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US arms trader to rule post- war Iraq
Jay Garner, the retired US general who will oversee humanitarian relief and reconstruction in postwar Iraq, is president of an arms company that provides crucial technical support to missile systems vital to the US invasion of the country. Garner's business background is causing serious concerns at the United Nations and among aid agencies, who are already opposed to US administration of Iraq if it comes outside UN authority, and who say appointment of an American linked to the arms trade is the 'worst case scenario' for running the country after the war, Observer reported today. More
Iraq predicts more suicide attacks against coalition forces
BAGHDAD, March 30- There will be more suicide bombing attacks against the US-led coalition forces, an Iraqi military spokesman said here on Sunday. Speaking at a briefing, Hazem Al-Rawi, the spokesman also said that 4,000 volunteers from all Arab countries have arrived in Iraq to fight along with the Iraqi troops and to carry out suicide attacks against the US-led allied troops. He honored the Iraqi army officer, who carried out the suicide bombing attack near the city of Najaf, some 150 km from Baghdad, as a "hero and martyr. More News
Company Profits from Supporting Troops Special Series
By Pratap Chatterjee -
Corporate Watch
March 20, 2003
As the first bombs rain down on Baghdad, CorpWatch has learned that thousands of employees of Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, are working alongside US troops in Kuwait and Turkey under a package deal worth close to a billion dollars. According to US Army sources, they are building tent cities and providing logistical support for the war in Iraq in addition to other hot spots in the "war on terrorism." While recent news coverage has speculated on the post-war reconstruction gravy train that corporations like Halliburton stand to gain from, this latest information indicates that Halliburton is already profiting from war time contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. More
Iraq threatens more suicide bombings on US troops
BAGHDAD, March 29-- Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said on Saturday that there would be more suicide bombings against the US troops in Iraq.The remark came after a suicide bomb killed four US soldiers at a military checkpoint near Najaf in cental Iraq.Addressing a news conference, Ramadan identified the bomber as Ali Jaafar al-Noamaji, a father of several children." More News
Dubai e-Government launches 'e-Contribution' drive to raise funds for Iraqi people
Join hands with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian & Charity Foundation to channel funds to Iraqi people
March 29, 2003 Dubai e-Government and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Foundation yesterday (Saturday 29 March 2003), in Dubai e-Government offices, announced the launch of e-Contribution, a new initiative to raise funds electronically for the Iraqi people through the Dubai e-Government portal www.dubai.ae as part of the "Our People in Iraq" campaign.More
Iraq Fires 12 Missiles Against Kuwait: Coalition Spokesman
BAGHDAD - Iraqi military on Friday fired at least 12 missiles of Al-Samoud family toward Kuwait as the US-led Iraq war entered the 9th day, a spokesman for the coalition forces told a press briefing here, adding Iraq was still a threat to its neighboring countries.US Brigadier-General Vincent Brooks, the spokesman, said the missiles were detected being fired within Iraq and the coalition forces would try to locate and destroy all Iraqi missile launchers and weapons system. More News
350 civilians killed, 3650 injured in attacks on Iraq:health minister
Iraqi Health Minister Umid Medhat Mubarak said on Thursday that 350 civilians have been killed and 3650 others injured since the US-led war on Iraq started last Thursday.A total of 36 Iraqis were killed and 215 injured in the last 24 hours by fierce air raids on Baghdad, he told a press conference, adding that most of the victims were children, women and the elderly.More
Kenya identifies two nationals captured
in Iraq
Bush, Blair to discuss war, UN role in post-war Iraq
WASHINGTON, March 27 - US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were at Camp David on Thursday for discussions on the ongoing war in Iraq More
British defense chief says bombed market in Baghdad not a target
LONDON, March 26 -- British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Wednesday that the US and British forces had not targeted a market in Baghdad, which was bombed Wednesday leaving 14 Iraqi civilians dead and some 30 others wounded. "Certainly a market place has never, never been targeted by coalition," Hoon told the parliament when asked about the air raid,claiming the coalition "will look again and continue to look at ways in which we could minimize civilian More
WASHINGTON, March 26 - The United States is deploying more troops, including its high-tech 4th Infantry Division and some other units, to the Gulf region to "The 4th Infantry Division has received orders to move and will be going in the coming days," Dan Hassett, a spokesman at Ford Hood, Texas, was quoted as saying.More News
casualties."Iraq says Republican Guard troops in action for first time since war began
Ex-Gujarat Home Minister shot dead, Red Alert in state
