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NEWS IN BRIEF Iraqi city of Mosul under bombardment: Al-Jazeera DOHA (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 The northern Iraqi city of Iraq came under bombardment at around 11:40 pm (2040 GMT) on Friday, according to the correspondent there of Arabic-language television Al-Jazeera. UN adopts Iraq oil-for-food resolution, launches massive aid appeal UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday allowing resumption of its "oil-for-food" programme for Iraq, following a week of intense haggling among its deeply divided members. Frustrated Bush touts "steady advance" in Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 President George W. Bush, frustrated with gloomy media war assessments, said Friday that US-led forces were inflicting "severe damage" on their Iraqi foes but warned of a hard road to victory. |
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US central command has no comment on report of market bombing AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 The US command headquarters directing the war on Iraq had no comment early Saturday on reports from Iraqi hospital officials that 30 civilians were killed and 47 wounded in a US-led air strike that smashed into a crowded Baghdad market. Syria ridicules US charge of sending military goods to Iraq DAMASCUS (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 Syria ridiculed Friday charges by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that it was shipping military supplies to Iraq, saying this was aimed at "covering up the failure of American forces there." China to deliver first shipment of humanitarian aid to Iraq BEIJING (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 A first batch of humanitarian aid for Iraqi civilians, including tents, was to be sent through Jordan on Sunday by the Chinese government. Bush, aides defend Iraq campaign after warning of longer than planned war WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 President George Bush and a chorus of top aides defended the Iraq invasion strategy as sound and on track Friday after a top US field commander acknowledged that US forces were fighting a different and possibly longer war than the one they had planned for. US says two Iraqi terror plots broken up in Mideast WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 The United States claimed Friday to have broken up Iraqi terrorist plots against US interests in at least two Middle Eastern countries and officials said they had uncovered similar attack plans for cities around the world. Media watchdog slams bombing of Iraqi television station VIENNA (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 A Vienna-based international press watchdog, the Press Institute (IPI), has condemned the bombing of Iraqi state television station this week as "an unwarranted violation" of the Geneva Convention, as the station was not a military target. |
Southern Iraq's children are the victims of their elders' war BASRA, Iraq (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 After war broke out last week, children in southern Iraq quickly learned to flash victory signs at patrolling coalition troops, but their own battle for a safe and dignified life is far from won. Bush leaves for weekend at Camp David retreat WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 President George W. Bush left the White House Friday for a weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat 60 miles (100 km) north of Washington. Portuguese, Israeli journalists held, harassed by US troops in Iraq: report LISBON (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 US troops in southern Iraq detained and beat up two public RTP television journalists from Portugal traveling in the company of two Israeli colleagues after accusing the four of spying, the RTP news director said Friday. Baghdad comes under more bombardment BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 A new wave of bombardment by coalition warplanes hit southeast Baghdad around 11:45 pm (2045 GMT) on Friday, an AFP correspondent in the Iraqi capital said. Thousands protest in Sofia against Iraq war SOFIA (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 More than 3,000 people took part in a protest in Sofia against the war in Iraq on Friday, holding banners with the slogans "No to war!", "Bulgarians want peace" and "Bulgarian airspace, access denied". Arab TV crew missing in southern Iraq resurfaces DUBAI (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 A three-member Arab television crew resurfaced Friday after being out of contact with its Dubai-based news channel for almost a week after entering southern Iraq with US forces. |
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