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Iran predicts sharp fall of oil price
TEHRAN, April 19 -- Iranian Oil Minister Bijan
Namdar Zanganeh on Saturday predicted a sharp fall of oil price
on the international market More
US says Iraqi finance minister captured
in Baghdad Iraqi children facing
threat of bomblets left over by US forces Aptec Holdings appoints
Jo Dalling to focus on improving business standards
US company wins first major contract in
rebuilding Iraq
Betchel which plans
Pipeline to Israel is behind many US invasions and regime changes
in Asia and Latin America Watch this space for special report
on US dollar diplomacy
LOS ANGELES, April 17 The Bush administration
on Thursday awarded Bechtel Group, a US construction company,
the first major contract in a vast reconstruction plan for Iraq,
but it assigned no position of authority to the United Nations
or Europe. In a statement released by Bechtel, the San Francisco-based
company said it defeated a handful of other US construction companies
to win the contract awarded by the United States Agency for International
development. More News
Dubai e-Government to showcase
online job search innovations at Careers UAE 2003 Iraq
: Experts Suspect Art Looting Was Planned Chilean
analysts warn of US pressure on South America after Iraq Saudi
FM urges Iraq neighbors to support crucial UN role
IMF Approves US$701 Million Disbursement
Under Stand-By Credit to Turkey Post-War Oil Management
Should Bolster Rights, Benefit Iraqis Iraqis stage mass rally
in Baghdad against occupation troops A
revealing glimpse of Washington’s "free and democratic
Iraq"
Muslim woman's body found
in hospital morgue covered with bacon
The body of a Muslim woman was found in a
hospital mortuary, covered with rashers of bacon. The desecration
was discovered when the family of the grandmother, aged 65, was
waiting to see her body after she lost her fight with cancer.
The Metropolitan Police's racial crime task force was called
in to investigate the incident, at Hillingdon Hospital in west
London, and an extensive inquiry was launched. It is strictly
against the Muslim religion to touch or eat pork and the woman's
family, who do not want to be identified, have been left deeply
traumatized More
Rain toll
rises to 30; 7 member UAE Family rescued from Stranded Vehicle
MUSCAT — The rains have claimed the lives
of 30 people, said a Royal Oman Police statement yesterday. The
ROP recovered a body yesterday morning in Al Amerat, it said,
adding that the victim has been identified as one of the three
expatriates whose vehicle was swept away in the torrential rains
on Monday. The ROP men recovered the bodies of a UAE family of
seven members in the wilayat of Mahda after their car was swept
away in a flooded wadi, the Times of Oman reported More
IRAQ: 1,000 U.S. Inspectors To Hunt Doomsday
Weapons;
Despite calls by U.N. Monitoring, Verification
and Inspection Commission Executive Chairman Hans Blix for his
weapons inspectors to be allowed back into Iraq, the United States
plans to send 1,000 of its own inspectors to Iraq to hunt for
weapons of mass destruction, a U.S. defense official told CNN
yesterday. The official said the group should be fully operational
within weeks. More
Footage shows Saddam's 'final public
appearance' US Bribed Iraqi Military
Leaders The Rumsfeld Saddam Deal
''Saddam's fall: a warning to the Third
World'' Post-War Oil Management Should
Bolster Rights, Benefit Iraqis
Behind The Scenes Of The Iraq War
The plan for the Iraq war, which has erupted
in the face of opposition from the entire world, was drawn up
at least decades ago, by Israeli strategists In its attempt to
realize its strategy of destabilizing or dividing the Middle
Eastern Arab states, Israel has Egypt, Syria, Iran and Saudi
Arabia on its list of subsequent targets. As these lines are
being written, the United States of America has begun striking
at Iraq. Despite the fact that most countries of the world, and
even the majority of the USA's allies, opposed it, the US administration
was determined for the strike to go ahead. When we look behind
the scenes of this insistence, it seems that Israel and its powerful
lobby in the US, have the greatest share in the make-up. The
Age-Old Israeli Plan to Divide Iraq More
Democracy for
the Middle East? Bah, humbug!"
Exiled
Shiite Chief: Iraqis Should Rebel Exiled Shiite Opposition Leader
Calls on Iraqis to Oppose U.S.-Led Interim Administration
US Marines loot Iraq bank
American Marines
Robbing and Looting? This picture shows American Marines removing
the gold covered entrance of one of the Saddam Palaces
BAGHDAD, April 17- US marines launched an
attack on a bank Thursday in western Baghdad and dug out 60 million
US dollars from the bank, a witness said. The move was believed
to have aimed at saving the Alrashid Bank from being robbed after
mobs attacked and looted several Iraqi banks over the past few
days. More
Colonialism
of the 21st Century -Divide and Rule US forces behind
anarchy in Iraq: Pak analyst
Bush's cultural adviser resigns in protest
over looting of Iraq museum
WASHINGTON, April 17-- Martin Sullivan, head
of a presidential panel on cultural property, stepped down this
week in protest over the failure of US forces to prevent the
massive looting of Baghdad's antiquities museum. "The reports
in recent days about the looting of Iraq's National Museum of
Antiquities and the destruction of countless artifacts that document
the cradle of Western civilization have troubled me deeply, a
feeling that is shared by many other Americans," Sullivan
wrote in a letter released Thursday. More
Storm Flood affect Normal Life in the
Gulf
4 keralites dead in Oman
due to wadi flood
MUSCAT/DUBAI -A strong warning is issued by
companies and individuals about a possible storm in Oman. It
is said that the storm is coming from the UAE where a sudden
storm burst over the Emirates with high winds of up to 70 knots.
According to Gulf News, swirls of sand blanketed highways and
drastically reduced visibility to less than 00 metres. Some of
the leading trading companies in Oman have warned the employees
to keep their vehicles from the office because they expect a
storm. Normal life in the Sultanate has been affected by continuous
rainfall for the last two three days which caused at least 20
confirmed deaths and damage to vehicles and property. In Kuwait,
light rain was reported in some places. Storm warning is passed
on through SMS messages, telephone etc. More
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DNRD wins 'Distinguished Technical Project'
award for e-Gate in Dubai Government Excellence Program |
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Award highlights
e-Gate's role in automating passport control at Dubai International
Airport
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DUBAI - The e-Gate project implemented by
Dubai Naturalisation & Residency Department (DNRD) at Dubai
International Airport has won the 'Distinguished Technical Project'
in the prestigious Dubai Government Excellence Awards for 2002.
The annual awards, which were presented by H.H. General Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE
Defence Minister. More |
Iraq: Killings,
Expulsions on the Rise in Kirkuk U.S. Not Fulfilling Duties of
“Occupying Power”
U.S. Use of Clusters in Baghdad Condemned
(New York, April 16, 2003) – The U.S.
Central Command should respond publicly to evidence that U.S.
forces used cluster munitions in a populated area of Baghdad,
Human Rights Watch urged today. According to a report in yesterday’s
Newsday, a Central Commandspokeswoman has anonymously confirmed
that U.S. forces have hit urbanareas of Baghdad with cluster
munitions, stating that they were aimed atIraqi artillery and
missile systems located inside the city. More
Iraq: US and UK forces
must deal with situation of lawlessness
USA: Call for Inquiry into possible excessive force against anti-war
protesters; WHO Health
Briefing on Iraq
U.S. Use of
Clusters in Baghdad Condemned Iraq: Coalition Forces Must Stop
Iraqi Looting
Flood Creates Havoc
in Muscat
200 Traffick Accidents
in Muscat due to flooding, storm. 14 people dead one Malayali
dies trapped in Vehicle carried away by flood, 4 Indian workers
missing. Power supply, telephone lines disrupted
U.S. Use of Clusters in Baghdad Condemned
Anti US Protest in Iraq urgest
Marines to go Home
NASSIRIYAH, 16 April 2003
— Thousands of demonstrators gathered yesterday on the road
leading to a hastily constructed air base outside this city,
the location of a meeting between US government representatives
and members of the opposition Iraqi National Congress, reported
Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab News War Correspondent. According to him,
the demonstrators, numbering in their tens of thousands, railed
against US occupation of Iraq and the resulting hardships its
citizens are being made to suffer.
