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NEWS IN BRIEF Powell may meet EU foreign ministers on Thursday BRUSSELS (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell could hold discussions on Iraq with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday, a diplomatic source in the Belgian capital told AFP. US troops kill seven women and children at checkpoint: US military AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Coalition efforts to win the affection of the Iraqi people suffered a harsh setback when US troops, according to a US spokesman, opened fire on a civilian vehicle at a military checkpoint in Iraq, killing seven women and children. Start to Iraq war impressive, but US overstretched: McCaffrey WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Offsetting criticism of Pentagon decisions in the first 12 days of the Iraq war, 1991 Gulf War veteran General Barry MCaffrey, writing in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday, said the Iraq war needs to be fought "hard" to win. |
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Clashing views of military modernization reflected in Iraq force controversy WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Charges that the Pentagon's civilian leaders fielded too small a ground force in Iraq are the latest chapter in an acrimonious struggle within the US armed services over how wars should be fought in an age of precision air power, according to analysts. Iraq war tests White House's press strategy WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 War in Iraq has proved a tough challenge for the White House's usually tightly scripted press operation, which is struggling to maintain its much-vaunted image of a president above the daily fray. British soldier killed in southern Iraq LONDON (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 A British bomb disposal soldier has died while on duty in southern Iraq, taking to 26 the British death toll since the start of the war on Iraq 13 days ago, the defence ministry announced on Tuesday. Thousands of Bangladeshis want to fight against US in Iraq DHAKA (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Thousands of Bangladeshis are ready to join forces with the Iraqis to fight the US-led invasion, saying they want to join a jihad, or holy war, veterans said Tuesday. Turkish NGO urges boycott of US-British goods over Iraq war ANKARA (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 The Turkish Association for Protecting Consumers has called a nationwide boycott of US and British goods in protest at the US-led invasion of Iraq, a spokesman for the organization said Tuesday. 101st Airborne intensifies assault around Najaf: US officials NEAR NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 The US army's elite 101st Airborne division stepped up its campaign around the central Iraqi city of Najaf on Tuesday after killing several opposition fighters and taking another 20 prisoner, military officials said. |
Powell seeks to rebuild Turkey ties after Iraq wrangle ANKARA (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell was to arrive in Turkey later Tuesday for talks aimed at reviving the key relationship between Washington and Ankara, hurt by a succession of rows over the war against Iraq. Fresh air strikes hit Saddam's palace BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 US-British forces bombarded the main presidential palace complex in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday morning for the second consecutive day, an AFP reporter said. Jordan suspected expelled Iraqi diplomats of poisoning plot AMMAN (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Jordan supected Iraqi diplomats whom it expelled last month of plotting to poison water supplies serving military bases near the Iraqi border used by US service personnel, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. Australian student radicals vow to march, ignoring police ban SYDNEY (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Radical student organisers vowed Tuesday to stage an anti-war rally in central Sydney on Wednesday, despite a police ban imposed after a similar protest last week turned violent. Opinion poll shows British think war going well LONDON (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Nearly two-thirds of Britons think the US-British war against Iraq is going well, according to a poll published in The Times newspaper on Tuesday. Cambodian tourism hit by war, killer pneumonia fears PHNOM PENH (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 A killer pneumonia virus spreading around the globe and the US-led war against Iraq have caused a 20 percent fall-off in tourist arrivals to Cambodia, a senior government official said Tuesday. |
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