon showed Saddam hilling into a garbage bin! operations forces and aircraft “There is joy today but let’s destroyed tanks and cargo not forget we’ve all shed tears trucks Kurdish commando' Sarbast because of Saddam’’ said Barbiri said remnants of die acre Uman Chowshin “We cannot never forget what he’s Iraqi Republican Guard and the fedayeen may remain near done to us” Saddam’s regime has long Mosul but regular army units oppressed die 4 million Kurds had been overrun Kurdish forces were also living in northern Iraq despite within sight of Kirkuk the occasional alliances of convenience between Kurdish leadcenter of Iraq’s second-largeoil region ers and Saddam's regime In Ares Abdullah a front-lin- e the late 1980s more than 150000 Kurdsare believed to commander of Kurdish forces near Kirkuk said there woe have been killed by the Iraqi leader’s orders In 1988 in the no immediate plans to move into the city town of Halabja a poison chemical attack wiped out an Military progress in the - north has been estimated 5000 residents cautiously slow In the eastern Kurdish city re 10 2003 — A7 I I vr IRBIL Iraq (AP) Iraqi Kurds flooded the streets of northern Iraq oq Wednesday downfall of rejoicing in President Saddam Hussein — leader who had gissed them and executed them by the thousands “He’s gone! He’s gonel” chanted a group of boys dancing in staltal traffic As news spread that US troops had overtaken the Iraqi capital of Baghdad Kurds left their homes and waded onto streets waving streamers and die yellow starburst flag of their autonomous region But fighting in the north was not over and strategic oil fields near the cities of Mosul and Kirkuk remained under Iraqi control Backed by US Special warForces and American-le- d planes Kurdish fighters took a strategic peak near Mosul and were just outside Kirkuk-bu- t it wasn’t dear when coalition troops would attack those key areas That did not stop tens of thousands of Kurds from basking in re moment of ' to coalition Baghdad’s fall ‘ troops In the Kurdish administrative capital of Irfoil joy came in many guises Car horns n Mated Boys waved April : i GENEVA (AP)— A Canadian worker for the International Committee of the Red Cross was killed when gunfire strafed his car while driving ’ APphoto Imam Jamal Daoudi spiritual leader of the Islamic Association of West Virginia leftthats with James Thibeautt founder of Friends of Mohammad prior to a discussion with residents of Malden WVa on Wednesday The community wants to bring an Iraqi lawyer known only as Mohammed to West Virginia in a show of gratitude tor his role in the rescue of Pfc Jessica Lynch Welcome -- MALDEN WVa (AP) — First they have to find him But when they do residents of this small town want to thank die Iraqi man who helped save FOW Jessica Lynch by bringing him to West Virginia The man a lawyer known only as Mohammed reportedly led US troops to the hospital where Lynch was being held The Army private was rescued last week and is recovering at a military hospital in Germany Mohammed’s role hasn’t been confirmed by the military The effort to track down the man is being led by James Thibeault who has founded Friends of Mohammad The organization will be based in Lynch’s hometown of Palestine which is about 70 miles st northwest of Malden a Charleston suburb “There’s a wonderful spiritual connection there for the Muslim people” said Thibeault who hopes a Lynch family member will sit on the group’s board Lynch’s father said last DO YOU LOVE SOMEONE AT RISK? 2 CANCER COLORECTAL CANCER IS AMERICA’S ready row’s uresciLDGir ffoor hand-draw- small 'a " Imam Jamal Daoudi spiritual leader of the Islamic Association of West Virginia to discuss raising money to bring Mohammed here and other ‘ details Daoudi said it was no coin- - cidence that a man named after Islam’s prophet Mohammed saved an American woman from a town called Palestine “It is the will of God” he said Local veterans are interest--: ed in donating money for Mohammed's trip said Betty Gainer vice president of the : Pfc Jessica Lynch poses at Fort Bliss Texas the day before her deployment in February week that that if he ever meets the lawyer “he would get a world of hugs out of that heroic deal” “I am truly grateful" Greg Lynch told NBC's “Today” show “I realize he risked his own life to do this The man is an angel arid a god in his own ways” Thibeault and about 10 resi- dents met Wednesday with Malden chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association “I know these vets” Gainer said “They’ve been following the story of Jessica Lynch hour by hour” Mike Jarrett who has a son on active duty said he feels a personal connection to Mohammed and Lynch “I think first of all it takes a lot of courage to do what he did” he said “As a parent you just can relate to what this person did for Jessica” through Baghdad the agency announced Wednesday Another 12 people were reportedly killed in the attack Vatche Arslanian 48 who was in charge of logistics for the Red Cross in Iraq was mortally wounded Tuesday despite a clearly marked Red Cross vehicle the ICRC said in a statement Two other Red Cross workers traveling with Arslanian woe able to escape and reach the agency’s office with word of the attack “A total of 13 people are reported to have been killed in the same incident which involved five other cars” the ICRC said in a statement Staff recovered Arslanian's body and took it to an Iraqi hospital The ICRC which planned a day of mourning Thursday for the slain staffer said it appeared the vehicles were caught in crossfire during fighting in the Iraqi capital The ICRC is virtually the only aid agency working in Iraq at the moment Arslanian was one of six international employees in Baghdad working with the local staff “The courageous decision by six ICRC expatriates to stay in Baghdad voluntarily and work alongside their local colleagues during the worst of the fighting made a marked difference to the lives of thousands of people" said Balthasar Staehelin the ICRC’s delegate-generfor ' the Middle East and North al Africa “Mr Arslanian was one of those six and we can find some solace in knowing that he helped to make that difference” As US Marines in tanks rolled into Baghdad setting off both a celebration and pockets of heavy fighting ICRC staff were unable to move about freely Wednesday IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT DILLARD’S KILLER Dillard's Cache Valley Mall is proud to introduce GYei GNo Do you have a family history of colon cancer? 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