Full Report
Rumsfeld confirms Iraq-Syria
oil pipeline shut down Lebanese PM, Cabinet Resign GCC FMs call
for quick establishment of civilian government in Iraq Egyptian
FM rejects US pressure on Syria Roundup:
US military goals in Iraq shift
US Troops Fire on Mosul Mob; Twelve Killed
MOSUL, 16 April 2003 — At least 12 people
were shot dead and scores wounded yesterday in the northern Iraqi
town of Mosul, a hospital doctor said, with witnesses claiming
US troops had opened fire on a crowd after it turned against
an American- installed local governor, reported AFP.Full
Report
US brands Syria as "terrorist
state" More Reports
Iraq Hospitals badly hit by Looting, War
An assessment team from the World Health Organization
has conducted its first comprehensive survey of the situation
in hospitals in the northern city of Kirkuk. The team, made up
of two public health doctors, two pharmacists and one engineer,
reports that the water and electricity infrastructure in the
town is severely disrupted and that health facilities have been
seriously damaged and disrupted by looting.
More
Yemen grants asylum to Iraqi envoy
to Arab League US defense chief says some Iraqi leaders flee
to Syria
Dyncorp Rent-a-Cops May Head to Post-Saddam
Iraq
US Company starts recruiting Iraqi Police?
The scenes of looting in Iraq are heart-rending:
the Saddam Hospital in Nasiriyah in southern Iraq was pillaged
last week by 20 armed thieves who grabbed a haul of drugs and
several ambulances just as a man died in the hospital lobby from
gunshot wounds. He sustained his injuries while resisting another
gang that was trying to steal his car.
More
GCC States Urged to Ratify Migrant Rights
Treaty
Saudi Arabia Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates ill-treat migrants
(New York, April 12, 2003) -- Millions of
migrants who work in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries lack
real legal protection, Human Rights Watch said today. In letters
to the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
-- Human Rights Watch strongly urged their leaders to endorse
the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. Saudi Arabia
and the other GCC states have a special responsibility to participate
in all international efforts to guarantee rights and justice
for this vulnerable population,” said Hanny Megally, executive
director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human
Rights Watch. becoming parties to the migrant rights convention
will signal the GCC’s willingness to help address a serious
worldwide problem.” Full
Report
Half a million anti-war protesters march in
Rome
ROME, April 12 - Half a million Italian anti-war
protesters marched through Rome on Saturday to demonstrate their
opposition to the allied offensive in Iraq which toppled the
Iraqi regime.Organizers claimed that more than a half a million
people took part in the march which was marred by several acts
of vandalism by the so-called Disobedient groups who targeted
bank ATM machines and American interests. More
Three Saudis who fought
for Saddam Against the US killed
JEDDAH, 13 April 2003 — Three Saudis who were fighting in
Iraq against the US-led forces were killed last week, Okaz Arabic
daily reported yesterday. Abdul Wahab Al-Shehri said he had learned
that his relative, Khaled Abdul Hadi Muhammad Al-Shehri, 28,
was among the three Saudis killed. More
Immediate measures needed to restore law and
order in Iraq, Amnesty International
"As forces of an occupying power they
should urgently take measures to enforce law and order in the
areas under their control, specifically by preventing acts of
pillage, destruction, and violence to persons," the organization
said. More
U.S. Plans for Iraq Tribunals A
Mistake
International Tribunal Needed Protect Government Archives from
Looting Thousands march in London
in protest against "occupation of Iraq" Saddam's
top adviser surrenders, first opposition leader returns 59 men
arrested in Iraq carrying cash rewards for killing US troopsMore
News
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Halliburton gets $ 7 billion Reconstruction
Contract in Iraq without tenders
WASHINGTON, 12 April 2003 — The
ugly face of American politicians unholy nexus with big business
is resurfacing in new forms. The Pentagon’s controversial
decision to give an exclusive no-bid contract to a Halliburton
Co. subsidiary for emergency oil-field services in Iraq could
be worth as much as $7 billion over the next two years,.
An interesting report by Mark Fineman in LA
Times said that such large contracts should have been put out
to open, competitive bidding. Halliburton is an energy company
in which the senior US Defense officials have private interest.
The revelation adds credibility to the argument that the US led
war on Iraq is |
more of a colonial and economic invasion
for the sake of American oil companies controlled by the big
business and politicians.
Many American politicians including George
Bush have just came out of the Enron controversy and other corporation
scandals The L A Times report revealed that US Vice President
Dick Cheney was Halliburton’s chief executive for five years
before he resigned in August 2000 to be George W. Bush’s
running mate. Halliburton and the Army Corps have both repeatedly
denied any favoritism stemming from Cheney’s former role
in the company. 24-Full Report |
Bush expects Syria to hand over Saddam supporters
April 12 2003, US President George W. Bush
today urged Syria to shut its borders to fleeing followers of
Saddam Hussein and turn over any who have already found "safe
haven" in Iraq's western neighbour. "We expect them
to do everything they can to prevent people who should be held
to account from escaping in their country," he said after
meeting for the first time at two area military hospitals with
US soldiers wounded in Iraq. Full
Report
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Funded the multibillion
US War against Iraq - watch
this space
Baghdad descends further into
anarchy, Iraqi troops abandon Mosul
BAGHDAD, April 11 - Public order is deteriorating
in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Friday amid a widespread looting
spree that gripped one Iraqi city after another while Iraqi troops
have abandoned the oil-rich town of Mosul after US forces signed
acease-fire agreement with Iraqi troops there.More
WHO Urges authorities to restore
Water and Electricity to Hospitals, ensure safety of Hospital
staff Iran is happy about ouster of Saddam Iraqi government is
gone: White House Concern over prison
overcrowding Floods kill 1,000 in Malawi more
News
US military issues list of most
wanted Iraqi leaders:
DOHA, April 11 -- US commanders in Iraq have
been issued with a list of 55 most wanted Iraqi leaders, which
includes President Saddam Hussein, said a spokesman of the US
Central Command in Qatar on Friday. More
Prolonged War to worsen Economic Hardship
of Gulf Keralites
DUBAI - The ongoing Anglo American invasion
of Iraq and the overt threat to neighbouring countries like Iran,
Syria and even Saudi Arabia will create major political and economic
repercussions in the Gulf region which may adversely affect the
peaceful life of thousands of Indians living in the six GCC countries.
Even though the presence of Indian community is limited in Iran
and Iraq, nearly 3 million Indians are employed in various sectors.
Majority of the Keralite workers in the Gulf are engaged in the
construction sector, which is already affected by the skyrocketing
prices of construction materials like cement and steel as a result
of the war.Full Report
55 workers living without food
and salary in Doha
Indian Embassy Publishes name of companies
which fail to pay workers
Dubai, Apr 11 In order to protect the interests
of Indian workers, the Indian embassy in Doha has posted on its
website the names of Qatari companies that have gained notoriety
for failing to pay salaries to their expatriate workers.The website
has named a Doha-based manpower supply company, which does not
have any project of its own, for perennial labour law violations.
More
US says flag incident involving US Marines
was a 'coincidence'
Toppling Saddam Statue mere Propagand (click the link)
It was, by any measure, an astonishing coincidence,
says a report by K Senguptha of Independent." As the biggest
statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad was pulled down "spontaneously"
in front of the world's media, the Stars and Stripes which flew
on the Pentagon on 11 September was at hand to be draped over
its face, the paper said in a report. According to The Indepdent,
US army denied that the toppling of the 20ft edifice by a tank
tower was stage-managed. It was a coincidence, they said, that
Lt Tim McLaughlin, the keeper of that flag, happened to be present.
