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NEWS IN BRIEF British minister who resigned over Iraq wants troops to come home LONDON (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Former British foreign secretary Robin Cook, who resigned from the government in opposition to war with Iraq, has demanded that Britain's troops return from the battlefield. Iraq says officer was suicide bomber, vows more to come BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Iraq said the suicide bomber who killed US soldiers Saturday was an army officer, as deserters claimed President Saddam Hussein's forces were being ordered to carry out such attacks at gunpoint. Coalition targets Baath party in Basra, as civilians stream back into city BASRA, Iraq (AFP) Mar 30, 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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Majority of Canadians oppose Iraq war; some want to help US: poll TORONTO (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 A majority of Canadians support Ottawa's decision to stay out of the US-led war on Iraq after a week of military action there, but a large percentage also believes it is time for Canada to join its closest ally, according to a poll published Saturday. More explosions heard in northern Iraqi city of Mosul: Al-Jazeera DOHA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 More explosions were heard in and around northern Iraq's main city of Mosul late Saturday as coalition planes renewed their bombardment, the Al-Jazeera satellite network reported. British minister who resigned over Iraq wants troops home LONDON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 A former British foreign secretary, Robin Cook, who resigned from the government in opposition to war with Iraq, has demanded that Britain's troops return from the battlefield. As attention focuses on southern Iraq, special forces score in the west WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 While the world's attention has been riveted to a US-led armored thrust to Baghdad from the south, allied special forces have quietly rolled up airfields and other bases in mystery shrouded operations in western Iraq. Baghdad charges British bombardments targeted food stocks in Basra DOHA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Food stockpiles in the southern Iraqi city of Basra were destroyed in raids by British warplanes, Iraqi Trade Minister Mehdi Saleh told the Qatar-based satellite network Al-Jazeera late Saturday. Iraqi opposition leader rejects post-war US military administration LONDON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 The leader of a new grouping of Iraqi opposition figures in exile Saturday rejected plans for a US military administration in post-war Iraq. |
Some 130 killed in operation against alleged al-Qaeda-linked Islamists ANKARA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 A total of 130 bodies have been recovered after thousands of Iraqi Kurd fighters, backed by US special forces, swept into northern Iraqi territory held by a hardline Islamist group allegedly linked to al-Qaeda, a senior US official said here Saturday. 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. Intense air raids kill dozens, Iraq says, information ministry hit BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Waves of air attacks struck the Baghdad area on Saturday, the 10th day of the US-led war, with at least one missile crashing into the information ministry, which said 62 people had been killed across the city. Turkey has "legitimate concerns" in northern Iraq, says senior US official ANKARA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Turkey has "legitimate concerns" in northern Iraq, but should not intervene there militarily without "sufficient justification," a senior US official said here Saturday. Bush says US forces advancing in "fierce fight" against Iraqi regime WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 President George W. Bush said Saturday US and British forces were advancing steadily on Baghdad in the face of fierce fighting by "the most desperate" Iraqi units. Three more Japanese human shields leave Iraq: report DAMASCUS (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Three Japanese peace activists who traveled to Baghdad to act as human shields have left Iraq, Kyodo news service reported Saturday. |
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