Even though there’s still considerable DISPATCHES-related coverage out there, posting to the weblog has dropped off to the point that we think it best to discontinue e-mail delivery. We’ll continue to add items occasionally to http://www.poynter.org/dispatches.

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By Rod Nordland
NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE

Saddam Hussein’s ear-amputation campaign went on for three days, May 17-19, 1994, in every city in Iraq. Some of the estimated 3,500 men who lost their ears are now telling their stories

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Baghdad — Ali fell to his knees and said this is how it was done:
He put his hands behind his back to simulate being bound, then leaned his head back and closed his eyes as if blindfolded. A friend… Read more

(Central Command Headquarters, Qatar-AP) — US forces are finding all sorts of improvised weapons in Iraq.

At a war briefing, Central Command spokesman Vincent Brooks said Iraqis have been guiding American troops to the weapons, which include so-called “suicide… Read more

By JUDITH MILLER

WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, south of Baghdad, Iraq, April 20 — A scientist who claims to have worked in Iraq’s chemical weapons program for more than a decade has told an American military team that Iraq… Read more

Name: Joey Coleman
Hometown: Panama City, Fla.
Age: 20
Branch: Marines
Rank: Lance Corporal
Job: Heavy equipment operator

CAMP CHESTY, central Iraq – Lance Cpl. Joey Coleman waits outside a Navy surgical hospital. His right hand hangs limp, swollen… Read more

It is a hazy, still morning, an ideal day to go sightseeing.

“Rivera, start the Humvee. We are going for a ride,” Command Sgt. Maj. Chuck Medley shouts to his driver.

For a month, the armored-vehicle known as Pistol 7 has been… Read more

By Hilda M. Perez
BAGHDAD — Sgt. 1st Class Todd Johnson can’t stop reminiscing about his mom’s chocolate pound cake, even as he packs his green Army-issue duffel bag for the saddest trip home of his life.

“She used to make it… Read more

By Hilda M. Perez
BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq — Rows upon rows of palms sway in the wind under the heat of the sun, the yellow wildflowers amidst the vermilion fields are almost fluorescent.

A sharp contrast to the stench of a… Read more

The French government insists that it has strictly enforced a tight embargo imposed on Saddam Hussein’s regime by the United Nations in 1990. But Saddam never lost his taste for French weapons or luxury goods. And evidence found by U.S.… Read more