There was some suspicion that the crowd that jumped up and down
on the metal carcass had been bused in from the Shia suburb of
Saddam City. Read the full Report
Dead US marine's family complains
of little concern from government
US Government Not Concerned About Dead Marines
LOS ANGELES, April 10 - "The US government
only paid 3,000 dollars for my son's death. Only 3,000,"
said Rosa Gonzalez in an interview with an international news
Agency on Thursday. Her son, Jorge Gonzalez, who served as a
corporal in the US Marine Corps, was sent to Iraq to fight against
Saddam Hussein's forces and was finally killed on the battlefield
half a month ago. US marine's
family complains of little concern from government Full Report
Iran Condemns Murder of Shiite
Leader in Iraq Dead
Courages Iraqis Continue Fighting Mighty
American Marines
At least one US Marine killed when man
blows himself up in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, April 10-- At least one US marine
was killedand three others were seriously wounded in downtown
Baghdad Thursday night when a man strapped with explosives approached
a Marine checkpoint and blew himself up. The incident occurred
at about 7:30 p.m. (1530 GMT) near the Palestine Hotel, where
most foreign journalists are based.US Marine Capt. Joe Plenzler
said initial reports showed that it was an apparent suicide attack
and he gave no further details on the circumstance of the incident.
More
Pro American
Iraqi General, Muslim Leader Killed by Iraqi People for being
stooges of America
A former Iraqi general Nizar Al-Khazaraji
and Islamic scholar Majid Al-Khoi’i have both been executed
by Iraqi residents of Najaf, according to five independent Iraqi
witnesses to the incident who spoke to Arab News. In an exclusive
report, the newspaper reported that the two potential Iraqi leaders
of the city, who were supported by the US, “were chopped
into pieces with swords and knives inside the Ali Mosque this
morning by Iraqis who accused them of being American stooges.,”
One of the witnesses told Arab News. Another said that a US Special
Forces Soldier, who had been acting as their body guard, was
also killed in the incident. More
British firms press for rebuilding
contracts in Iraq Iraqi prominent
Shiite leader assassinated in Najaf Bush,
Blair send TV messages to Iraqis - German police
raid extremist Islamic group Switzerland tightens grip on Iraqi
assets Iran summons Swiss ambassador
to protest US missile accidentIraqi
leadership vanishes : US intelligence Schroeder warns against
more US wars in other regions after Iraq war - Britain
warns of "dangers" ahead in Iraq war EU monitors US
contracts in Iraq for WTO compliance Coalition working with locals
on security in Iraqi cities Blair, Bush to send TV message to
Iraqis Wartime security plan to continue in New
York British Foreign Secretary to head for Gulf to discuss
Iraq Japan groping for information on
journalist missing in Iraq Powell: US to seek UN resolutions
endorsing new Iraqi government -Germany urges US, UK to protect embassies
in BaghdadMore
Renewed Attack on US Marines
in Baghdad, 1 killed 12 injured
BAGHDAD - April 10, 2003 US Marines came under
heavy fire from the Iraqi forces on Thursday along the northern
banks of the Tigris river in Baghdad, with one Marine killed
and 13 others injured.. Since dawn, the US troops were under
heavy attack from Iraqi troops hiding in buildings, in cars,
on roofs or under bridges More
Propaganda
by CNN CIA News Network and Bush Blair Corporation BBC
First there is a photo from the BBC website
showing the statue toppling. Below that is a long-shot in which
you can see the whole of Fardus Square (conveniently located
just opposite the Palestine Hotel where the international media
are based), and the presence of at most around 200 people ? most
of them US troops (note the tanks and armoured vehicles) and
assembled journalists. Full Report
Rumsfeld accuses Syria of
sheltering Ba'athists
The US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld,
accused Syria yesterday of helping senior members of Iraq's Ba'ath
regime to escape.In some cases the fugitives were stopping when
they got to Syria, but others were travelling on to other countries.
"Senior regime people are moving out of Iraq and into Syria,"
Mr Rumsfeld said. Asked what evidence he had, he said the US
was getting "scraps of evidence" that Syria had been
"facilitating" the traffic in leading Ba'athists. More
From Disinfopedia, the encyclopedia of propaganda.
The Rendon Group is a secretive public relations
firm that has assisted a number of U.S. military interventions
in nations including Argentina, Colombia, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo,
Panama and Zimbabwe. Rendon's activities including organizing
the Iraqi National Congress, a PR front group designed to foment
the overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. More
Israel to release more
reservists call up for war-preparation Automechanika's
commitment to exhibit authentic car parts endorsed by Automotive
Brand Protection Group
Multibillion
Oil Pipeline to flow Iraqi Oil to Israel, US through Jordan
Pro-US, Pro-Israel Iraq
Govt to facilitate Project for US multinationals
The flow of oil from Mosul was redirected
from Haifa to Syria after the British Mandate for Palestine expired
in 1948. There were several attempts to renew the flow of oil
to Haifa in subsequent years. One such effort occurred during
the Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s, after Syria acceded to a request
from Iran to block the flow of Iraqi oil to the Mediterranean.
It may be recalled that Iran was then preventing oil tankers
from moving Iraqi oil via the Persian Gulf. The Israeli prime
minister at the time, Yitzhak Shamir, proposed to Iraq to renew
the flow of oil through the pipeline to Haifa. More
U.K. Forces Committed Mass Killing
In Umm Qasr: Iraqis S. Arabia
supports Iraqi people to choose their own leaders Jordan
supports Iraqis' rights to rule themselves: FM Over
1,000 Iraqi refugees arrive in Iranian border Saddam
and son alive in Iraq: Iraqi opposition leader -US
defense chief warns Syria against aiding Iraq
Russia denies Saddam hiding at Russian Embassy
in Baghdad
MOSCOW -April 9, 2003 Russian Foreign Minister
Igor Ivanov has urged the US Secretary of State Colin Powell
to ensure safety of Russian diplomats remaining in Baghdad.In
a telephone conversation Wednesday Ivanov "emphasized the
importance of providing full security to the Russian Embassy
in Baghdad and its staff," the foreign ministry said in
a statement.Some Russian diplomats are still in Baghdad. More News
US forces switch targets to close
fighting in Baghdad Russian
Diplomat Alleges that the US Army Fired Deliberately at the Convoy -Jordan denies talks on restarting
Iraq-Israeli pipeline, American Multinational's Controversial
Gas Pipeline from Iraq to Israel
Gulf-Kerala ship service soon, says Hassan
once again -Jordan draws up SARS emergency
plan.
