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NEWS IN BRIEF US forces take partial control of Baghdad airport: US military BAGHDAD AIRPORT, Iraq (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Coalition forces took partial control Thursday night of Saddam International Airport, 20 kilometresmiles) southwest of Baghdad, a US military source on the ground told an AFP correspondent there. No US reconstruction funds in Iraq for France, Germany: US senator WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 A US Republican senator from Nevada was to propose a measure Thursday barring French and German companies from US funds earmarked for the reconstruction of post-war Iraq. US General raises the possibility of isolating regime in Baghdad WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The top US general raised the possibility Thursday that US forces will try to isolate the Iraqi regime in Baghdad while making inroads in the city's huge Shiite areas and consolidating their hold over the rest of the country. |
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Iraqi forces using Najaf residents as "human shields": TV report DUBAI (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Iraqi militiamen are using residents of the Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf in central Iraq as "human shields" around a revered tomb in their fight against coalition forces who control most of the city, a television report said Thursday. Bush aides warn of "grievous" impact on Turkish markets if aid is cut WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Turkey's economy and financial markets will be badly hurt if US lawmakers reduce or eliminate a one-billion-dollar aid package proposed by President George W. Bush, senior US officials said Thursday. Iraqi TV shows wreck of alleged US warplane BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Iraqi state television showed images late Thursday of Iraqi fighters dancing around the debris of a US warplane it said was shot down near the southeastern city of Basra. Iraqi TV airs footage of defiant Saddam chairing meeting NICOSIA (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Iraqi satellite television on Thursday aired footage of President Saddam Hussein chairing a meeting and vowing that victory against the advancing US-British forces was certain. US-led troops "cannot take over" Baghdad: Aziz BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz vowed Thursday that advancing US-led forces would not be able to take over Baghdad and promised a "huge and costly" war. Mubarak, Abdullah accuse Israel of stepping up violence against Palestinians CAIRO (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordanian King Abdullah II on Thursday accused Israel of exploiting the war in Iraq to step up violence against the Palestinians, the official MENA news agency reported. |
Russian Muslim leader rebuffed after call for holy war against US MOSCOW (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 A top Russian Muslim cleric proposed Thursday declaring a jihad, or holy war, against the United States because of the war on Iraq but was slapped down by the head of the main Russian Muslim community. Top US official lauds Koizumi support on Iraq war WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage warmly praised Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday, after he defied public opinion and offered strong support for the US war in Iraq. British marines under the kosh from local Iraqi soccer team SOUTHERN IRAQ (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Eleven British Royal Marines have come under the kosh on the dusty streets of Umm Khayyal, being handed a 7-3 thrashing by the local football team, resplendent in full strip, boots and squad numbers. US made 'triple error' in attacking Iraq: French PM PARIS (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The United States made a "triple error... moral, political and strategic" in launching war on Iraq, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said Thursday. US is not "bombing Baghdad" indiscriminately: senior commander AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 A senior US commander rejected suggestions here Thursday that coalition forces have been "bombing Baghdad" indiscriminately, insisting that every site targeted has been military or political in nature. Saddam International Airport under fire, dozens killed: witnesses BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Saddam International Airport came under US artillery fire on Thursday evening, leaving dozens killed and injured outside Baghdad, witnesses reported. |
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