Archive for March, 2003

Monday, March 31st, 2003

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, whose country is fiercely opposed to the war on Iraq, slammed the United States as “very dangerous” Sunday, saying it wanted to take over the whole Arab world, the Belga news agency said.
Verhofstadt, in an address in Antwerp to his party which is preparing for legislative elections, reiterated his […]

Monday, March 31st, 2003

US special forces working with Kurdish militia have over-run the base camps of Ansar al-Islam, a small Kurdish Islamic group which achieved sudden notoriety when the US administration claimed it was linked both to al-Qa’ida and Saddam Hussein.
About 100 US Special Forces and 6,000 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) peshmerga started their attack last Friday […]

Sunday, March 30th, 2003

They may be the ones facing danger on the battlefield, but US soldiers in Iraq are being asked to pray for President George W Bush.
Thousands of marines have been given a pamphlet called “A Christian’s Duty,” a mini prayer book which includes a tear-out section to be mailed to the White House pledging the […]

Sunday, March 30th, 2003

addam Hussein handsomely rewarded the army officer who targeted U.S. forces in a suicide bombing, honoring him with a posthumous promotion, two new medals and a huge financial windfall for his family…
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Sunday, March 30th, 2003

The U.S. military said Sunday it is considering a wider offensive to root out terror groups in Afghanistan following an ambush by suspected Taliban rebels that killed two U.S. special forces soldiers and injured another.
The attack in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday was the sign of an “uptick” in rebel activity following the […]

Saturday, March 29th, 2003

The IRAQWAR.RU analytical center was created recently by a group of journalists and military experts from Russia to provide accurate and up-to-date news and analysis of the war against Iraq. The following is the English translation of the IRAQWAR.RU report based on the Russian military intelligence (the Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU) reports.
March 29, 2003, […]

Saturday, March 29th, 2003

THE US Marines have suffered an embarrassment with reports last night that one of their most prized investigators may have defected.
Takoma, the Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphin, had been in Iraq for 48 hours when he went missing on his first operation to snoop out mines.
His handler, Petty Officer Taylor Whitaker, had proudly showed off […]

Saturday, March 29th, 2003

BAGHDAD (AFP) Five US troops were killed in a suicide bombing near the central Iraqi town of Najaf as fresh air strikes battered Baghdad on the 10th day of the US-led war to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein…{{link http://www.afp.com/english/newsml/stories/030329120626.ykjpq1a6.html/ MORE}}

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Saturday, March 29th, 2003

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) The heart of Kuwait has been hit in an Iraqi missile attack, but there were no casualties, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported…{{link http://www.afp.com/english/newsml/stories/030329015829.9jjpacw6.html/ MORE}}

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Saturday, March 29th, 2003

CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar (AP) - The United States halted Tomahawk cruise missile launches over parts of Saudi Arabia after the kingdom complained some of the weapons fired from American ships had landed in the vast desert country, the Central Command said Saturday…{{link http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2518892,00.html/ MORE}}

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