WHO Report on situation in Iraq Some
110 feared dead in ferry disaster South Africa enacts New immigration
laws e-Gate earns well deserved recommendation for simplifying
passport control at Dubai International Airport
Isayas visits US warship to trace terrorist groups Cheaper
AIDS drugs to be made locally in South Africa Blair, Bush
see "vital" UN role in post-war Iraq India
Parliament unanimously adopts resolution "deploring"
Iraq war No Indians evacuated from Iraq, says Minister Indian
firm supplies "blood warmers" used by US Army in IraqUS
can win war but not peace in Iraq Suspected SARs patient
hospitalised British Gurkhas to guard post-Saddam Iraq's temporary
ruler Apple announces Final Cut Pro
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US/UK ‘Intent on Regime Change in Syria’
Walter Pincus, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON, 9 April 2003 — Conservatives within the
Bush administration would like to see a change of government
in Syria but want it to happen through peaceful means rather
than US military action, according to current and former senior
US officials. Full
Report
Iraq war
dominates parliamentarians' conference Saddam
Still Controls Republican Guard British
forces seek tribal leader's help to restore order in Basra One Killed in Iran due to US Rocket
Atack Iranian students protest
against Iraq war before British embassyReporters
Without Borders outraged at bombing of Al-Jazeera office in Baghdad
4 journalists wounded in US attack
in Baghdad US military presence increasing in Baghdad Iraqi information
minister says "we will destroy them"
US warplane strikes leadership target in Baghdad
Baghdad - April 8, 2003 The US Central Command
confirmed Tuesday that the US air forces had struck a "leadership
target" in Baghdad on Monday, where some top Iraqi officials
were holding a meeting.Major Brad Bartlett, a spokesman at the
Qatar-based war headquarters of the US Central Command, told
reporters that a US B-1 bomber dropped four heavy bombs, each
of 2,000 pounds, at a building in the Baghdad district of Mansur
on Monday afternoon. More News
Al-Jazeera reporter killed in US bombing
CAIRO, April 8 -- The Al-Jazeera TV channel
reported on Tuesday that one of its staff reporters was killed
in the latest US bombing of Baghdad.In the latest air raid, al-Jazeera's
office in Baghdad was hit by a US missile and caught fire, leaving
two of its staff injured,one in serious condition.Its earlier
report said that in the US air raid, one person waswounded and
another missing. More
War Against Saddam or War Against Iraqi People
Sami Osama, a truck driver, was delivering
5,000 kg of tomatoes through the small town of Sanawa when he
approached an American checkpoint. According to witnesses who
spoke to Arab News yesterday, he did not understand the orders
in English and approached the checkpoint as normal. The US forces
opened fire, killing him instantly and injuring two of his passengers.More
Bombardment unleashed on Iraq
equal to nuclear conflict: physicians
AMMAN, April 8 -- Condemning the US-led war
on neighboring Iraq, Jordanian physicians believed the ongoing
war is no less than a nuclear one, the Jordan Times reported
Tuesday."We condemn this immoral war as we believe the amount
of bombardment unleashed on Iraq is equal to any nuclear conflict,"
said Mahmoud Taher, vice president of the Jordanian Physicians
for the Prevention of Nuclear War (JPPNW). More
Killing Civilians, the Immoral Face of War
Robert Fisk, The Independent
BAGHDAD, 8 April 2003 — They lay in lines,
the car salesman who’d just lost his eye but whose feet
were still dribbling blood, the motorcyclist who was hit by a
shell fired at him by bullets from American troops near the Rashid
Hotel, the 50-year-old female civil servant, her long dark hair
spread over the towel she was lying on, her body pock-marked
with shrapnel from an American cluster bomb. For the civilians
of Baghdad, this is the real, immoral face of war, the direct
result of America’s clever little “probing missions”
into Baghdad.
Full Report
US warplane strikes leadership target
in Baghdad l-Jazeera reporter killed in US bombing Bombardment
unleashed on Iraq equal to nuclear conflict: physicians US, Iraqi
forces exchange fire in east Baghdad
Iraq shot down two US military
Planes
Baghdad, April.7 Iraq announced that its forces
had downed two US military planes, an A 10 and an F 15over the
gates leading to Baghdad city. An Iraqi military spokesman, said
that the A10 , best known for tank killer, was downed near Baghdad
gates whereas the F 15was downed inside the city, from above
the Iraqi Air Force Academy.
Iranian armed forces urged to prepare
for probable foreign threats 9 civilians
killed in bombing of Baghdad's residential neighborhood Aptec
projects a 40% increase in growth in 2003 Dubai
Cable Company to build a new factory in Abu Dhabi WHO Health
briefing for Iraq
Blair Wants Free Speech in Iraq, But Not in
Britain
George Galloway, The Guardian
Blair, it seems, wants free speech in Baghdad,
but not in the British Parliament. He wants to use his systems
of regime control — the whips, the emasculated national
executive committee and the party conference (now dragooned more
carefully than a Ceausescu mass wedding) — to ensure that
only “licensed” and low-key opposition is heard. Full Report
Al Qaedaa plans major hit in the US by Entering
via Mexico - Washington Times
A group of al Qaeda terrorists is attempting
to infiltrate the United States from Mexico to conduct attacks
in the country, The Washington Times reported. A warning about
Iraqi intelligence agents also was received as the Bush administration
began a worldwide effort to have such agents expelled from foreign
capitals. The warnings about the al Qaeda and Iraqi threats come
as the United States remains on heightened alert for a terrorist
attack after military operations began against Iraq. The national
terrorism alert level has been at Orange, or heightened.Full
Report
WHO Report on the fate of 12 million Iraqi Children
Hundreds of civilians are being injured, every
day. And civilian injuries have a double impact on children -
whether or not they are the direct victims, they may find themselves
without a mother, a father, brothers or sisters. And don't forget
that many of the "military casualties" we hear about
are men whose children will now have to grow up without them.
More
Counselling Board Constituted for Engineering
Exams 22 killed in Russian School Fire
Journalists covering anti-war protest roughed
up by police
Reporters Without Borders protested today
against new police attacks on journalists covering anti-war demonstrations
in Cairo. "Yet again police have targeted journalists,"
said Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Robert Ménard.
"We are very concerned and once again urge interior minister
Habib al-Adeli to ensure that journalists, whether Egyptians
or foreigners, are allowed to do their job freely and cover protests
without having to fear for their own safety." More
Iraqi minister calls on world "not
to believe Americans" Key ministries still controlled by
Iraq 1,200 Bangladesh Muslims to fight against US, UK.Opposition
Wants US troops to stay for two years Iraq still has some military
capability: US Central Command Arab League not to admit new US-controlled
Iraqi government US troops fired at Russian diplomats: Iraqi
ambassador GCC FMs kick off emergency meeting in Kuwait UN chief appoints special adviser on Iraq
Karroubi accuses US of waging atomic warfare against Iraqi people
More
Three bomb alerts in Belfast ahead of Bush-Blair
summit
BELFAST, Britain, April 7 -- Belfast police
said Monday they had already cleared one bomb alert in the Belfast
International Airport where US President George W. Bush is set
to arrive later in the afternoon for his second talks with British
Prime Minister Tony Blair since the Iraq war broke out on March
20. More
Iraq denies British troops have controlled
Basra. More US troops reportedly seize key buildings in Baghdad
Iraqi Woman Allegedly Raped by US Marine After
Shooting Her Husband
An event that had happened
5 days before also received publicity at the coalition HQ. During
a night "cleanup" in one of suburban houses near An-Nasiriya
three marines shot a man and afterwards raped and shot his wife.
The command got information about this accident from one of its
informers. After interrogation the marines were sent to Qatar
for additional investigations. More
Eighteen Kurdish fighters Killed
by US
Proposal to Make Indian Schools into Community
Schools Pending with the Concerned Authorities? Watch
this space.
First US airplane lands at Baghdad airport
: US
BAGHDAD, April 6 - A US military official
said the first US military airplane landed at Baghdad airport
on Sunday. The official from the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division's
aviation brigade said a C-130 military transporter landed at
about 8 p.m.local time (1600 GMT), Reuters reported. On Friday,
US forces seized the airport, some 20 km (12 miles)southwest
of the Iraqi capital center More
US journalist killed in Military
accident
Invasion of Iraq is
not an excursion trip as the US Media suggested initially
American journalist Michael Kelly was killed
when a military vehicle he was travelling in plunged into a canal
while trying to dodge Iraqi shooting near Baghdad airport, US
officials said yesterday. Kelly, 46, who worked for the Washington
Post and Atlantic Monthly, was the first "embedded"
journalist to die in the war. He was with the Third Infantry
Division. A US soldier also died in the incident. (1130 GMT) Read all
the news
Iraq War Front Reports from Russian Military Intelligence
in Baghdad
3000 Casualties -- How they
were buried? No video? -Media Column by Reporters Sans frontiers
Journalist
Between 2,000 to 3,000 Iraqis
killed
DOHA, April 6 -- Between 2,000 to 3,000 Iraqis
were killed when US infantry moved through southern Baghdad,
US Central Command spokesman Jim Wilkinson said on Sunday. Wilkingson
said the chief of the US Central Command, Gen. Tommy Franks,
was briefed on the death toll of Saturday's raid "I know
the number that Gen. Franks was briefed on and it was between
2,000 to 3,000," the spokesman said. More
Up to 3,000 Iraqis killed as US army
moves through southern Baghdad Iraq to impose travel ban as coalition
forces advance toward capital Iran identifies 200 bodies found
near Basra as Iranian soldiers Evacuating Russian diplomats from
Baghdad come under fire US Europe Differences Erupt Over Post
War Iraq First SARS case suspected in Kuwait
Kuwait
Speaker Urges Arabs to Avoid Hypocrisy
Interview with Arab News Correspondent
KUWAIT, 7 April 2003 — Kuwait’s
Parliamentary Speaker Jasim Al-Khorafi has urged Arab and Islamic
countries to participate actively in the reconstruction of Iraq
after the war. “This war will end within a few weeks and
we have to be prepared to meet the huge challenges in the post-war
Iraq,” he told Arab News in an interview. More
US may keep permanent military presence in
Iraq: Pentagon
A senior US defense official indicated Sunday
that the United States may keep a permanent military presence
in a postwar Iraq as it has done in Germany since the end of
World War II. "It's a possibility," US deputy defense
secretary Paul Wolfowitz told Fox News Sunday when asked about
the likelihood of a US military presence in Iraq as there was
and still is in Germany. But he quickly said that it is "too
soon" to say what those arrangement would be.
