Kenneth Bigley - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Kenneth Bigley: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth Bigley - Attempts To Save Bigley
After Armstrong and Hensley were killed, the British government and media responded by turning Bigley's fate into Britain's major politic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005
The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Death
Berg's body was found decapitated on May 8, 2004 on a Baghdad overpass by a U.S. military patrol. Berg's family was informed of his death...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margaret Hassan: Encyclopedia Ii - Margaret Hassan - Origins
She was born Margaret Fitzsimmons in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland, to parents Peter and Mary Fitzsimmons. However, soon after the end o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seif Adnan Kanaan: Encyclopedia Ii - Seif Adnan Kanaan - Execution
On October 22, 2004, A video was posted on the website of the Army of Ansar Al-Sunna, apparently showed the beheading of Mr. Kanaan. Mr. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Death
Berg's body was found decapitated on May 8, 2004 on a Baghdad overpass by a U.S. military patrol. Berg's family was informed of his death...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapitation: Encyclopedia - Decapitation
Decapitation, or beheading, is the removal of a living organism's head. Beheading typically refers to the act of intentional decapitation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Early Life
Berg was a native of West Chester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he owned his own company, Prometheus Methods Tower Servi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005
The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004: Encyclopedia - 2004
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the Un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Connolly: Encyclopedia - Billy Connolly
William "Billy" Connolly, CBE, D.Litt (born November 24, 1942) is a comedian, musician, presenter, and actor. He is sometimes known, espe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Johnson: Encyclopedia - Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964 in New York City), better known as Boris Johnson (and occasionally as 'Bo-Jo' withi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Reaction
In the Muslim world, the killing of Berg was strongly condemned by some and ignored by others. Scholars at Al-Azhar University in Cairo i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Reaction
In the Muslim world, the killing of Berg was strongly condemned by some and ignored by others. Scholars at Al-Azhar University in Cairo i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Travels And Detention
Berg, unlike most of his family, was a supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and of Bush administration policy. He traveled to Iraq in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Family Activism And Claimed Link To Zacarias Moussaoui
Berg's family blamed the U.S. government and policies that led to his arrest and detainment in April, for creating the circumstances that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Arrests & Confessions
On May 18, citing "Iraq Sources", Sky News reported that four people had been arrested for the murder. Two were later released after ques...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Early Life
Berg, who was Jewish, was a native of West Chester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he owned his own company, Prometheus Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapitation: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapitation - Decapitation Throughout History
Decapitation has been used as a form of capital punishment for millennia. The terms capital offence, capital crime, and capital punishmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - October 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - October 2004 - Events
• 29 HRH Princess Alice • 25 John Peel • 24 James Cardinal Hickey • 23 Robert Merrill • 19 Paul Nitze • 18 K. M. Veerappan â€...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-qaeda In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-qaeda In Iraq - Tactics
JTJ differs from other Iraqi insurgent groups considerably in its tactics. Rather than just using conventional weapons and guerilla tacti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Hostages In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Hostages In Iraq - Coalition
Foreign hostages in Iraq - Australia. John Martinkus, a journalist for SBS Television, was kidnapped on October 16, 2004. He was re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Johnson - Bigley Editorial
On 16 October 2004 The Spectator carried an editorial comment criticising a perceived trend to mawkish sentimentality by the public. Usin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - History
In 1190 the place was known as 'Liuerpul', meaning a pool or creek with muddy water. Other origins of the name have been suggested, inclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraqi Insurgency
Despite the defeat of the old Iraqi army, irregular forces, both Iraqi and external, have conducted attacks against the Coalition and, mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Community In Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Community In Britain - The Irish In Scotland
In 2001 there were around 55,000 people in Scotland (1.1 per cent of the population) who had been born in Ireland. Scotland is unusual in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapitation: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapitation - Decapitation Throughout History
Decapitation has been used as a form of capital punishment for millennia. The terms capital offence, capital crime, and capital punishmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - History
In 1190 the place was known as 'Liuerpul', meaning a pool or creek with muddy water. Other origins of the name have been suggested, inclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - September 2004 - Events
• 27 Tsai Wan-lin • 24 Françoise Sagan • 20 Brian Clough • 18 Russ Meyer • 15 Johnny Ramone • 12 Fred Ebb • 11 Peter VII o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 - Events
