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Two Hamas Activists, Palestinian Child Killed in Shootout With Israeli Occupation Army
Two Palestinian activists from the Palestinian resistance group Hamas were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli occupation troops in central Bethlehem, relatives of the slain men said Wednesday. The two men were identified as Nader Jarawish, 35, and Ala Ayad, 24, from the refugee camp of Aida in this southern West Bank town. Both men were wanted.. More -
Iraqi Shi'ite Opposition Says No Uprising in Basra
An Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim opposition group said on Wednesday there had been disturbances, but no uprising, in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.A spokesman for the Tehran-based Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) said there were "some disturbances" in Basra. Asked if this amounted to an uprising, the spokesman, Abu Islam, said: "No,.. More -
Warplanes Pound Frontline Positions in N.Iraq
Warplanes pounded forward Iraqi positions in the north of the country on Wednesday as U.S. efforts to open a second, limited front against President Saddam Hussein's forces gathered pace. Five large explosions threw up plumes of black smoke on the hilltops overlooking Chamchamal, a town in the Kurd-controlled Iraqi enclave wrested from Baghdad after.. More -
Iraq: 14 Dead in Baghdad Missile Attack
Two cruise missiles struck a residential area in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 14 people, Iraqi defense officials said in the worst reported instance of civilian deaths since the U.S. bombing campaign began a week ago. Thirty others were reported injured in the attack, which occurred around midday in the heavily populated northern Baghdad neighborhood.. More -
Iraq Launches Surprise Attack Near Najaf South of Baghdad
Press reports from Iraq speak of a surprise attack launched by Iraq during a howling sandstorm that engulfed the country on Tuesday but details are sketchy. In Washington, a Pentagon official said on Tuesday that up to 300 Iraqis forces were believed killed when they attacked the U.S. Seventh Cavalry near the town of Najaf, about 100 miles south of.. More -
Powell Says Forces Face Difficulties; Iraq Denies Reports About Uprising in Basra
US Secretary of State Colin Powell conceded that the American-led invasion of Iraq had experienced difficulties but he said he was confident it would ultimately succeed. Powell's remarks were made during an interview with France 3 television news. "I'm quite confident that the strategy we have -- to take our time and to do it well -- is a strategy that.. More -
Saudi Arabia Aims to Stop Bloodshed with Iraq Peace Plan, US & Iraq Deny All Knowledge
In a passionate appeal to both Baghdad and Washington for an end to bloodshed, Saudi Arabia said it had proposed a peace plan to Iraq and the United States and is awaiting a response.But there was a rapid response from Washington, where the State Department said it was "not aware" of any proposal having been made and Iraq also denied any knowledge of.. More -
16 Iraqis killed; Iraqi, British Tanks Clash Near Basra
U.S. and British attacks have killed 16 Iraqis and wounded 95 over the past 24 hours, Iraq's Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf said on Tuesday. Sahaf told a news conference that Iraq had killed eight invaders, destroyed three armored personnel carriers and downed three U.S. helicopters but it was unclear if this included previously reported.. More -
Iraq Tells Arab Leaders: Do More to Stop the War
Baghdad told Arab leaders on Tuesday they were not doing enough to halt the invasion of Iraq , urging them to stop oil exports and to block the use of their airspace and territorial waters by U.S. and British forces. Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said a condemnation of the U.S.-led war against Iraq by Arab foreign ministers who met in Cairo on.. More -
Blinding Sandstorm Halts US Marines' Drive on Baghdad
A sand storm brought hundreds of tanks and amphibious assault vehicles to a complete halt, slowing the US Marines Corps' drive on Baghdad.The storm blackened the skies with only occasional flickers of ghostly orange light and the sand filled the lungs of the service personnel traveling in the convoy, which also included seven-tonne trucks -- carrying.. More -
Resistance in Basra Causes a Shift in Coalition Tactics
British Royal Marines have been deployed along Iraq's southern border with Iran as part of efforts to stabilize areas left behind in the coalition push on Baghdad. The British command has meanwhile announced that the city of Basra is now a legitimate military target. The announcement negates a previous declaration that coalition forces would by-pass.. More -
Arab FMs Call for Immediate US-British Withdrawal from Iraq
Arab foreign ministers called for the "immediate withdrawal" of US and British forces from Iraq and condemned the invasion as an "aggression", although Kuwait refused to join the others. A final resolution issued after a meeting in the Egyptian capital said the ministers condemned "the US-British aggression against Iraq" and called for "the immediate.. More -
Baghdad Pounded; Northern Front Flares up; Iraqi TV Shows US Pilots in Captivity
Iraqi state television showed footage of two pilots of a downed US Apache helicopter, and Baghdad vowed to fight to the end as the northern front flared up Monday night with a major assault on Kirkuk. The second straight night of POW broadcasts came as intense bombing raids pounded areas south of Baghdad, hitting with such force that the blasts could.. More -
Saddam in 'Full Control,' Aziz Says
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said on Monday that the Iraqi leadership was "in good shape," and President Saddam Hussein was "in full control of the army and the country." His comments, made at a news conference in the capital, were aimed at ending intense speculation in the West as to the Iraqi leader's health and whereabouts since U.S. and.. More -
Arab Group at UN Seeks Security Council Meeting on Iraq
Syria, acting on behalf of Arab members of the United Nations, said it would ask for an emergency meeting of the Security Council in the hope of forcing US and British troops to leave Iraq. "We want to stop the aggression against Iraq and the Iraqi people and to withdraw the foreign troops," Syria's ambassador to the UN, Mikhail Wehbe, told reporters... More
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