BJP leader and former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya was shot dead by two unidentified assailants here today. More
Blair to speak on Iraq ahead of planned summit with Bush
London -British Prime Minister Tony Blair was expected to talk on Iraq at his latest monthly news conference at 1200 GMT on Tuesday, when he was thought to take the chance to confirm plans for a summit with US President George W. More
US planes bomb Iraqi Republican Guard
The elite Iraqi Republican Guard units came under a fierce attack by the coalition aircraft, which launched five bombing waves against the war-torn Iraq on Tuesday. The coalition forces, which accused Iraq of setting its own oil fields ablaze, hit Baghdad for the sixth straight day. . More
Aziz says Saddam in full control of Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 24 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein isin full control of the country, people, army, party and natural resources, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz told reporters on Monday. Speaking at a press conference, Aziz said all members of the Iraqi leadership are "in good shape" in spite of the US-led decapitation attack designed to kill Saddam and his key aids.More
Saddam appears on TV, says Iraq will prolong war and win it finally
Up to 103 US soldiers killed near Nasiriya: TV
CAIRO, March 23-- Some 103 American soldiers were killed Sunday in a battle between US-British forces and Iraqi troops near Nasiriya in southern Iraq, Al-Arabia Satellite Channel said.More
Advance of US-led forces slowed by Iraqi resistance, sandstorm -Armed US B-52 bombers leave for Gulf
Captured US soldiers shown on Al Jazeera TV
DOHA, March 23 -- Al Jazeera TV Sunday broadcast the images and a statement of the five US soldiers captured by the Iraqi military, including one injured and one woman.Several dead bodies, obviously US soldiers killed in Iraq, werealso shown on the screen.US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Sunday said in Washington that there had been report of a missing coalition aircraft, addingthat some US troops might have gone missing in Iraq and could be held as prisoners of war. More Gulf War News
DUBAI - Some of the GCC countries, mainly Kuwait, Oman, UAE and Saudi Arabia have stopped issuing visas to foreigners. In view of the hightened tension in the Gulf region and the possibility of terrorist attacks , the GCC countries have taken a common decision to stop issuing any type of new visas. More
Civilian targets hit by US missiles: Iraqi minister
BAGHDAD, March 21- Civilian targets were hit by missiles in US air raids on the Iraqi capital on Friday evening, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahaf said.More War News
First US, British army casualties reported as raids on Iraq intensify
16 Die in Copter Crash
CAIRO, March 21-- Sixteen US and British soldiers died in a helicopter
crash near the Iraq-Kuwait border early Friday as the United
States intensified air raids on Iraq's key cities. Twelve Britons
and four Americans on board the US Marine helicopter were killed
when it crashed in Kuwait when conducting operations against
Iraq, al-Jazeera TV channel reported on Friday. More
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US, British forces capture two Iraqi border towns
KUWAIT CITY, March 20 -- US and British troops capturedtwo Iraqi border towns hours after the ground battle started late Thursday, local media reported. Kuwait's official KUNA news agency first reported that the US and British forces captured the first Iraqi town of Um Al-Qasser shortly after they crossed the border into Iraq from northern Kuwait. . More
Bomb alert at US consulate in South Africa
BombHoax in Saudi Airline Offices
JOHANNESBURG, March 20 -- A bomb alert forced staff of the US consulate in South African coast city of Durban to evacuate for several hours, police said on Thursday. Spokesman Vishnu Naidoo said that the police found no trace of any explosives More
Iraq says one Iraqi killed, several wounded in US air strikes
BAGHDAD, March 20 -- The US air strikes on Baghdad Thursday killed one civilian and wounded several others, Iraqi Information Minister Mohamed Saeed al-Sahhaf said here. ." More
Kenya arrests Al-Qaeda suspect
NAIROBI, March 20 -- Kenya has arrested an Al-Qaeda suspect for questioning over multiple terrorist attacks in east Africa, local newspaper Kenya Times reported Thursday. "Kenya police have in their custody a suspected al-Qaeda operative for questioning over multiple terrorist attacks in east Africa," Minister for National Security Chris Murungaru said in a statement. More
Violent demonstration before American Center, 25 injured
AL chief urges Arab countries not to participate in Iraq war
US starts Aggression
on on Iraq
Dubai,Thursday, March 20, 2003: The US today launched a war on Iraq to oust President Saddam Hussein with its aircraft and cruise missiles striking key military targets at dawn today but a defiant Iraqi leader asked his countrymen to "draw your swords" and "defeat despicable infidel enemies". More
U.S. Troops Approach Border As U.N. Security Council Meets
Just hours before a U.S. deadline for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to leave his country or face war, U.S. and British forces in Kuwait today loaded ammunition and gear into combat vehicles, broke camp and began moving toward the Iraqi border. More News from Iraq
