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Rice reaffirms lead US-British role in post-war Iraq
 WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 05, 2003
US national security advisor Condoleeza Rice insisted Friday that Iraq is a "unique" case and that US and British forces will have the lead role in Iraq's post-war administration.

Intense explosions on outskirts of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 05, 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.

Finding Saddam not key to victory: US
 WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 05, 2003
The United States said Friday that victory in Iraq does not depend on finding Saddam Hussein and rejected the possibility that US forces may not find the banned weapons central to the US case for war.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Iraq could use "human tide" to take airport: British commander
LONDON (AFP) Apr 04, 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.

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.

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