More
SEC Secret Probe of
Stock Dealings before September 11 World Trade Center Attack
Between August 26 and September 11, 2001,
a group of speculators, identified by the American Securities
and Exchange Commission as Israeli citizens, sold “short”
a list of 38 stocks that could reasonably be expected to fall
in value as a result of the pending attacks. These speculators
operated out of the Toronto, Canada and Frankfurt, Germany, stock
exchanges and their profits were specifically stated to be “in
the millions of dollars.”
More
Saddam
fled Baghdad 3 days ago: Ex-aide
London, April 6 As
American forces tightened their grip on Baghdad, senior US officials,
according to reports here, said that intelligence on Saddam Hussain's
whereabouts had "dried up". But they also say that
in all probability he is alive and possibly hiding in a network
of tunnels believed to stretch over a 50 mile area in and around
Baghdad.
Full Story
American
Media Blackouts on the Iraqi War
Doubts grow over US war claims Iraq
still in control of much of Baghdad: US Deputy Defense Secretary Saddam chairs meeting as bombardment
continues in Baghdad
200 - 300
American Soldiers Killed in Airport War--More News
DNRD to offer for e-Gate users
unable to use fingerprint scan
Dubai - April 5, 2003 Dubai Naturalisation
and Residency Department (DNRD),which operates e-Gate, the hi-tech
card-operated access system at the Dubai International Airport,
is exploring further secure screening procedures for the benefit
of those travelers who are unable to utilize the fingerprint
scan due to disabilities or fingerprint defects.
More
Central Baghdad under new bombardment
Saudi denies massive inflow of
Iraqi refugees Bush says Saddam's days numbered
Baghdad to be a cemetery for American, British
troops: Yassin
GAZA, April 4 - Baghdad would turn into a
graveyard for the American and British troops, Islamic resistance
movement Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin warned Friday.Yassin
made this remarks on Friday evening as he led a rally in Gaza
City to show support for Iraqis, in which thousands of Palestinians
participated. More War News Update
US, Iraqi forces fight for control of Saddam International
Airport
Iraqi leader's fate not
necessary for US to claim victory: White House
Iraq might use "human shields",
WMD to retake Saddam airport: British commander
Iraqi forces destroyed 17 coalition
tanks, downed helicopter: militarySaddam appears on TV addressing
the nation Iraqi forces destroyed 17 coalition tanks, downed
helicopter: military Letter from bin Laden found in mosque in
Italy Iraq threatens to take
"unconventional" action Friday night Blair says
no plans to attack Syria, Iran Republican Guard active around Baghdad,
airport unusable -US US claims 2,500 elite Iraqi troops surrender
Protracted Iraq war to hurt India's
competitiveness: CII New Television News Channels Launched
Karunakaran faction toughens stand, fields
rebel in RS poll
Thiruvananthapuram,Sunday, April 04, 1999:
In a belligerent move to express resentment over the denial of
a berth for their nominee in the Rajya Sabha poll, the Karunakaran
faction in the Congress in Kerala today fielded Kasargod DCC
president Kodoth Govindan Nair as a `rebel' candidate for the
April 14 poll. More
Car bomb explodes near coalition checkpoint
in Iraq, killing six
DOHA, Qatar, April 4 -- In what appears to
be a suicide bomb attack, a car bomb exploded near a coalition
checkpoint Thursday evening near the Haditha Dam northwest of
Baghdad, killing three coalition soldiers, a pregnant woman and
the car's driver, the US Central Command in Qatar said Friday
More
Saddam vows Again to defeat coalition forces
BAGHDAD, April 4 Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein vowed Friday to defeat the coalition forces at the gates
of Baghdad. Saddam made the remarks in a statement read by Iraqi
Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf on the president's
behalf. Saddam said in the statement that "we are determined,
God willing, to defeat them and destroy them on the walls of
our capital, just like we are determined to destroy their wretched
armies and defeat it on every spot of the land of Islam."
"Fight them and hit them night and day and make the land
of Muslims a blazing fire for the invaders," the statement
said.More
Iraqi FM says Saddam Hussein alive
Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said on
Friday that President Saddam Hussein was still alive and well,
but he refused to say if he had seen the president in person,
BBC Radio reported. "The president is well, the leadership
are well and functioning normally," Sabri said in Baghdad
during an interview with BBC Radio.However, Sabri evaded a question
as to whether he has actually seen the president personally,
saying: More
Britain says Iraqi troops may regroup
in Baghdad
New round of airstrikes
starts with coalition warplanes flying over central Baghdad
US Forces seize Baghdad International Airport
The US forces and Iraqi troops are still clashing
in a fierce battle at the Saddam International Airport, which
is some 20 km southwest of Baghdad. On Thursday night, the ABC
television network of the United States reported that US forces
had captured the airport, after meeting skirmishes from the Iraqi
side. More
BAGHDAD - US forces has captured Saddam International
Airport, 20 km from the center of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad,
with almost no resistance from the Iraqi army, the ABC television
network reported on Thursday.A reporter of the ABC network said
"US forces encountered very little Iraqi resistance, although
some units of the 3rd Infantry Division did encounter scattered
firing by Iraqi foot soldiers and men in pickups." More
US-led war on Iraq a "grave
mistake": French PM
WHO Urges US-UK Invaders to
maintain neutrality of Medical facilities, staff in Iraq
WHO asled $300 million for Iraq, Gets
just $3 million!
Baghdad WHO has received reports that on the
night of Wednesday, April 2nd to Thursday, April 3rd, a hospital
compound on the outskirts of Baghdad was badly damaged. The compound
includes a maternity hospital, a surgical hospital, and the headquarters
of the Iraq Red Crescent Society.Outside the hospital 27 people
were injured and three people died. This hospital is in a residential
area, some 10 kilometres from Baghdad. This is the fourth confirmed
report of damage to medical facilites during this conflict. Previously,
a hospital in Basra was damaged, a primary health centre in Najaf
was totally destroyed and a hospital in Nasiriya was damaged. More
WHO Predicts 15 million new cases
of Cancer Secretary of Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld Wednesday, on the War ProgressAl's
opposition to war no bias against Kuwait: Moussa
Saddam regime "coming to
an end": Bush,Blair says the war will not end soon Central
Baghdad under new bombardment Electricity goes off in most
of Baghdad One More US soldier
killed US special forces advance toward
Baghdad: US officialBritain says coalition forces make "remarkable"
progress in Iraq War on Iraq is blatant violation of UN resolutions:
Khatami Iraqi information minister declares success in fighting
Iraq accuses coalition of targeting civilians, coalition claims
close to Baghdad Straw Comes out
with New Peace Gestures US DoD identifies killed marines, soldiers
in Kuwait, Iraq
Iraqi Children Victims of American Invasion
More and more Iraqi children are becoming
victims of the US-led war against Iraq as the coalition forces
are intensifying air and missile attacks on the Iraqi capital
of Baghdad, witnesses said here early Thursday More
Saddam salutes defenders of southern Iraqi
city of Kut
BAGHDAD, April 3 - Saddam Hussein saluted
Iraqi defenders of the southern city of Kut in a letter read
by Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf on television.
