URGENT: US President says major combat operations in Iraq are over

Xinhua News Agency;  May 2, 2003 ;     35 words ...URGENT: US President says major combat operations in Iraq are over WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- US President George W. Bush said on Thursday that "major combat operations" in Iraq have ended and US and allies "have prevailed."

Troops still active in Afghanistan despite official end of 'major combat,'...

AP Worldstream;  May 2, 2003 ;     249 words ......declaration that major combat in Afghanistan...Smaller-scale combat operations will continue...there have been no major combat operations _ involving thousands...as a nation, major combat operations are complete in...

2nd lead Writethru: Bush says "major combat operations" over inIraq

Xinhua News Agency;  May 2, 2003 ;     413 words ......lead Writethru: Bush says "major combat operations" over in Iraq WASHINGTON...announced Thursday that the "major combat operations" in Iraq have ended and...forces "have prevailed." "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In...

Rice says Iraq combat operations have not resumed despite increased...

AP Worldstream;  November 11, 2003 ;     403 words ......forces does not represent a return to major combat operations. "Major combat operations have not resumed in Iraq by really any...died since Bush declared on May 1 that major combat operations had ceased. "He feels acutely every loss...

Writethru: Bush declares end of major combat operations in Iraq

Xinhua News Agency;  May 2, 2003 ;     220 words ...Writethru: Bush declares end of major combat operations in Iraq WASHINGTON, May...said on Thursday that "major combat operations" in Iraq have ended and...have prevailed" in Iraq. "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In...

1st Ld: US President declares end to major combat operations inIraq

Xinhua News Agency;  May 2, 2003 ;     109 words ...1st Ld: US President declares end to major combat operations in Iraq WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- US President George W. Bush declared on Thursday that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" and US and allies "have...

Bush to Say Major Combat in Iraq Is Done

AP Online;  April 30, 2003 ;     538 words ......told the president that major combat operations have ended and that the...no. It is the fact that major combat operations have ended, Fleischer said...He'll talk about how the major combat operations have ended. Image Caption...

Major combat over, says Bush.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  May 2, 2003 ;     168 words ......PRESIDENT George W Bush today declared that major combat operations in Iraq were at an end but said Saddam Hussein...thousands of jets into war, the President said: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. Mr Bush flew to the carrier...

Profile: Pentagon reports major combat operations in Iraq are over

NPR All Things Considered;  April 14, 2003 ;     622 words ......Profile: Pentagon reports major combat operations in Iraq are over Host...commanders fled days ago. Major General Stanley McChrystal...control all of Iraq's major cities, but he says the...not control any of them. Major General STANLEY McCHRYSTAL: The major Iraqi units on the ...

Bush Defends Year-Ago Claim Of End of 'Major Combat' in Iraq; President...

The Washington Post;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......as were lost during the "major combat operations" that Bush declared ended...in more sweeping terms. "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the...House said yesterday that major combat has not resumed in Iraq...

Analysis: Heavy combat seen in Iraq after President Bush declared end to...

NPR All Things Considered;  June 13, 2003 ;     624 words ...00-00-0000 Analysis: Heavy combat seen in Iraq after...Bush declared end to major combat operations more than five week...fall of Baghdad. The combat operations come more...declared an end to major combat in Iraq. Some 70...

Interview: Rajiv Chandrasekaran talks about Iraq a year after President...

NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  June 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ......about Iraq a year after President Bush declared major combat operations over Host: LIANE HANSEN Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00...14 months since President Bush declared that major combat operations had ended. Tell us your impressions of the city...

U.S. troops take control of Saddam's hometown; Pentagon says major combat...

AP Worldstream;  April 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......to a country ravaged by looting and lawlessness. In Washington, a senior defense official declared that the major combat operations are over. Iraqi fighters have not mounted a coherent defense, and the Pentagon was sending two Navy aircraft...

Major combat operations or not, America has a lot of unfinished business...

AP Worldstream;  May 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ......courthouse door: Cluster bombs. Don't risk your life. With U.S. President George W. Bush declaring an end to major combat operations in the war on Iraq, the tasks ahead seem almost more daunting than those Bush tackled March 20, when he set...

Major combat operations end in Iraq

Army;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......1, President George W. Bush, addressing sailors and aviators on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, announced that major combat operations in Iraq are over and that the United States and coalition forces had prevailed. Difficult work remains ahead...