A-I to operate three flights to Kuwait to airlift Indians
Mumbai,Wednesday, March 19, 2003: Air-India will operate three extra flights to Kuwait to bring home about 1,000 Indians even as it has laid down a contingency plan for evacuation of Indian nationals, within 12 hours of government directions, if war breaks out in Iraq. More News
Hundreds march against US war on Iraq
New Delhi, Mar 19 With deadline for US invasion of Iraq only after hours away, hundreds of concerned people-led by the All India Muslim Women's Forum took out a candle march in the Jamia Nagar area here last night, calling for a stop to American aggression against the West Asian country. More
Iraq: Open letter to President George Bush, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prime Minister José Maria Aznar and President Saddam Hussein More
US forces take positions, Saddam defiant
Dubai,Wednesday, March 19, 2003: With barely hours left for the American deadline to Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave the country, US-led coalition forces in the Gulf today took up battle positions but the defiant Iraqi president told countrymen to be ready for the "last battle" against the US. More
Saddam Hussein Rebuffs Bush's Threat
Hussein responded today with a rare appearance on state television in uniform at a meeting of his Cabinet. "The meeting stressed that Iraq and all its sons were fully ready to confront the invading aggressors and repel them,"
a television announcer said, reading a Cabinet statement. Hussein's elder son Uday said, "The wives and mothers of those Americans who will fight us will weep blood, not tears"More Reports on Iraq Crisis More News
Iraqis have right to fight against invaders by all means: Aziz
US Forces' Use Depleted Uranium Weapons'Illegally'
Brtish and American coalition forces are using depleted uranium (DU) shells in the war against Iraq and deliberately flouting a United Nations resolution which classifies the munitions as illegal weapons of mass destruction. DU contaminates land, causes ill-health and cancers among the soldiers using the weapons, the armies they target and civilians, leading to birth defects in children.More
Iraqi general denies being arrested by British troops
BAGHDAD, March 31) -- An Iraqi general appealed on the television here early Monday, denying a US report that he has been arrested by the British forces near Basra in southern Iraq on Sunday. More
Powell issues warnings to Iran, Syria
US Marine helicopter crashes in Iraq: Pentagon
Two US marines killed in vehicle accidents
US seeks Saddam's ousting out of self-interest, says Nicaraguan diplomat
Journalist Gaby Rado found dead at hotel in northern Iraq
New York Arab-Americans protest Iraq war
US missile hit residential building close to central Baghdad
BAGHDAD, March 30 -- At least one missile fired by US-led forces hit a residential neighborhood close to the center of Baghdad on Sunday, killing and wounding a number of Iraqi civilians, eyewitnesses told media. More
American Missile Hit Kuwait City, New York Times
"It was an American cruise missile, we know from the markings and writing on it," an unidentified Kuwaiti police colonel told the Times. "It doesn't go up, it comes in low from the sea, and that's why there was no alert." Asked about reports that it may have been a U.S. missile gone wrong, Chief Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke told the Times that it is too early to tell what happened or whose missile it was. More
Another attack on US forces Injures 15 soliders in Kuwait
Dubai,Tuesday, March 30, 1999: A day after four American soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Iraq, an attacker today drove a truck into a group of American soldiers at a base in Kuwait injuring at least 15 of them More
Iraq shoots down helicopter, warplane -- minister
BAGHDAD, March 30 -- Iraq shot down one coalition fighter and a helicopter, while US and British troops destroyed huge quantities of foodstuff stored in Basra on Saturday, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said Al-Sahaf told a press conference Sunday. An "ordinary Iraqi" shot down a US Apache helicopter and killedits two pilots near Basra, said the minister. More
Baath Party Meeting Targeted
About 200 members of Iraq's ruling Baath party were killed in a coalition attack at a gathering in the Basra region, international media quoted US generals as saying "It was an attack against a Baath party assembly northeast of Basra yesterday (Friday) evening," Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, deputy director of operations at US central command, told a daily briefing here. More News
Former UK minister Robin Cook calls on Blair to bring troops home from Iraq
Over 6,000 precision bombs dropped on Iraq: Pentagon
US president says fighting in Iraq is fierce
140 civilians killed in US airstrikes since Friday night: Al-Sahaf
Iraqi opposition group denies relations with Iran
Anti-war protests stage across Britain
Iraqi opposition group denies relations with Iran
Iraqi missile hits Kuwait City, one injured: minister
Anonymous Missiles Hit Kuwait
U S could be behind Kuwait Missile Attacks - to create anti Iraqi Sentiment in the Arab World - US is lying about Iraqi Missile Attacks in Kuwait, say some residents. Investigation about the source of anonymous missile is on. A British soldier died and three injured in a friendly fire incident
