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NEWS IN BRIEF US bureaucratic battle over postwar aid to Iraq heats up WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 An internecine US bureaucratic battle is heating up between the Defense and State departments over control of humanitarian aid to Iraq, officials and aid workers said Wednesday. Russia, Libya urge halt to war in Iraq MOSCOW (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and his Libyan counterpart Abdel Rahman Shalgham called for a swift halt to hostilities in Iraq and return to diplomatic solutions to the crisis, the foreign ministry here said late Wednesday. Iraq TV shows Saddam chairing meeting, first footage in three days BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Iraqi state television Wednesday night showed President Saddam Hussein chairing a meeting which paid tribute to the "heroic resistance" of Iraqi fighters against US and British invasion forces. |
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Pentagon blasts Iraqi forces for firing from revered mosque WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The Pentagon Wednesday lashed out at Iraqi forces for firing at US-led troops from the Ali Mosque in Najaf, a leading religious shrine for Shiite Muslims. US releases four million dollars for Iraqi opposition broadcasts WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The United States released four million dollars to a major Iraqi opposition group to allow it to restart television broadcasts into Iraq as the US-led war there rages, a State Department official said Wednesday. Iraq TV shows Saddam chairing meeting BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Iraqi state television Wednesday night showed President Saddam Hussein chairing a meeting which paid tribute to the "heroic resistance" of Iraqi fighters against US and British invasion forces. Germany's Fischer hopes for quick end to Iraqi regime BERLIN (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer of Germany, which has been one of the strongest critics of the war on Iraq, said late Wednesday that he hoped the Baghdad regime "will collapse as soon as possible." British forces distribute water in southern Iraqi town AZ-ZUBAYR, Iraq (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 British troops now controlling this southern Iraqi town on Wednesday distributed fresh water to residents for the second day running amid ongoing health and sanitation concerns. Spanish PM faces legal action for supporting Iraq war MADRID (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 A broad coalition of anti-war activists, militant lawyers and judges on Wednesday took legal action against Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, charging that his support for the US-led war on Iraq is illegal. |
US offensive applies maximum pressure to Iraqi regime WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 With Baghdad's most formidable line of defense threatened, US ground and air forces are applying maximum pressure to crack the Iraqi regime and avoid a bloody and protracted battle for Baghdad, analysts said. Qatari emir, US president discuss Iraq war DOHA (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The emir of Qatar, which hosts the US Central Command directing the war on Iraq, spoke Wednesday by telephone about the conflict with US President George W. Bush, the official Qatar News Agency said. Saddam appeals to Kurdish leaders not to join "invaders" BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a letter read Wednesday on state television, urged Kurdish leaders not to join the "invaders" or to confront Iraqi troops as his regime was staying put. BBC cameraman killed in landmine blast in northern Iraq LONDON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 A BBC cameraman was killed in northern Iraq Wednesday when he stepped on a landmine as he climbed out of his car, the corporation said. NATO to study boosting role in Afghanistan BRUSSELS (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 NATO agreed Wednesday to study how to boost its role in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF), although it rebuffed questions about taking it over completely. Pakistan ambassador's residence in Iraq damaged by US-British raids BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The empty residence of Pakistan's ambassador in Baghdad has suffered damage from US-British missiles that destroyed the nearby international fair grounds complex on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent said. |
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