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  • Chirac to Join Russia-Germany Talks on Iraq

    Leaders of the main countries opposing the U.S.-led military action against Baghdad will meet this weekend and are expected to press for a major role for the United Nations in a postwar Iraq. A Kremlin statement said French President Jacques Chirac would join Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at long scheduled.. More

  • Iraqi Opposition Leader Finds Little Support Among Iraqis

    The opposition Iraqi National Congress said on Tuesday leaders from across southern Iraq flocked to the town of Nassiriya to greet its leader Ahmad Chalabi, but a CIA report said he and other returning exiles would find little support among Iraqis. The classified CIA report appeared to be part of the long and bitter struggle within the Bush administration.. More

  • At Least Seven Palestinians killed, 25 Hurt as Israeli F16s Hit Gaza City

    At least seven Palestinians were killed and 25 injured as Israeli F16 fighters fired two missiles at a house in central Gaza City, Palestinian medical sources told AFP. Women and children were among the injured, several of whom were in critical condition, the sources said. Witnesses said the Israeli warplanes appeared to be targeting a car but they.. More

  • Iraq Vows to Destroy U.S. Invasion Forces, Says No Surrender

    Iraq vowed on Tuesday to defeat U.S. forces advancing in the heart of Baghdad with tanks backed by aircraft and artillery. "We are going to tackle them and going to destroy them," Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf told reporters. "They are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks," he said of the U.S. invasion forces, asked if Iraq.. More

  • Basra Under Control, Local to Help Rule City - UK

    The southern Iraqi city of Basra is essentially under the control of British invasion forces and a local tribal leader will help form a new leadership there, a British military spokesman said on Tuesday. "The British troops are in control of the city although it will take a few days yet to cement the town as it did in Umm Qasr and al Zubayr," said.. More

  • Bush: Not Sure If Saddam Survived Attack

    President Bush said Tuesday that Saddam Hussein is losing his grip on power "finger by finger" and he may even be dead after a massive bombing strike. Looking beyond the war, Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair said the United Nations would play a vital role in Iraq 's reconstruction. At a joint news conference with Blair, Bush said it was unclear.. More

  • Coalition Plane Goes Down Near Baghdad; Iraq Says No Surrender

    Iraq vowed on Tuesday to defeat US forces advancing in the heart of Baghdad with tanks backed by aircraft and artillery. "We are going to tackle them and going to destroy them," Information Minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf told reporters. "They are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks," he said of the US forces, asked if Iraq itself was considering.. More

  • Saddam Targeted; Battles Rage on in Heart of Baghdad; al-Jazeera Office Hit-Tariq Ayoub Killed, Another Injured

    A U.S. Air Force warplane dropped four enormous bombs Monday on a residential complex where US military sources claim that "extremely reliable" intelligence indicated that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and one or both of his sons were attending a meeting. The sources would not rule out the possibility that Saddam could have moved before the bomber.. More

  • Iraqis Fight Back as U.S. Storms Baghdad

    Initially caught off guard, Iraqi forces defending the capital Baghdad hit back with artillery, mortar and sniper fire on Monday after U.S. troops thrust into some parts of the city. As dozens of U.S. tanks rumbled into the city of five million people, the urban warfare that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein promised the invading forces finally began... More

  • Gulf States Want Big U.N. Role in Iraq

    Foreign ministers of the six Arab states in the Gulf called Monday for a national postwar government and a major United Nations role in postwar Iraq. The members of the Gulf Cooperation Council "reaffirm that it is important for Iraqis to run all the affairs of their country," said Abdulrahman al-Attiyah, secretary-general of the loose political and.. More

  • Anti-war Protesters Flock to Bush-Blair Summit in Belfast

    More than 1,000 opponents of the US-British war on Iraq protested near Hillsborough Castle, where US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair began a two-day summit. Barred by police from approaching the 17th century Georgian manor house -- the official residence of Britain's minister for Northern Ireland and situated about 10.. More

  • Three Bomb Alerts in Belfast Before Bush-Blair Summit

    Three bomb alerts were issued in Belfast, hours before the arrival of US President George W. Bush for a summit on Iraq with Prime Minister Tony Blair .The first alert, at Belfast's international airport Monday, where Bush's plane was to arrive at around 6:00 pm (1700 GMT), was lifted after a search of the site. Two other alerts, one at Belfast's.. More

  • Bush Aide Seeks to Smooth Ties with Russia on Iraq

    President Bush's top national security aide met Russian officials on Monday to try to repair ties with Moscow badly shaken by the war on Iraq . With Moscow smarting over an armed attack on a convoy of Russian diplomats in Iraq -- so far unexplained -- U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice held talks with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and.. More

  • Sehaf Says Iraq Has Taught the Invaders an Unforgettable Lesson Urging Arab Journalists, at Least, to Verify Anglo-American Press Statements Before Making an Echo of Them

    Iraqi Information minister, Mohammad Saeed a-Sahaf has said that Iraqi resistance groups and the Iraqi army has this morning cleaned Baghdad of all invading forces especially a column that was trying to advance towards the city centre from the Baghdad Addarra District. The Iraqi minister added that all Baghdadis are now armed with machine guns and ready.. More

  • Battles Rage in Baghdad as US Forces Say They Have Surround Battered City; Iraqis Deny the Claim

    Saddam Hussein's regime showed no sign of surrender, with battles raging in Baghdad as US troops surrounded part of the city, the centre of which saw its first rocket and mortar fire in 18 days of war. Heavy exchanges of fire in southern Baghdad intensified in the evening, with artillery, mortar and rocket blasts and machine-gun fire heard loudly from.. More