2004 - January. January 1 - Pervez Musharraf gets a vote of confidence from an electoral college consisting of Parliament and the pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rihab Taha: Encyclopedia Ii - Rihab Taha - Growth Of Biological Agents
Although Taha told her fellow students at Norwich that she wanted to return to Iraq to teach biology, she went instead to work for Iraq's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Connolly: Encyclopedia Ii - Billy Connolly - Career
Billy Connolly - Folk music. Together with Tam Harvey he started a group called the Humblebums, which later included Gerry Rafferty. Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - 2004
Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Spring Uprisings. In the spring, the United States and the Coalition Provisional Authority decided to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Participating Nations
As of September 2005, there were 26 countries with military forces stationed in Iraq. These were Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - 2003
Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - End of the War. On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared the "end of major combat operations" in Iraq,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Casualties
Possible estimates on the total number of people killed in the invasion and occupation of Iraq vary widely. All estimates below are as o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Legal Status Of The Coalition Presence
The multinational forces still exercise considerable power in the country and, with the New Iraqi Army, conduct military operations again...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Military Occupation
A military occupation was established and run by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which later appointed and granted limited pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Iraqi Insurgency
Despite the defeat of the old Iraqi army, irregular forces, both Iraqi and external, have conducted attacks against the Coalition and, mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Civilian Government
The establishment of a new civilian government of Iraq was complicated by religious and political divisions between the majority Shi'ite ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - 2005
Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Iraqi elections and aftermath. On 31 January, an election for a government to draft a permanent const...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Iraqi Councils And Authorities
On 11 October 2002, President Bush's senior adviser on the Middle East, Zalmay Khalilzad, released U.S. government plans to establish an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapitation: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapitation - Some Famous Persons Who Have Been Beheaded
Decapitation - Biblical. Goliath John the Baptist in the Gospels Holofernes in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith Apostle James, trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Community In Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Community In Britain - The Irish In Wales
In 2001 there were 20,569 people in Wales (0.7 per cent of the population) who had been born in Ireland. ... See also:Irish community ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 - Deaths
For more deaths, see: Deaths in 2004 2004 - January. January 2 - Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. 1927) January 4 - Joan Aiken, E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapitation: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapitation - Decapitation In The Modern World
The use of decapitation has been discontinued in many parts of the world in part because of suspicion that the severed head may in certai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Community In Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Community In Britain - The Irish In England
In 2001 there were 674,786 people in England (1.4 per cent of the population) who had been born in Ireland. This is the greatest concentr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rihab Taha: Encyclopedia Ii - Rihab Taha - Background
Born in 1957, and a graduate of the University of Baghdad, Taha received her Ph.D in plant toxins from the University of East Anglia's Sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Military Occupation
A military occupation was established and run by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which later appointed and granted limited pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Economy
The economy of Liverpool is beginning to recover from its long post WWII decline. Between 1995 and 2001 GVA per head grew at 6.3% annum. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Casualties
Possible estimates on the total number of people killed in the invasion and occupation of Iraq vary widely. All estimates below are as o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rihab Taha: Encyclopedia Ii - Rihab Taha - Weaponization Of Biological Agents
UNSCOM learned that, In August 1990, after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, Taha's team was ordered to set up a program to weaponize the biolog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rihab Taha: Encyclopedia Ii - Rihab Taha - Taha And Kenneth Bigley
On September 18, 2004, the Tawhid and Jihad ("Oneness of God and Holy War") Islamist group, led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, kidnap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Media
Because no television broadcasters are based there, Liverpool could be seen as poorly represented in the media when compared with other m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Famous Liverpudlians
A great many famous names have been associated with Liverpool; for a list, see List of famous people from Liverpool. Liverpool has also p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Culture
Inhabitants of Liverpool are referred to as "Liverpudlians" and nicknamed "Scousers", though this term is often (erroneously) used to cov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Important Landmarks And Buildings