New York Bridge Closed following Terrorist Threats More
Britain says Iraqi troops pinned down in southern Iraq More
UK police equipped with radiation detectors in fear of terror attack
Family of dead British soldier refute Blair's execution claim
2003-03-28 19:42:01Iraq denies Blair's allegation Iraq executed British soldiers
Iraq vows to repel enhanced US-led offensive More
US to double ground forces in Iraq
US Govt freeezes 1.62 billion Iraqi Assets
UK lawmakers urge media to end silence on Iraqi civilian casualties
LONDON, March 27- Some British anti-war lawmakers on Thursday urged the country's media to "end the silence" on increasing Iraqi civilian casualties as the US-British war aimed to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein entered the eighth day. More
Saddam chairs command meeting
BAGHDAD, March 27- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of top military aides and government ministers here Thursday, the Iraqi state television reported.Sday. More
Iraq vows to divide and destroy coalition forces
BAGHDAD, March 27 -- The Iraqi leadership issued a statement following a meeting chaired by President Saddam Hussein on Thursday, urging the Iraqi people and armed forces to divide the US-led coalition forces and destroy them completely. More
Blix Says Inspectors Mandate Not changed
Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix said here Thursday that the mandate of UN arms inspectors has not been changed. More
Four Israeli Ministers Fired for Rejecting Economic Plan
Two Lebanese journalists reportedly missing in southern Iraq
Beirut -Two Lebanese and a Syrian journalists working for an Arab television network were missing in southern Iraq, the Oriental radio reported on Thursday. A team working for Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV network has lost contacts with its headquarter since last Saturday, the report said. More News
US asks for use of three Turkish bases in Iraq war
ANKARA, March 27 -- The United States, which is having difficulties in the southern front during the Iraq war, has requested to use three Turkish air bases for airstrikes on Iraq, Turkish daily Radikal (Radical) reported on Thursday.Ankara said that a new motion allowing the United States to use the bases was needed, the paper quoted informed sources as saying. More
Explosions heard in Baghdad
Baghdad -March 27 Explosions were heard minutes past 8:00 a.m. (0500 GMT) in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Thursday in the latest round of coalition's bombardment, Most of the blasts occurred in southern and western parts of thecity, home to more than 5 million people, and plumes of smoke were seen rising More
1,000 Iraqis killed near Najaf in 72 hours war-- Al Jazeera TV
US troops have killed 1,000 Iraqisin the past 72 hours in the Najaf region in central Iraq, AlJazeera TV quoted an American officer as saying on Wednesday. More
Coalition forces use cluster bombs in airstrikes: Al-Sahaf
BAGHDAD, March 26 -- Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Wednesday said that US and British forces used cluster bombs during their air raids on a number of Iraqi towns Wednesday, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians. Nasiriya, Basra, Babylon and Baghdad were all hit by the cluster bombs, Al-Sahaf said at a daily press conference in Baghdad. The cluster bombs destroyed 200 houses in Nasiriya, killing and injuring more than 500 civilians, the minister said. More News
US Plans to Divide Middle East
Dont Want Democracy in the Gulf which will be against the US/UK Business Interest
In an exclusive interview with Arab News yesterday, British Member of Parliament George Galloway said he had evidence that one motive for the war on Iraq is the eventual partition of the MideastMore
First Ukrainian anti-chemical troops fly to Kuwait
KIEV, March 25 -The first group of Ukraine's anti-nuclear and anti-chemical troops left on Tuesday for Kuwait at the request of the United States, which launched a war on Iraq last week. The group, of 35 servicemen, departed from Lvov in southwestern Ukraine. More
Gulf War to Last minimum Six Months, Bush Wants Congress to give 62.6 billion US dollars
US President George W. Bush will ask Congress for 62.6 billion US dollars to pay for the ongoing war with Iraq, based on an estimated six months of operation in the Gulf state, the White House said Monday. More Latest Reports
Saudi Arabia proposes peace deal for Iraqi war
RIYADH, March 25 - Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Tuesday that his country has proposed to the United States and Iraq a peace initiative aimed atending the ongoing military campaign. More
Baghdad under intensive bombardment
British firm supplying Iraq ammunition More News
British company denied by US in reconstruction of Iraqi city
Huge explosion heard near US military base in Bahrain
Manama -A huge explosion was heard near a US military base in Bahrain on Monday evening, al-Arabia TV channel reported. . More War NewsUS stocks fall on fear of prolonged war President Wants more money for war from US Taxpayers
Indians' work permit will not be cancelled: Kuwait
New Delhi, Mar 24 - Kuwait today said there will be no cancellation of work permits of Indians leaving the Arab nation due to continued military confrontation between the United States and Iraq. More
