So how'd it go?
Nov. 29th, 2003 04:54 amThe top ten stories on Google News about the President's flying visit to Iraq are much more ambivalent than I would have expected.
Thanksgiving surprise raises stakes for Bush
Seattle Times, WA - 16 minutes ago
By Seattle Times news services. Three images tell the story of George W. Bush's presidency in the past two years. The first, of Bush ...
Many Iraqis dismiss visit as political
Arizona Republic, AZ - 1 hour ago
BAGHDAD - Many Iraqis on Friday angrily dismissed President Bush's brief cloak-and-dagger Thanksgiving Day visit as a political stunt to boost his ratings at ...
US soldier killed in Iraq hours after Bush visit
MSNBC - 1 hour ago
By Andrew Marshall. A military spokeswoman said four mortar bombs landed inside the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division in ...
White House Defends Bush's Thanksgiving Trip to Baghdad
Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA - 1 hour ago
The clandestine and risky journey to visit US troops was an 'important step,' Rice says, insisting there were no political motives. ...
Bush visit gets hit by bouquets, brickbats
Gulf News, United Arab Emirates - 2 hours ago
President George W. Bush's surprise holiday visit to Baghdad was the main course in newspapers' issues yesterday, but the dailies diverged in their assessments ...
Shrouded in darkness
Hindustan Times, India - 5 hours ago
President George W Bush wasn’t wearing a flight suit this time. Nor was there a banner proclaiming ‘mission accomplished’ in the background. ...
Deaths pile up in Iraq
Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - 5 hours ago
By SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN. Underscoring the dangers that inspired the secrecy surrounding President Bush's Thanksgiving trip to Iraq, a ...
Senators Urge UN Role in Iraq
Washington Post, DC - 6 hours ago
By Jim Krane. BAGHDAD, Nov. 28 -- A day after President Bush's surprise visit, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (DN.Y.) and Jack Reed ...
Secret Baghdad visit is PR coup for Bush
Telegraph.co.uk, UK - 8 hours ago
By Alec Russell in Washington. President George W Bush was back at his Texas ranch yesterday basking in the most adulatory coverage ...
As Bush leaves Iraq, shelling kills a GI
International Herald Tribune, France - 9 hours ago
BAGHDAD An American soldier was killed Friday when guerrillas shelled a military base in the northern city of Mosul. The attack ...