Portal:Current events/2003 October 26
October 26, 2003 (Sunday)
- Wildfires start to rage in Southern California. The scheduled NFL Monday Night Football game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins is relocated from San Diego, California, to Tempe, Arizona, as a consequence of the fires.[1]
- Occupation of Iraq: The Al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad where US deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying has been evacuated after several rockets were fired at it in the morning. one US Colonel was killed and fifteen individuals wounded (three seriously) in the attack.[2][3] Two more explosions occurred near Al Rashid hotel later towards the evening. Further investigations confirm that Iraq had no active nuclear program, but did not relinquish nuclear ambitions or technical records.[4][5]
- The President of Syria says that Iran and Syria, which are increasingly close allies, are capable of neutralizing conspiracies of foreign powers (implicitly referring to the US and Israel).[6]
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's wealthiest businessman, has been arrested and is being held in Moscow facing charges of fraud and tax evasion.[7]
- ^ [1] Archived August 3, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 10, 2005. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "BBC NEWS - Middle East - Baghdad hotel hit by rocket attack". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ [2] Archived February 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 8, 2007. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ [3] Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine