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NEWS IN BRIEF With US forces at Baghdad airport, Iraqi TV shows Saddam in control BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 05, 2003 
Iraqi television showed Saddam Hussein to be firmly in control Friday with twin appearances by the elusive leader, including one of him on a triumphant tour of the capital, just hours after US forces announced the capture of Baghdad's main airport. It was the first apparently fresh footage of Saddam in public since the United States and Britain launched the war March 20 aimed at toppling him. |
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Saudi, Kuwaiti crude shipments to Jordan free for three months: MEES NICOSIA (AFP) Apr 05, 2003 Saudi and Kuwaiti oil shipments to Jordan designed to make up for the suspension of imports from Iraq will come free for three months, the Middle East Economic Survey says in its Monday edition. Iraq could use 'human tide' to take airport: British commander LONDON (AFP) Apr 05, 2003 President Saddam Hussein's regime could use a "human tide" of civilians to try and retake Baghdad airport, the commander of Britain's forces in the Gulf said Friday. Iraqi star Kazem al-Saher fears for his country, his family in Baghdad CAIRO (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Iraqi singer Kazem al-Saher, a sensation in the Arab world, said that like so many of his compatriots abroad he has been living a nightmare ever since the US-led war on his country broke out. Intense explosions on outskirts of Baghdad BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Fireballs could be seen early Saturday from Baghdad's southwestern outskirts, site of the airport US forces said they have captured, as warplanes roared overhead, said an AFP reporter in the Iraqi capital. Israeli army accuses two of its own of "negligent" killing of Palestinians JERUSALEM (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 An Israeli soldier and an officer were accused this week of "negligently" killing two Palestinians and will have to appear before a military tribunal, according to an army statement Friday. US forces take Baghdad airport, Iraq pledges "martyr" attack SADDAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US troops seized control of Baghdad's main airport on Friday and said they had taken thousands of Iraqi prisoners further south in clashes with elite Republican Guards. Bush, Bin Laden have both "taken God hostage": Guenter Grass BERLIN (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US President George W. Bush and al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden have both "taken God hostage to support their horrible aims", German novelist Guenter Grass said on Friday. |
Defiant Saddam shown in public, urges Iraqis to resist US assault BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 05, 2003 A defiant Saddam Hussein was shown accepting kisses on Baghdad streets Friday hours after US forces said they seized the capital's main airport, which Iraq warned it would win back through a "not conventional" attack. State Dept, Pentagon in bitter dispute over post-war Iraq administration WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The State Department is locked in a bitter dispute with the Pentagon over the post-war administration of Iraq, senior US officials said Friday. Washington Post columnist killed in Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Washington Post editorial columnist Michael Kelly was killed while travelling in a Humvee vehicle with US troops in Iraq, the paper and US military officials said Friday. Saddam videos will have no effect on US troop morale: Powell WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday that the most recent videotapes of Saddam Hussein would have no effect on the morale of US troops now bearing down on Baghdad. UN role in Iraq not under discussion: Rice WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The "coalition of the willing" that backs the US-led war against Iraq will play a central role, while the UN's job is not currently under discussion, the White House said Friday. "Long war" could drag US economy growth down to 1 percent: forecast WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 A protracted war in Iraq would cut deep into US economic growth, with a particularly harsh impact on the manufacturing sector, an economic forecasting group said Friday. |
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