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  • Stiff Resistance to Invading Forces Shows no Signs of Abating as Iraqis Destroy a US Helicopter and a Tank

    Iraq said on Monday it had destroyed a U.S. helicopter and tank and repeated pledges to defeat a U.S. and British invasion as it engaged invasion forces, south east of Karbala, Najaf, Samawah in the South. British invasion forces meanwhile launched a major assault to secure a suburb in the southern city of Basra. In the north, Iraqi positions on the.. More

  • Mubarak: Egypt Can't Stop Coalition Ships

    President Hosni Mubarak warned Monday that a drawn-out war in Iraq will lead to an increase in Islamic militancy throughout the world. "If there is one (Osama) bin Laden now, there will be 100 bin Ladens afterward," Mubarak said, referring to the al-Qaida network leader during a speech to army commanders in the city of Suez, 80 miles east of the.. More

  • At Least One American Invasion soldier Killed in Clashes; Walking in Israel's Footsteps, Washington Tries to Assassinate Baath Leaders in Southern Iraq

    At least one U.S. soldier was killed on Monday in a clash with Iraqi resistance forces armed with rocket-propelled grenades about 110 km south of Baghdad. A U.S. officer said that at least one invading soldier died in the fighting near the town of Imam Aiyub, south of the city of Hilla. U.S. invasion forces were firing artillery towards the town and.. More

  • Raids Target Saddam Compound

    US and British forces staged new bombing raids on the Iraqi capital. At least one missile slammed into a compound in central Baghdad belonging to President Saddam Hussein. Earlier, at least eight loud explosions shook the capital with the roar of warplanes and anti-aircraft fire heard overhead. The new raids were carried out on the 12th day of the war.. More

  • Northern Iraq Positions Under Fire

    On the northern front Iraqi positions near the demarcation line between Kurdish- and Iraq-held territories came under fire from US and British invasion forces for the third night running early Monday. The bombardments, which were heard in the Kurdish town of Kalak, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the city of Mosul, began shortly after midnight.. More

  • Key Developments in the Invasion of Iraq

    * _ Syria's foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa told parliament that the United States was leading the American people to "catastrophe" by putting them in direct confrontation with the international community. * _ American peace activists confirmed a report last week that a hospital in Rutbah in Iraq's western desert was bombed. They said no Iraqi.. More

  • Iraq Says 4,000 Arabs in Iraq for 'Martyrdom'

    Iraq vowed on Sunday to step up resistance attacks and said more than 4,000 Arabs had come to Iraq ready to "martyr" themselves to defeat a U.S.-led invasion. "The martyrdom attacks by the sons of Iraq and by the armed forces have just begun," military spokesman Hazim al-Rawi told a news conference one day after a resistance bombing at a U.S. checkpoint... More

  • Top US Officials Warn of Fierce Fighting Ahead in Iraq

    The Pentagon's top brass was to take to the airwaves to brace the public for fierce battles in a war of unknown length in Iraq. General Richard Myers fired the opening salvo of the campaign, on BBC television in London early Sunday. "The toughest fighting is ahead of us," said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, amidst criticism that US President.. More

  • Resistance Blast in Israeli Resort

    A resistance bomber has carried out an attack in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya, injuring more than 20 people, police have said. The explosion happened outside a cafe on a busy road in the centre of the town. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility. Initial reports indicated that only the bomber was killed but at least three of the.. More

  • Assaults on Baghdad Intensify; Iraq Vows More Bombing Attacks against US Troops

    Invasion forces mounted one of their fiercest air assaults yet on Baghdad on Saturday, targeting the center and outskirts of the city with repeated bombings that drew blasts of Iraqi anti-aircraft fire. The new attacks followed an overnight strike on Iraq's Information Ministry and a marketplace blast that killed dozens of civilians. Several large blasts.. More

  • Invasion Forces Target Baath Party in Basra as Civilians Stream Back into City

    Invasion troops surrounding Basra targeted Iraq's ruling Baath party by wiping out a gathering of some 200 members as thousands of civilians re-entered the country's second city. A US general showed footage of a building, which was destroyed by a coalition attack while hosting a meeting of some 200 Baath members in the Basra region. Footage of a missile.. More

  • Resistance Bombing Attack Kills Five US Invaders Near Najaf; US Claims Scores of Republican Guard Troops Killed

    A resistance bomber killed five American invaders in an attack Saturday north of the city of Najaf, a U.S. military officer said. Capt. Andrew Wallace said the dead were part of the Army's 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Divison. The attack occurred at a U.S. checkpoint on the highway north of Najaf. A taxi stopped close to the checkpoint, and the driver.. More

  • U.S. Halts Tomahawks Over Saudi Arabia

    The United States halted Tomahawk cruise missile launches over parts of Saudi Arabia after the kingdom complained some of the weapons fired from American ships had landed in the vast desert country, the Central Command said Saturday.The problems apparently involved missiles fired from ships in the Mediterranean and Red seas, said Maj. Gen. Victor Renuart... More

  • Drawing Lessons from Iraq War, North Korea Vows to Make no Concessions

    North Korea has declared it will make no concessions to end the ongoing nuclear crisis and pledged instead to build up its defense and fend off the kind of "miserable fate" that has befallen Iraq . The official daily of the ruling Korean Workers Party, Rodong Sinmun, said that while it was too early to make a judgement on the Iraq war, "it it clear.. More

  • U.S. Orders 4-6 Day Pause in Iraq Advance-Officers

    U.S. commanders have ordered a pause of four to six days in a northward push toward Baghdad because of supply shortages and stiff Iraqi resistance, U.S. military officers said on Saturday.They said the "operational pause," ordered on Friday, meant that advances would be put on hold while the military tried to sort out logistics problems caused by long.. More