Saddam hailed the "noble struggle and resistance" by
Iraqi troops fighting invading coalition forces in the city 160
km south of Baghdad."May God bless the valiant men ready
for sacrifice to defend Iraq," said the message. The letter
was read after US Central Command in Doha, Qatar, said their
troops had advanced within 10 km of the Iraqi capital city.
F/A-18 Hornet fighter from Kitty Hawk reported
missing
DOHA - A US Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter was
reported as missing in Iraq at midnight Wednesday, a spokesman
of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier said Thursday morning.
"Search and rescue for the F/A-18 Hornet fighter is under
way," said spokesman Lt. Brook Dewalt.
More
US Black Hawk helicopter shot down in Iraq,
killing seven
WASHINGTON, April 2 -- A US Army Black Hawk
helicopter was shot down in southern Iraq Wednesday, killing
seven and wounding four others.The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter,
with 11 US soldiers aboard, was downed by small-arms fire near
Karbala, where the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division was in fierce
fighting with Iraqi troops. More
KM Special - Live from
Doha,Kuwait Central Command Media Center US
denies Iraqi charge on attacking "human shields" convoy,
US Counter Attack - Iraq Military attacking Mosques and More
FBI warns of clandestine labs making
chemical, biological weapons US troops in Iraq face new enemy
- heat US claims to close in on Baghdad -Amnesty Blasts US for
using cluster bombs in Civilian Areas
BBC cameraman killed by landmine in Iraq
London- A BBC cameraman has been killed after
stepping on a landmine in northern Iraq on Tuesday, said the
company.Kaveh Golestan got out of the car and stepped on to the
landmine near the town of Kifri at midday. He was killed instantly,a
BBC statement said.BBC correspondent Jim Muir and producer Stuart
Hughes, who were working , were also injured in the explosion.
Hughes suffered leg injuries and is being treated at a US medical
unit near Sulaymaniyah in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. Muir
was not seriously injured. More
Iraqi Maternity
Hospital Bombed
US Troops Beat Up Western Journalists
KUWAIT CITY, 3 April 2003 — Two Western
journalists have arrived safely back in Kuwait City after being
arrested, beaten up and deprived of food and water in Iraq —
by members of the US Army’s military police
Reported
Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab News War Correspondent
Missile Attack on Kurds kill 17? Middle East "roadmap"
to be discussed in Brussels
Latest News Saddam warns
Kurdish leaders against allying with "invaders" US
arms transferred to northern Iraq: Turkey Gulf
Education and Training Exhibition attracts over 300 educational
institutes Bahraini Business Leaders hail
Mobile Opportunity
US troops move closer
to Baghdad: Pentagon
DOHA, April -- A US Central
Command spokesman said here on Wednesday US forces have entered
"red zone" around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Brigadier
General Vincent Brooks told a daily news briefing that "We
have forces that have already crossed those red lines,"
an area which is within the artillery and missile ranges of Iraqi
forces and could trigger a chemical attack by Iraqi forces. More
Reporters Without Borders petitions
the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission over bombing
of Iraqi state TV Iranian Journalist
Killed in Mine Explosion in Iraq UK Against US Plans to Attack
Iran : Straw
Syria, Iran could be targeted after Iraq:
Lebanese party chief
BEIRUT, A Lebanese prominent politician warned
on Wednesday Washington will shift its targets to Iran, Syria
and the Lebanese resistance guerrillas Hezbollah after the Iraq
war, the official NNA news agency reported. During his meeting
with Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Jumblatt, chief of
the Progressive Socialist Party, said defending Iraq is to defend
Syria, Iran and all parties that oppose US-led war on Iraq and
"our dignity." More
Iraq says US troops have not crossed Tigris
River
BAGHDAD, April 2 - Iraqi information minister
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf denied on Wednesday that US troops had
crossed the Tigris river in the attack toward Baghdad as claimed
by US officials. Speaking at a press conference in Baghdad, al-Sahaf
said, More News
Russia protests US bombardment
near its embassy in Iraq Arab league leader flays Arab Govts
for failure to stop war Iraqis Banned from Using Satellite Phones-
More News
Iraqis banned to use satellite
phones
Iraqis have been banned to use portable satellite
telephones, which could be used by "agents" to guide
US and British bombs and missiles.In a statement read on the
Iraqi state television on Wednesday, a government spokesman said
Iraqis should hand over their satellite phones "before it
is too late." More
Syria, Iran could be targeted after Iraq:
Lebanese party chief
BEIRUT, A Lebanese prominent politician warned
on Wednesday Washington will shift its targets to Iran, Syria
and the Lebanese resistance guerrillas Hezbollah after the Iraq
war, the official NNA news agency reported. During his meeting
with Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Jumblatt, chief of
the Progressive Socialist Party, said defending Iraq is to defend
Syria, Iran and all parties that oppose US-led war on Iraq and
"our dignity." More
VHP warns of Dec 6 repeat
if law is not enacted on Ayodhya
New Delhi,Wednesday, April 02, 2003: AdoNews
Mediang a tough posture, VHP today said the Supreme Court's recent
decision disallowing prayers at Ayodhya had closed its oNews
Mediaon of seeking a solution through judiciary and warned December
6, 1992 would be repeated if Parliament does not enact a law
to hand over land to Hindus for temple construction.
More
Iraqi Forces inside Ali Mosque, US
Claims
Camp As Sayliyah, near Doha, Qatar -- U.S.
Central Command has received reports from An Najaf that Coalition
forces in the city are receiving hostile fire from Iraqi forces
who have positioned themselves inside the Ali Mosque – one
of the most important religious shrines to Shia around the world. More News from US Central Command
Bahrain expels Iraqi diplomat
for suspected bombing links
Manama, April 2 -- Bahrain on Wednesday expelled
the first secretary of the Iraqi Embassy due to his suspected
links to a bombing outside a US naval base, Egypt's official
MENA news agency reported. Charge d'Affaires Abdullah al-Gabori
of the embassy was summonedto the Bahraini Foreign Ministry and
handed the order of the departure of Nazem Gawad Ali, MENA said,
quoting the Bahraini news agency. More
Egypt denies expelling Iraqi diplomat
CAIRO, April 2 -- An Egyptian diplomatic source
on Wednesday denied reports that the Egyptian government has
asked the first secretary of the Iraqi Embassy to leave Cairo
in seven days. More
Russia protests US bombing near its embassy
in Baghdad
MOSCOW, April 2 -- Russian Foreign Ministry
on Wednesday protested the repeated United States bombing near
the Russian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq earlier in the day, the
Interfax news agency reported.Russia "has demanded that
the US authorities take urgent and exhaustive measures to prevent
such dangerous and unacceptable incidents from happening in the
future," said a Russian Foreign Ministry statement More
Iraq accuses coalition forces of using
banned weapons
2003-04-02 20:38:12
BAGHDAD, April 2- Iraqi Information Minister
Mohammad Said Al-Sahaf on Wednesday accused the US-led coalition
forces of using banned weapons in military attacks against Iraq."The
aggressors are lying about what is happening on the battle field,"
Sahaf said, referring to US claims that its troops have made
gains in the encounters with Iraqi troops and militia. More
US troops accelerate advance toward Baghdad
Baghdhad - US troops accelerated their advance
toward the Iraqi capital Wednesday after making gains in their
first major ground battle with the elite Iraqi Republican Guard.
US Marine troops crossed a major bridge over the Tigris river
near Kut, a key central Iraqi city 170 kms to southeast of Baghdad,after
heavily bombing positions held by the Republican Guard The advance
on the eastern flank came at a time when US troops secured all
exit roads of the city of Karbala, about 100 kms to thesouth
of Baghdad, and continued its thrust northward. Backed by warplanes,
Apache attack helicopters and furious artillery barrage, the
US 3rd Infantry launched a strong attack on the shiite holy city
of Kerbala at midnight. More News Updates
Two crew members rescued from US Marine
fighter jet
US military confirms rescue of American
POW in Iraq
A female American prisoner of war (POW) has
been rescued in Iraq, the US Central Command confirmed Wednesday.
