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Pentagon: Anthrax shots suspended In an about-face decision, the Pentagon has stopped vaccinating troops against anthrax, halting the program and the quandary of what to do with troops who refuse to get the anthrax vaccine. A ruling by a federal judge Monday surprised defense officials and led to some confusion as they tried to figure out how to handle the imposed temporary injunction. David Chu, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, notified service secretaries and other leaders in a one-paragraph memorandum that ?[p]ending further notice, the Deputy Secretary has decided that DOD will stop giving anthrax vaccinations until the legal situation is clarified.? Read Full Story here! I will be starting a veteran Webmaster's page in the near future and these two submit links will be highly recommended for promoting this site to search engines. Submit your URL for free at: Search Engine Optimization and Free Submission

Last Update: Sunday, December 28, 2003. 0:06am (AEDT) 20 coalition casualties in multiple attacks in Iraq Multiple attacks, including two car bombs, around the Shiite holy city of Karbala in Iraq have claimed 20 coalition casualties, said an officer from a Polish-led multinational division. "There were approximately 20 coalition casualties. We do not know the nationalities. We do not know the status of the casualties right now," the officer said. The attacks, which took place almost simultaneously at around 1:00pm (local time), were on two coalition military camps, the city hall, the university, and a police station in the southern city, he said. "There were two car bombings, mortars and machine gun fire," the officer said. Karbala hospital director Dr Saad Nasrawi told AFP that the two Iraqis and one coalition soldier, whose nationality was not known, died in twin explosions which took place some three kilometres apart. Dr Nasrawi said 67 people were wounded in the blasts. --AFP