Russia Denies Supplying Arms to Iraq,
MOSCOW, March 24 -- Moscow on Monday criticized Washington for accusing it of allegedly selling weapons to Iraq. "Russia has been acting in strict compliance with all existing sanctions regimes," president's aide Sergei Yastrzhembsky told theEkho Moskvy radio station. More
Airline Crisis Worsens - Liberalization Needed
The war in Iraq comes at a time when the airlines, having accumulated
$30 billion of losses since 9/11, are still struggling with the effects of the worst crisis in the history of the industry. More98 civilians killed in coalition air raids: Iraqi minister
BAGHDAD, March 24 -As many as 98 civilians were killed and 490 others injured on Sunday and Monday in air raids unleashed by US-British coalition forces, said Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Ali Sahhaf on Monday. The casualties occurred in eight Iraqi provinces including Baghdad and among them 85 people were killed in Babylon Province, the Iraqi minister told a news conference. More War News Updates
Blair to face lawmakers on British casualties in Iraq war
LONDON, March 24 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair was expected to make a statement to British lawmakers on Monday about war with Iraq and would be asked about the incidents involving British casualties. Since the conflict began, three helicopters and an RAF Tornado have been lost in accidents and two soldiers are missing after their vehicles came under attack from Iraqi forces on Sunday. More
US troops find chemical weapons factory in Iraq: US media
WASHINGTON, March 23 -- US forces pushing deeper into Iraq have found a "huge" suspected chemical weapons facility near the city of Najaf, about 100 miles (160 km) south of Baghdad, Fox News reported Sunday. More
Saddam alive but injured: British minister
Washington accuses Russia of assisting Iraqis: Al Jazeera
As British intelligence information suggested, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein remained alive after initial US air strike but departed in an ambulance, junior Foreign Office minister Mike O'Brien said on Sunday. O'Brien told BBC that they have got reports that Saddam left the area in an ambulance. More
Saddam meets top army commanders, ministers
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein methis top army commanders and ministers late Sunday despite waves of US-led bombardment, Iraqi TV reported. TMore
Waves of anti-war demonstrations rippled across the world on
Saturday to protest against US-led military attacks on Iraq and call for an end to the war. More
British Journalists Feared Dead in War Zone
KUWAIT CITY, 23 March 2003 — Three journalists working for ITN, a British television company, were feared dead after coming under fire near Basra yesterday. According to Arab News report, Lieutenant Colonel Nadir Khalil Ibrahim Shaban of the Kuwaiti Police said that they were found shot dead in Umm Qasr, victims of Iraqi sniper fire. However, their employer ITN said in a statement from London that they were missing. More
Half a Million Displaced in Southern Iraq
Baghdad under new bombardment, coalition forces advance
BAGHDAD, March 23 - The Iraqi capital of Baghdad was under a new round of heavy bombardment unleashedy by US warplanes and cruise missiles from late Saturday through early Sunday while US and British ground forces advanced northward toward central Iraq.Huge explosions were heard in the Iraqi capital overnight and anti-aircraft fire was seen in the west of the city, a correspondent said. More
2 more rockets fell on Iranian soil: Iranian military
TEHRAN, March 22 - Two more missiles fired by US-led forces fell into southwest Iran, close to the border with Iraq, theofficial IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. An Iranian military commander also told the agency on Saturday that British and US warplanes violated Iranian airspace several times on Friday and Saturday during operations against targets in southern Iraq. More
US soldier detained as suspect of attack on colleagues in Kuwait
4 killed, 9 injured in suicide car bombing in northern Iraq More News
Iraqi FM promises long fight to defend Iraq
DAMASCUS, March 23 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri issued a stern warning to the United States and Britain Sunday, saying the Iraqis are ready to fight a long war in defending their country."Thank God we have enough faith and enough will to fight and live and enough men, arms and supplies to fight for 13 more years,"Sabri said, upon arrival here en route to an Arab meeting in Cairo,Egypt More
Kuwait denies presence of its troops on Iraqi side of Umm Qasr Anti-war Bahraini students clash with police: Al Jazeera TV
Every effort to be made to avoid civilian casualties in Iraq: BlairIndian political parties fail to adopt resolution on Iraq
NEW DELHI, March 22 -- Indian major political parties failed to adopt a resolution on military action against Iraq led by the United States at a meeting held here on Saturday by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee."There was no consensus on the formulation" for such a resolution, External Affairs minister Yashwant Sinha informed the media after a two-hour meeting participated by heads of over 20 political parties including president of the opposition Congress party, Sonia Gandhi.. More Click for More News.
Australia warns terrorist attack on Indonesian city
CANBERRA, March 22 -- The Australian Foreign Ministry warned Saturday that it had credible information terrorist groups were planning an attack targeted at Westerners in the Indonesia's second largest city Surabaya in the coming day or so. More
Islamic Jihad calls for war against US
Protests, criticism against war throughout the world
Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammed Aldouri accused UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan of breaching the UN Charter by not criticizing the US-led invasion of his country and criticized him for withdrawing UN weapons inspectors before the attack. Aldouri said Annan's behaviors would help the United States andBritain put Iraq's natural resources u nder "the control of the world American and Zionist oil mafia." More
Iraq will treat POWs according to international laws: Saddam
BAGHDAD, March 22 -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has ordered that the rights of captives of coalition troops be respected according to the Geneva Convention for POWs, the official INA news agency reported late Friday.More
US, British forces moved halfway to Baghdad: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- US and British forces were "making considerable progress" as they have moved 150 miles (240 kilometers) into Iraq from Kuwait, halfway to Baghdad, the Pentagon said Saturday."The oil fields in the south are being saved to benefit the Iraqi people. Coalition forces have the key port of Umm Qasr and are making good progress in Basra," Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke told reporters at a news conference.More
Iraqi FM promises long fight to defend Iraq
DAMASCUS, March 23 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri issued a stern warning to the United States and Britain Sunday, saying the Iraqis are ready to fight a long war in defending their country."More News
Baghdad under new bombardment
BAGHDAD, March 22 -- Huge explosions were heard again in the Iraqi capital Saturday night and anti-aircraft fire was seen in the west of the city, a Xinhua correspondent said.More
US, British forces moved halfway to Baghdad: Pentagon Iraqi, US troops clash near Najaf
US missile hits Iranian oil refinery
CAIRO, March 21 -- A US missile hit a depot of an oil refinery by mistake in western Iran near the border with Iraq on Friday evening, al-Jazeera TV channel reported. Two people were injured in the accident, the TV report said. More
US, UK Diplomats Seek Enhanced Protection
US and UK Embassies in the Gulf have recently asked the host governments to provide enhanced protection to Civilian targets and diplomats. One proposal is to change the number plates of diplomatic vehicles used by the Ambassadors and senior embassy staff. More
Activists flowed into the streets of cities around the world yesterday to voice their displeasure at the U.S.-led campaign against Iraq. More than 100,000 people marched on the U.S. Embassy in Athens and 30,000 rallied in Australia More News
Workers are paid Salary Regularly, claims CEO, Barka Poultry
Barka Poultry Farm Co. SAOC is part of a leading and reputed business group in Oman which is doing business in this country for the past 40 years. Barka Poultry Farm is the leading Layer farm in Oman, supplying farm fresh eggs to our customers in Oman as well as in UAE, within 24 hours of production. Our brand "Barka" is the most popular and the premuim brand in the entire Gulf Countries. We are in the field of poultry business for the past 19 years --More
30 Oil Wells Reported Ablaze; Experts
Warn Of Disaster
CNN reporters expelled from Iraq
WASHINGTON, March 21 - The four-person team of CNN (Cable News Network) was expelled from Baghdad on Friday. CNN reported that its journalists in Baghdad had been told to leave the country and were making arrangements to do so. CNN was the only US television network left in Baghdad. On Wednesday, another American TV network CBS pulled its news team out of Iraq for safety reason when the ultimatum was approaching.
Iraq says four soldiers killed in US strikes
Sirens indicating the disappearance of danger blared throughout Kuwait at midnight Thursday-
Saudi Arabia, other Gulf Monarchies will be next US Target
RIYADH, 21 March 2003 - According to a survey conducted by Arab News among the Saudi Youth, many of the Saudi nationals fear that the US invasion of Iraq will be repeated in Saudi Arabia within ten years. The leading English Daily from Saudi Arabia spoke to Saudis between 20 and 34 to hear their perspective on the war. All agreed that Saudi Arabia could be a target for America in the future More News
- UN chief regrets outbreak of Iraq war despite international efforts Two Iraqi missiles at Shuaiba industrial zone Iraq admits it launched missiles on Kuwait Kuwait conveys its position to Belgium on Iraqs missile assault
Voice of peace resounds outside White House as missilesexplode in Baghdad
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- As the first batch of US cruise missiles exploded in Baghdad, the capital of the United States was as quiet as on any other cold night. It would be difficult for visitors to notice any signs of war until they went near the White House. More.
War Upsets Indian community life in Gulf as Over 1,100 Indians return home
Putin
urges US to immediately stop war on Iraq
MOSCOW, March 20 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged the United States to immediately stop the war onIraq, criticizing the war as a "political mistake." More
Iraq says US attack in violation of international law
United Nations,Thursday, March 20, 2003: Iraq today said the US attack was in violation of the international law and that it would take up the matter with the UN and the Security Council. More
IA fares hiked by 15 %
from today, AI may follow suit
New Delhi,Thursday, March 20, 2003:
Domestic carrier Indian Airlines today hiked its fares by 15
per cent across the board with immediate effect due to a massive
increase in the prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF).
