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• Religious aggression? | Counselors, politicians, and war (William F. Buckley, National Review Online)
  
  
• The perception of a crusade | For many Muslims, getting rid of Saddam takes a back seat to the issue of religion (KCBD, Lubbock, Tex.)
  
  
• Allied troops bypass holy sites | The troops passed by Abraham's birthplace of Ur and the heart of ancient Sumer, whose poetry told of a creation and flood like that in the book of Genesis (The Washington Times)
  
  
• For some, first taste of combat | "This is a place of the Bible," said Pfc. Benjamin Putnam "This is where many wars were fought." (The Baltimore Sun)

Prayer and services in a time of war:

• Mother prays for POW son's safe return | 'Strong faith' helps pass worried hours (The Washington Post)
  
  
• An arsenal of prayer at Pentagon | Some staffers have turned to worship for comfort, way to support war effort (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Iraq POWs and relatives rely on God | Faith will see them through war ordeal, they say (Charisma News Service)
  
  
• Church leaders pray for war's end | There was no opposition to the Iraq war among religious leaders across the township who are responding to the war in different ways, with prayer the common element (Mt. Olive [N.J.] Chronicle)
  
  
• Believers place hopes for peace in God's hands | In Carolinas, faithful turn to Web sites, prayer and each other (The Charlotte Observer)
  
  
• Chaplains offer blessings, prayers for troops | Some Catholic chaplains' views conflict with Vatican's and bishops' (The Denver Post)
  
  
• In prayers, Kansas town shows unity | They came by the hundreds in this small town to a Methodist church, where an organ played somberly and softly, to pray for the safe return of one of their own (The New York Times)
  
  
• Churches keeping light on 24 hours | For some area congregations, the U.S.-led war in Iraq has meant the return of something not seen in decades: a church that never locks its doors (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Spiritual leaders struggle to address fear, uncertainty of times | Excerpts from sermons and speeches that religious and nonreligious leaders prepared for their congregations and groups throughout the Bay Area (San Francisco Chronicle)

War protests:

• Christians spill blood in protest | A Dominican priest and a member of the Catholic Worker movement spilt what they claim to be their own blood, in the form of a cross on the floor of the office of the US Consul-General (XtraMSN, New Zealand)
  
  
• Also: Bishop apologizes for bloody protest | Bishop Dunn said the act was offensive and he offered to pay for any cleaning costs (The New Zealand Herald)
  
  
• Also: Cross of blood on US carpet (New Zealand Herald)
• Catholic Church rallies Filipinos against war | The largest demonstrations have been marked by prayer more than protest (Asia Times)
  
  
• Parishioners stage neighborhood protest in Englewood | St. Sabina's Pfleger: 'God is not an American' (WMAQ, Chicago)

Iraq war aid and relief:

• Aid groups gearing up for Iraq emergency | World Vision among those ready to go in (Scripps Howard News Service)
  
  
• Aid agencies poised to offer relief | United by compassion, diverse groups focus on serving the devastated (The Dallas Morning News)

Life ethics:

• Abortion for raped 9-year-old touches off angry debate among Nicaraguans | The government human rights prosecutor urged an abortion; the country's family minister opposed it (Associated Press)
  
  
• Broad ban on cloning becomes Arkansas law | Supporters say they hope the action will encourage the two U.S. senators from the state to favor similar legislation in Congress (The Washington Times)
  
  

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March (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47