"Coalition forces have conducted a successful rescue mission
of a U.S. Army prisoner of war held captive in Iraq," announced
Brigadier General Vincent Brooks in a short statement issued
at the As Sayliya Camp, Qatar. More
Saddam a No-Show on Iraqi Television, Says
US Saddam to appear on Iraqi TV
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2003 – It's Day 12 of "Where's
Saddam?"Since Sunday,
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, and other senior DoD officials
have noted that no one has seen Saddam Hussein since the operation
to open the war. So many military and civilian personnel in the
Pentagon watched a bit more intently when the news networks started
announcing Hussein would make an appearance at noon today.More
Switzerland to host new round of talks on
Iraq
GENEVA, April 1 -- Experts and government
representatives from around 30 countries, including the United
States, are to meet in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss the humanitarian
crisis in Iraq, according to a report by Swiss Radio International
(SRI) on Tuesday.The talks, the second to be hosted by Switzerland,
aim to strengthen dialogue between Iraq's neighbors, aid organizations
and donor countries. More News
Iraq says it launches 37 missiles on coalition
troops
BAGHDAD, April 1 -- Iraq said Tuesday that it has launched 37
missiles on US and British troop concentrations at the Harir
area in northern Iraq over the past 24 hours, an Iraqi military
spokesman said. More
Hijacker of Cuban passenger plane
surrenders to US police First Iraqi Missile Destroyed by Patriot
Battery in Iraq Investigations into Civilian Killing by US Forces;
US Piolot Rescued More News from the War Front Six
Year Old Iraqi Girl Taken to London for Treatment Powell arrives
in Ankara for talks on Iraq with Turkish officials
Coalition bombing kills 19, wounds over 100 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, April 1 -- Iraqi Information Minister
mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf said here on Tuesday 19 civilians were
killed and over 100 others wounded in the overnight airstrikes
on the Iraqi capital by US-led forces. Sahaf told a press briefing
that US and British planes deliberately targeted civilian areas
during an attack on south of Baghdad and killed nine children,
including an infant. More
UK Completes first Chemical Destruction project
in Russia
The Ministry of Defence has completed its
first project in support of Russia's main chemical weapon destruction
facility at Shchuch'ye in the Urals. The £2 million project
involved construction of a water pipeline and components of a
water wells facility. More
Unconditional Surrender Demanded of Iraqi
Regime
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2003 – The only
thing the coalition is willing to discuss with the leaders of
the Iraqi regime is their unconditional surrender, Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld said today.To get an idea of the progress
the coalition is making in Iraq, people must try to view the
world as Saddam Hussein – if he's still alive – sees
it, he said.In northern Iraq, coalition special operations forces
are working with local groups to bomb Republican Guard targets
and otherwise harass Iraqi forces. The U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade
is now at full-strength in the area and is providing security.
More News
EU says civilian killings in Iraq "horrible" Syria's Assad: 'We will not wait' to be next
U.S. target More News
Human shields defending Iraq wounded in air
raid
BAGHDAD, April 1 -- US and British warplanes
Tuesday attacked two buses from Baghdad to Amman, Jordan carrying
Americanand European citizens as part of the human shields voluntarily
defending Baghdad, wounding a number of them, Iraqi Information
Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf said.Sahhaf said the incident
took place in the western town of Rutba between Baghdad and neighboring
Jordan. He said that those wounded have been taken to hospitals
in Rutba. More
US Aircraft slid off Aircraft Carrier
ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK AIRCRAFT CARRIER (GULF),
April 1 )-- An S-3B Viking aboard the USS Constellation veered
off the flight deck Tuesday morning after making an arrested
landing, said a press release from the US Naval Forces Central
Command based in the Fifth Fleet. More
No family member of Saddam Hussein leaves
Iraq: spokesman
Iraq on Tuesday denied
that any family member of President Saddam Hussein has left the
country after the beginning of the US-led war on Iraq.A spokesman
for the Iraqi Presidency said the family of President Saddam
Hussein "is part of the big family of the Iraqi people"
and "the fate of the small family cannot be isolated from
the fate of Iraqi people." The denial came following Western
press reports that some family members of President Saddam Hussein
have left Iraq.
Possible Jordanian weapons found in Iraq predate
embargo: minister
AMMAN, April 1 -- The munitions with Jordanian
mark reportedly found in Iraq, if proved to be true, must date
back to pre-embargo period, a senior Jordanian official was quoted
as saying by the Jordan Times on Tuesday. More
Powell to visit Turkey on northern
Iraq
India reacts sharply to Powell's remarks
India on Tuesday reacted sharply to US Secretary
of State Colin Powell's remarks that he hopes to take up the
Indo-Pakistan issue after Iraq."It is our war," External
Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha told reporters, "I must
make it clear that the role of outsiders is limited to cross-border
terrorism."He was asked to comment on Powell's remarks that
the Indo-Pakistan issue would be taken up to ensure that there
is no threatof a nuclear war between the two subcontinental rivals.More
Russian newspaper says US helps Iraq develop
WMD
700 foreign companies helped
Iraqs Nuclear Programme worth $1 bn
MOSCOW, March 31 -The United States had provided
Iraq with military equipment and technology for a long period
of time, and had helped Iraq develop weapons of mass destruction
(WMD), Russia's Moscow Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reported
on Monday.The paper said that from 1970's to 1990, the United
States committed itself to helping Iraq develop nuclear and biological
weapons, and missile weaponry. The US, which once regarded Iraq
as its allies, supported Iraq with weapons in its eight-year
war with Iran. In all, about 700 foreign companies were involved
in the development of Iraq's nuclear projects under nearly 2,000
signed contracts with a total volume of one billion US dollars,
said the paper. More
Truck Breaks Into British
Embassy in Tehran
TEHRAN, March 31 - A truck broke into the
British Embassy premises in central Tehran and caught fire on
Monday night,the local ISNA news agency reported. The truck slammed
into the wall near the main entrance to the embassy at around
10:15 p.m. local time (1845GMT), and the driver was killed in
the wreck, ISNA said. The vehicle burst into flames, but there
were no reports of casualties among embassy staff, many of whom
live within the embassy compound. It is not yet clear if it was
an attack or accident, which occurred three days after hundreds
of anti-war protesters threw stones at the British Embassy and
smashed some windows of its main building. Police is investigating
the case. More News
Iran rejects Powell's terrorism accusations
as baseless
Tehran, March 31, --Iran's Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi here Monday rejected as 'baseless'
recent statements by US secretary of state terming them a flagrant
interference in Iran's internal affairs.Colin Powell and his
Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom in the US-Israel Public Affairs
Committee's (AIPAC) policy conference Sunday accused Iran of
supporting terrorism. More
WFP Head Voices Optimism; Agencies Criticize
Aid Distribution;
World Food Program Executive Director James
Morris said today that a major food crisis in Iraq can be averted
despite "very difficult" circumstances. "We have
enough supplies. We will be able to meet the needs," Morris
said in London. The U.N. agency on Friday launched a $1.3 billion
appeal for Iraq operations, part of a $2.2 billion overall U.N.
appeal that is meant to fund six months of humanitarian work
in the country. More News
Iraq calls on UN to immediately stop US-led
war
BAGHDAD, March 31BAGHDAD, March 31 Iraqi Foreign
Minister Naji Sabrion Monday called on the United Nations to
take steps to immediately stop the current US-led war against
his country.The appeal was contained in a letter from the Iraqi
foreign minister to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.In his letter,
Sabri called on Annan to "urge the UN Security Council to
immediately decide to stop the aggression and withdraw the forces"
taking part in the war against Iraq.The foreign minister described
the US-led bombing of Iraq as a "barbaric aggression."