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Emergency evacuation plans not yet started: Shahnawaz
New Delhi,Thursday, March 20, 2003: Government today scotched reports that emergency evacuation of Indians from the Gulf nations, especially Kuwait, had begun, saying the four aircraft which brought about 1200 people from Kuwait till this morning were "special flights sent on demand". .e.More
Iraqi Legislature Backs President Saddam.
FBI issues alert on Iraq sympathisers in US, al-Qaeda strikes
New York,Wednesday, March 19, 2003: The US law enforcement authorities will start detaining dozens of suspected sympathisers of President Saddam Hussein in at least five US cities, even as FBI issued an alert warning of possible strikes by al-Qaeda terror network in which they could use chemical, biological or radiological weapons. More
First AI flight leaves for Kuwait for evacuation
PNEUMONIA: Hong Kong, German Doctors
Identify Virus
Doctors in Hong Kong today said they have identified the virus believed to be behind a mysterious global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, raising hopes of a vaccine against an illness that has so far left at least 11 people dead and hundreds of others sick (Researchers in Germany also identified a virus that could be behind the pneumonia outbreak More
Bush Demands Saddam Hussein And Sons Leave; U.N. Evacuates
Additional IA flights taking expats from Kuwait
Dubai,Wednesday, March 19, 2003: As fear of war gripped the Gulf following US President George W Bush's 48-hour ultimatum to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, national carriers Air India and Indian Airlines are operating additional flights from Kuwait to carry Indian expatriates back home on an emergency basis. More
Blix Describes "Sad Moment," Says Inspectors Could Have Other U.N. Role
At a press
conference yesterday at U.N. headquarters, Blix said this is
"a rather sad moment" and that he still sees a role
for UNMOVIC after the war ends.When Resolution 1441 was adopted,
he said, he believed council members "were all genuine.
They thought [disarmament] might be possible … but then
some of them had given up patience a little earlier than others
had done, and I think that's a pity."
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Cheney's Close Ties to Brown and Root Make money from War Halliburton, Brown and Root's parent company, is a Fortune 500 construction corporation working primarily for the oil industry. From 1962 to 1972 the Pentagon paid the company tens of millions of dollars to work in South Vietnam, where they built roads, landing strips, harbors, and military bases from the demilitarized zone to the Mekong Delta. The company was one of the main contractors hired to construct the Diego Garcia air base in the Indian Ocean, according to Pentagon military histories. More
Baghdad under new air raids CAIRO, March 29 -- The Iraqi capital city of Baghdad was under a new round of air raids by coalition forces Saturday night, al-Jazeera TV channel reported.Huge explosions were heard in the city, home to 5 million people, the Arabic-language news network said. More Hundreds Protest BBC's Coverage Of Iraq War By Wan A. Hulaimi LONDON, March 30 (Bernama) -- Hundreds of anti-war demonstrators gathered at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) broadcasting complex, 4.8km west of their traditional protest ground in Hyde Park, to voice dissatisfaction against the BBC's biased reports on the war in Iraq. The protesters arrived from different rallying points in London just after 2pm Saturday, chanting "BBC, Tony Blair...How many lies did you tell today?" More US military suspends missile launches over Saudi Arabia
SC notice to Advani and others on Ayodhya demolition case New Delhi,Sunday, March 28, 1999: The Supreme Court today issued notices to Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, HRD Minister Murli Monohar Joshi, CBI and 33 others on a petition seeking review of the Court's earlier order allowing transfer of the trial proceedings in Ayodhya demolition case from Lucknow to a Rae Bareilly Court. More 100mn people of Asia, Africa, Latin America defecate in open
Iraq says "graves" waiting for "aggressors" in Baghdad Iraq on Thursday vowed to deal a heavy blow to coalition forces, saying its capital Baghdad would be "graves" for the "aggressors.""They (the Americans) would try to come close to Baghdad outskirts where their graves lie," Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahaf said in an interview with the Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV network. More
US-led allied bomb strategy fails in Iraq war: Times LONDON, March 27 "Shock and Awe" bombing tactics have failed in its original purpose to force Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime into early submission at the start of the ongoing US-led war against Iraq, The Times reported on Thursday. After a week of bombing, the "best-case" scenario, openly espoused by senior US and British officials, that shock-and-awe air strikes would frighten the Iraqi military either to surrender or turn against Saddam, has failed to materialize, the newspaper said. More Kuwait Airways to cancel 9 flights, imposes $25 war surcharge New Delhi,Thursday, March 27, 2003: Kuwait Airways today said it would suspend nine flights from India and reschedule existing flights to cope with a drastic fall in passenger traffic following the war in Iraq. The airline would cancel six weekly flights from Delhi against the present seven and all three weekly flights from Chennai to Kuwait from March 29 to April 11, 2003, its Senior Regional Director (Indian Sub-continent) Abdulnasser Bahrami said More US embassy in Jakarta resumes public services JAKARTA, March 27 - The US embassy in Jakarta Thursday reopened its office for all services, including visa arrangement, after it closed last week following the beginning of US-led military attack on Iraq.More