The built environment of Liverpool contains over 2,500 listed buildings (26 Grade I and 85 Grade II*) it is the inheritance of high-minde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Education
In Liverpool primary education is available in various forms supported by the state include secular, Church of England, Islamic, Jewish a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Transport
There are three tunnels under the River Mersey: one railway tunnel, the Mersey Railway Tunnel, and two road tunnels, Queensway Tunnel and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Community In Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Community In Britain - Famous British Irish Names
Irish community in Britain - Deceased. Kenneth Bigley James Callaghan Arthur Conan Doyle George Harrison George Harrison's family tree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraqi Councils And Authorities
On 11 October 2002, President Bush's senior adviser on the Middle East, Zalmay Khalilzad, released U.S. government plans to establish an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapitation: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapitation - Some Famous Persons Who Have Been Beheaded
Decapitation - Biblical. Goliath John the Baptist in the Gospels Holofernes in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith Apostle James, trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapitation: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapitation - Decapitation In The Modern World
The use of decapitation has been discontinued in many parts of the world in part because of suspicion that the severed head may in certai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Military Occupation
A military occupation was established and run by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which later appointed and granted limited pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Legal Status Of The Coalition Presence
The multinational forces still exercise considerable power in the country and, with the New Iraqi Army, conduct military operations again...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - 2003
Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - End of the War. On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared the "end of major combat operations" in Iraq, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Johnson - Public Persona And Have I Got News For You
Johnson cultivates an image as an eccentric, straw-haired fop, disorganised and scatty; he once explained the lateness of his work by cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Johnson - Politics
In 2001, Johnson became MP for Henley-on-Thames, succeeding Michael Heseltine. He had previously failed to win Clwyd South in 1997. In 20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 - Deaths
For more deaths, see: Deaths in 2004 2004 - January. January 2 - Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. 1927) January 4 - Joan Aiken, E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Connolly: Encyclopedia Ii - Billy Connolly - Early Life
Billy Connolly was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Mary and William Connolly, the son of an Irish immigrant. Connolly was brought up in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Johnson - Early Life
He was one of the four children born to Stanley Johnson and his first wife, Charlotte Johnson-Wahl. He is the great-grandson of the last ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Johnson - Journalism
After leaving university he lasted a week as a management consultant ("Try as I might, I could not look at an overhead projection of a gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Casualties
Possible estimates on the total number of people killed in the invasion and occupation of Iraq vary widely. All estimates below are as o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - 2004
Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Spring Uprisings. In the spring, the United States and the Coalition Provisional Authority decided to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Transport
There are three tunnels under the River Mersey: one railway tunnel, the Mersey Railway Tunnel, and two road tunnels, Queensway Tunnel and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Famous Liverpudlians
A great many famous names have been associated with Liverpool; for a list, see List of famous people from Liverpool. Liverpool has also p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Media
Because no television broadcasters are based there, Liverpool could be seen as poorly represented in the media when compared with other m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Economy
The economy of Liverpool is beginning to recover from its long post WWII decline. Between 1995 and 2001 GVA per head grew at 6.3% annum. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Education
In Liverpool primary education is available in various forms supported by the state include secular, Church of England, Islamic, Jewish a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Important Landmarks And Buildings
The built environment of Liverpool contains over 2,500 listed buildings (26 Grade I and 85 Grade II*) it is the inheritance of high-minde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Participating Nations
As of September 2005, there were 26 countries with military forces stationed in Iraq. These were Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Civilian Government
The establishment of a new civilian government of Iraq was complicated by religious and political divisions between the majority Shi'ite ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - 2005
Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraqi elections and aftermath. On 31 January, an election for a government to draft a permanent consti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liverpool: Encyclopedia Ii - Liverpool - Culture
Inhabitants of Liverpool are referred to as "Liverpudlians" and nicknamed "Scousers", though this term is often (erroneously) used to cov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenneth Bigley: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth Bigley - His Death
Despite the efforts to save him, Bigley was beheaded on October 7, 2004. His death was first reported on Abu Dhabi television the followi...   » Read the article