More
SC orders status quo on undisputed land,
rejects Union plea
New Delhi,Monday, March 31, 2003: The Supreme
Court today rejected the Union Government's plea for vacation
of an earlier order banning all kinds of religious activities
on the 67 acres of undisputed land around the disputed site at
Ayodhya and directed maintenance of status quo till disposal
of the title suits by the Allahabad High Court. More
Coalition accused of showing "contempt"
for journalists covering war in Iraq
Reporters Without Borders calls
on Iraqi authorities to explain disappearance of four journalists
More
Reporters Without Borders today accused the
US-British coalition forces of displaying "proven contempt"
for the work of the journalists trying to cover the war in Iraq
and called on the coalition authorities to carry out an internal
investigation into the treatment of the press and to publish
the results. "Many journalists have come under fire, others
have been detained and questioned for several hours, and some
have been mistreated, beaten and humiliated by coalition forces,"
Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Robert Ménard
said. "Furthermore, the information ministry in Baghdad
has been bombed twice although, as everyone knows, it houses
the offices of the international news media." Ménard
said. More
Pentagon confirms three marines killed in
helicopter crash
WASHINGTON, March 30 Three US marines were
killed and at least one injured when a UH-1 Huey transport helicopter
crashed on Sunday in southern Iraq, said Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant
Colonel David Lapan.The crash "looks like an accident,"
the spokesman said More
Pentagon claims Iraq secretly bought 1,000
Kornet missiles
New York,Monday, March 31, 2003: Iraqis have
secretly bought as many as a thousand Russian-made Kornet anti-tank
missiles which are lightweight, very powerful and easy-to-use,
Pentagon officials claimed. The sellers are Ukrainian arms dealers
and possibly some entrepreneurial Syrian generals or the Syrian
government itself, the officials were quoted as saying by 'Newsweek'.
They reportedly sent Baghdad some 500 Kornets in January. More
Mumbai International Airport on high alert
for SARS
Mumbai,Monday, March 31, 2003: In the wake
of fast spreading of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS),
health officials at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
here have put in stringent screening methods to detect passengers
suffering from the dreaded disease. Under instructions of the
Directorate of Health, Government of India, the airport health
officials are conducting mandatory screening on every passenger
coming from abroad, Airport health Officer Dr M R Thambare said
More
British American Forces Change Tectics
US and British soldiers have changed their
tactics in fighting with Iraqi militia, Iraqi Information Minister
Mohammad Said Al-Sahaf said on Tuesday.Coalition soldiers adopted
a new tactic to avoid being exposed to Iraqi militia by setting
up small hiding places, the Iraqi minister told a press conference.Iraqi
militia discovered one such hiding place and destroyed five tanks
and four armored personnel carriers and killed all enemy soldiers
inside the vehicles along the main road from Nasiriyah and Baghdad,
he said.More
Khalid spills details of terror plots in US
New York,Wednesday, March 31, 1999: Captured
top al-Qaeda operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has surprised CIA
interrogators with his willingness to spill the details of terror
plots in the US, including his network's plans to attack gas
stations and suspension bridges in Washington and New York. In
recent days, Mohammed has confirmed that al-Qaeda had specific
plans to attack the gas stations and suspension bridges, Newsweek
magazine reported. More
Arab League secretary general concerned over
Iraq crisis
ATHENS, March 31 -- Arab League Secretary-General
Amr Mousa expressed concern over Iraq crisis here Monday following
histalks with Greek leaders.He told the press after his talks
with Greek Premier Costas Simitis and Foreign Minister George
Papandreou that he was extremely concerned that the Iraq war
could spill over and destabilize the entire Middle East. More News
US says Iraqi elite units depleted by special
targeting
DOHA, March 31 A United States general said
here on Monday that Iraq's Republican Guard units, the elite
troops now defending the capital of Baghdad, have been "depleted
by special targeting" and some of them were in "serious
difficulty"More
Iran warns against violation of its territorial
integrity
Tehran, March 30, -- Foreign Minister Kamal
Kharrazi said here on Sunday that the Islamic Republic of Iran
has warned the belligerent sides of the Iraq war against violation
of the Iranian territorial integrity. Addressing a press conference,
he said a US missile hit the southwestern city of Abadan in the
early days of the war. An Iraqi missile also hit the western
Iranian city of Sardasht. More
NBC fires journalist for giving interview
with Iraqi national TV
WASHINGTON, March 3 NBC, one of major US television
networks, said Monday they had terminated their relationship
with journalist Peter Arnett after he told state-run Iraqi TV
that the US-led coalition's initial war plan had failed."It
was wrong for Mr. Arnett to grant an interview to state controlled
Iraqi TV -- especially at a time of war -- and it was wrong for
him to discuss his personal observations and opinions inthat
interview," NBC News President Neal Shapiro said in a statement.More
Allied Forces hold 8000 Iraqi Prisoners of
War : Hoon
LONDON, March 31- British Defense Secretary
Geoff Hoon said on Monday that Britain has seen no defections
yet of senior Iraqi commanders as the ongoing US-led war on Iraq
entered the 12th day."There have been as yet no defections
of very senior (Iraqi) politicians or very senior military commanders,
but that is certainly not to say there have not been significant
surrenders," he told the House of Commons, Britain's lower
house of the parliament."We currently hold around 8,000
prisoners of war," Hoon said. More
Britain says no senior Iraqi military defections
yet
LONDON, March 31 - British Defense Secretary
Geoff Hoon said on Monday that Britain has seen no defections
yet of senior Iraqi commanders as the ongoing US-led war on Iraq
entered the 12th day. "There have been as yet no defections
of very senior (Iraqi) politicians or very senior military commanders,
but that is certainly not to say there have not been significant
surrenders," he told the House of Commons, Britain's lower
house of the parliament. More
Iran-Syrian foreign ministers discuss attack
on Iraq
Damascus, March 31, -- Iranian Foreign Minister
Kamal Kharrazi and his Syrian counterpart Farouq al-Shara, in
a telephone conversation Monday discussed the latest developments
on the attack on Iraq. Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported
that the two sides called for a cease-fire in the war and highlighted
the "unfortunate death of numerous innocent people since
the beginning of the hostilities." More
British troops slam US "cowboy"
pilot over "friendly fire" attack More
Former FM criticizes Britain's involvement
in Iraq war
MADRID, March 31 - British Prime Minister
Tony Blair has made a mistake by tailing the US unilateralism
in launching the so-called "pre-emptive" attack on
Iraq and turning a deaf ear to the anti-war protests both at
home and abroad. More
Fourteen British troops wounded in Iraq war
flown home
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
Bomb scare creates panic in US, American
targets in the Gulf
The American British Academy
faces bomb scare.
University Night Postponed until further notice
MUSCAT - This morning, March 17th, at approximately
8:50am, the school received a bomb threat via a telephone call
taken by the school’s receptionist. Immediately, the school
enacted security procedures that involved (a) sweeping the Hall
to establish a “safe zone” and (b) evacuating all the
children to the safe zone in an orderly fashion. Also according
to procedure, we contacted the ROP and the American and British
Embassies.We were advised at around 9:30 to clear out the campus
so that the police could make a sweep of the entire premises.
Teachers and staff immediately brought all the children out into
the exterior parking lot, again according to procedure. At around
10:00, it became apparent that the police sweep of the campus
would take several hours. At that point, the administration made
a decision to call into effect plans to gather all the children
at the Rugby Club. The PTA phone tree was activated and parents
and guardians were contacted to take their children home from
there."--Mona Nashman Smith, American British Academy. Muscat.More
"The Week"
turns out to be Weak
The Much awaited launching of "The Week," supposed
to be Oman's First Free Independent Weekly has disappointed many
readers who were expecting something different from what is already
available in the market. Even though the publishers claimed to
bring in a "new attittude to news publication" , people
who are used to the censored news content of the Gulf media have
realized that TheWeek can be better called TheWeak, in terms
of informative news, views or any serious analysis. While the
lead story "Who Is Bahja" is all about a little girl
who was featured as the Mascot of Muscat Festival, (which was
nothing but a Major flop) it is not a major scoop by any standard
to run with a half page headline. More
