Wednesday, April 9, 2003

categories: War Baghdad falls to US forces The government of Saddam Hussein has lost control over Baghdad, with the advance of US forces into the centre of the capital. US tanks drove unhindered into public squares on the eastern bank of the Tigris for the first time, including the area surrounding the Palestine hotel, where the international media are based.   12:20:24 PM  Google It!  comment

Sunday, April 6, 2003

categories: War Old-Style Battles Are Giving Way to 'Checkpoint War' in Iraq Washington Post - The new ability of U.S. military forces to move at will in Baghdad -- demonstrated especially by yesterday's startling "thunder run" of 70-ton Army tanks through the heart of the ... US armor units tighten vise on Baghdad Boston Globe   10:04:39 AM  Google It!  comment

Thursday, April 3, 2003

categories: War What Will Be the Model for Peace in Postwar Iraq? Will the consequences of the war in Iraq resemble the tragedy of Germany after World War I or the success of Germany after World War II? By Alan B. Krueger. [New York Times: Business]   7:36:58 AM  Google It!  comment

Wednesday, March 19, 2003

categories: War UN top inspector: We never asserted Iraq had any remaining weapons of mass destruction Speaking on the day the last United Nations weapons monitors were withdrawn from Iraq, the top inspector, Hans Blix, yesterday said he feels the inspections should not have been stopped at this stage. Blix to brief UN as war looms BBC UN Still Discussing Disarmament CBS News Neither leader speaks the truth and both are manipulators. We had better see clear and incontrovertable evidence of WMD in Iraq or Dubya will lose all respect and cred. because now it's our children he's put in harms way.   12:37:04 PM  Google It!  comment

Tuesday, March 18, 2003

categories: War Navy Abandons Turkey Option, Moves Ships to Red Sea Signaling impatience with the Turkish government, the Pentagon is moving about 10 Navy ships out of the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, where they could launch missiles on a path to Iraq that would not go over Turkey, officials said. US destroyers, submarines head for Gulf News24 US beefs up firepower BBC   6:13:04 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: War Saddam ' calm ' awaiting the storm Saddam Hussein appears calm and determined as he awaits the military firestorm set to rain down on his regime, according to officials and journalists who have spoken to him. In Baghdad, fears of factional strife Boston Globe A Tyrant 40 Years in the Making New York Times   6:11:05 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: War Turkey Bans One Kurdish Party and Moves on Second Turkey's senior prosecutor filed a petition with the Constitutional Court today to close the country's leading pro-Kurdish political party, the latest example of the government's tense relationship with the Kurdish ... Turkish court bans Kurd's party Boston Globe   6:04:44 PM  Google It!  comment

categories: War Howard would defy polls to join Iraq war ABC Online - The Prime Minister says Australia would go to war against Iraq even if military conflict did not have broad community support. Australia on the verge of war decision The Age   6:02:29 PM  Google It!  comment

Friday, March 14, 2003

categories: War Arab League puts off Iraq visit Gulf News - The fate of an Arab ministerial committee came under strong doubts yesterday as Bahrain's foreign minister announced its crucial visit to Baghdad was put off, saying the Iraqi authorities asked it to 'delay' the visit. Hussein Controls Prime Time With Cool, Confidence Washington Post Arab push to get Saddam to disarm fails in disarray International Herald Tribune   2:59:30 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: War US may drop Iraq resolution The US secretary of state suggests American attempts to force a vote on a new UN resolution backing military action could be shelved. [BBC News]   2:31:46 AM  Google It!  comment

Friday, March 7, 2003

categories: War Pressure mounts on Iraq UN arms inspectors report on progress in disarming Iraq, as moves to give Baghdad a 10-day ultimatum gather pace. [BBC News]   5:01:51 PM  Google It!  comment