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NEWS IN BRIEF More bombardments rock Baghdad into the night BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Baghdad came under fresh bombardment late Saturday, setting off a series of explosions and prompting anti-aircraft fire, an AFP journalist said. Some Iraqi missiles have fallen back on Baghdad: Britain LONDON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Many Iraqi surface-to-air missiles have malfunctioned and some have fallen on Baghdad, a Downing Street spokesman told AFP Saturday. Al-Jazeera says 22 dead and 68 injured in coalition bombing on Basra DOHA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Airstrikes on the southern Iraqi city of Basra in the past 24 hours have claimed the lives of 22 people and injured 68, the Qatari satellite television channel Al-Jazeera said citing local officials. |
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Chilean delegate to UN rights body ignored president in vote on Iraq SANTIAGO (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Chile's delegate to the UN's top human rights body ignored President Ricardo Lagos' instruction to vote against calling a special meeting on Iraq, Foreign Minister Soledad Alvear said Saturday. Pentagon denies supply problems in Iraq war WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 The Pentagon said Saturday it was supplying advancing troops in Iraq with adequate food, water and munitions, rejecting reports of logistics problems. Pentagon may accelerate deployment of armored cavalry regiment WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 The Pentagon is considering accelerating the deployment to Iraq of elements of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Fort Polk, Louisiana, a senior military official said Saturday. Guinea-Bissau cinemas switch to TV to satisfy Iraq-mad public BISSAU (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Movie theatres in Guinea-Bissau have abruptly cancelled their usual Hollywood fare to do a roaring new trade screening the latest war news from Iraq by satellite television stations. Pentagon says Iraqis will rise up against Saddam's regime WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Iraqi people will rise up against President Saddam Hussein's regime when they are confident it is doomed, the Pentagon predicted Saturday. Explosions heard in northern Iraqi city Mosul: Al-Jazeera DOHA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Explosions were heard in and around northern Iraq's main city Mosul late on Saturday, according to the Qatari-based Al-Jazeera sattelite television channel. |
Dead British soldiers flown home, as PM's remarks stir anger LONDON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 The bodies of the first British servicemen to die in the Iraq war were flown home on Saturday amid controversy over Prime Minister Tony Blair's claims that two soldiers were executed by Iraqi forces. 2,000 Hungarians demonstrate against war in Iraq BUDAPEST (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Some 2,000 Hungarians on Saturday protested in front of the US and British embassies in Budapest, urging those two countries to "immediately stop" the war on Iraq. Turkey insists on plans to send soldiers to northern Iraq ANKARA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the United States Saturday that the country would make up its own mind on whether to send troops into northern Iraq as Kurdish groups controlling the breakaway region advanced on the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Americans back war, brace for longer, bloodier fight: polls WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Americans are rallying around President George W. Bush in the war on Iraq, but they are bracing for a significantly bloodier, longer conflict, according to polls published Saturday. US casualty toll: 36 dead WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 The count of US military personnel killed in Iraq rose to 36 Saturday after a suicide bombing killed four soldiers near the city of Najaf. Coalition targets Baath party in Basra, as civilians stream back into city BASRA, Iraq (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Coalition troops surrounding Basra targeted Iraq's ruling Baath party by wiping out a gathering of some 200 followers and demolishing a giant statue of President Saddam Hussein in the country's second city Saturday. |
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