Al-Jazeera website attacked March 27 2003 Doha Hacker attacks and technical glitches have caused a string of headaches for a new English-language website launched by Arab satellite TV network Al-Jazeera. The Qatar-based network has faced a storm of criticism in the United States for broadcasting Iraqi footage of five US prisoners of war and at least eight corpses. More
Warning that the war in Iraq is far from over and difficult days lie ahead, US President George W. Bush rallied American troops at Central Command headquarters in Florida Wednesday. "Our military is making good progress in Iraq, yet this war is far from over. As they approach Baghdad, our fighting units are facing the most desperate elements of a doomed regime," Bush told a cheering crowd.Mor Kuwait India Fare Reduced New Delhi,Wednesday, March 26, 2003: Asserting that the situation in Kuwait was "absolutely normal" despite the ongoing US-led war in Iraq, Civil Aviation Secretary K Roy Paul today hinted at a reduction in fares of flights from and to India as the initial hike in passenger demand had declined. More Three US military cars torched near air base Guidelines for Uplinking News and Current Affairs from India Bush addresses US central command HQ in Florida
Delay in release of revised textbooks by CBSE irks schools Indian schools in Qatar are again likely to face problems in commencing classes in the new academic year due to delay by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in releasing revised text books.This recurring problem is faced by Indian schools in the Gulf region as the academic year here begins two months earlier than in India. More
Developments in Iraq War in seven days BAGHDAD, March 26 -- The following are the developments of the US-led war against Iraq in the past seven days:More
Continuation of Iraq war will hit Kerala badly : Antony
Second British soldier dies in action in Iraq LONDON, March 25 -- A second British soldier has been killed in action in Iraq overnight, the 18th British serviceman to die since the US-led war on Iraq began, local reports said on Tuesday. More
More people on Monday joined protests against the United States-led war in Iraq, calling for an end to the war. They boosted the waves of anti-war demonstrations, rallies and marches that have rolled across the globe in the past five days. The anti-war sentiment took new forms in New Zealand, where a Dominican priest and a Catholic worker in Auckland took their anti-war message to the US consul by making a cross on the consulate carpet with their blood.More
MANAMA - MARCH 25 Annoyed by the mounting criticism of the government policy of supporting US led invasion of Iraq and the daily protest marches through the Manama streets, the Bahrain Government has urged its youth and students to end violent street protests, Gulf Daily News said More Gulf War News
Shock and Awe' Attack - Protect Civilians In response to the start of a large-scale attack on Baghdad, a city of 5 million people, Amnesty International is seeking urgent clarification from the US and UK governments of the measures taken to protect against civilian casualties. More AI Concerned about Yemen Anti War Protests Death: Amnesty International is extremely concerned at reports of the deaths of a number of anti-war protesters in Yemen today which are said to include an 11-year-old boy. More
Thousands of Spaniards, British citizens protest against war on Iraq MADRID, March 22 -- Spain, one of the staunchest US allies on disarming Iraq by force, was facing a sweeping wave of anti-war sentiment at home, with thousands of Spaniards taking to the streets Saturday in the main cities of the country in protest against the US-led war. More
Annan asks Iraq to cooperate, Kuala Lumpur, Feb 24 (UNI) United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today firmly asked Iraq to disarm itself and cooperate ''fully and pro-actively'' with the weapons inspectors while urging the international community to evolve a common position on the crisis so that the legitimacy and credibility of the Security Council was not impaired. More News Morocco- reports of secret detention and torture on the rise No private airline allowed to fly abroad New Delhi,Monday, February 24, 2003: Government today denied reports that it had decided to allow private airlines to fly to SAARC countries. More BSA commends efforts of UAE Ministry of Information in combating software piracy More
Shahsi Nayak, a talented Singer is not getting any exposure inthe cultural programmes organised by various Malayali associations in Muscat. Everybody wants to promote their own people and real talents are neglected. He conducts his own Music Shows almost everyday in his small room in the presence of a few close friends -Watch this space. Human Shields in Iraq Puts Obligations on U.S.
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