Topic: W A R - on March 27, 2003 at 11:12:34 AM CET
Military puzzled and worried about Saddam's invisible air force
THE precise location of Saddam Hussein’s air force remains a key issue for coalition forces as military commanders yesterday expressed concerns that the Iraqis may be holding back their planes for a defiant attack involving chemical weapons.
The theory appeared to be confirmed last night by the UK commander of the British Harrier force in the Gulf, who warned that the Baghdad military regime may use their air force to launch a surprise chemical attack on coalition forces.
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Topic: W A R - on March 27, 2003 at 9:52:09 AM CET
War Weapon Hits Electronics, Not Humans
Weapons designed to destroy electrical systems while leaving humans unscathed are being used in the war in Iraq, according to press reports. The classified weapons, which CBS News reports are being used in Baghdad to try and knock out Iraqi television and radio, are like lightning bolts on steroids.
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Topic: W A R - on March 27, 2003 at 9:47:06 AM CET
When Baghdad was world's richest city
A great city dating back to 762, destroyed by invading Mongols in 1258, visited throughout the centuries by plagues, floods and fire, braced itself this week for new unpleasantness.
Few great cities in history have suffered as much as this ancient metropolis, dreaming on the River Tigris of past glories, of times when it was the hub of a rich, flourishing Golden Age of Islamic civilisation.
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Topic: W A R - on March 27, 2003 at 8:38:17 AM CET
U.S. troops capture chemical warheads?
U.S. troops south of Baghdad believe they have captured Russian chemical warheads along with a launcher and a chemical warfare specialist, according to a reporter embedded with the 3rd Infantry Division.
The warheads – discovered in a confrontation with Saddam Hussein's Medina division about 60 miles south of Baghdad – have been transferred for testing, according to Paul Strand of the Christian Broadcasting Network.
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Topic: W A R - on March 27, 2003 at 12:44:10 AM CET
Deutsche Militärhistoriker prophezeien den Briten und Amerikanern im Irak eine Niederlage
Noch nie in der Geschichte der Kriege sei, so Militärhistoriker, eine Großstadt wie Bagdad militärisch von einer Invasionsarmee erobert worden. Für die Alliierten im Irak gäbe es nur zwei Möglichkeiten, Badgad oder auch Basra zu erobern: Die Städte völlig zu verwüsten oder sie auszuhungern. Basra gilt schon jetzt als militärisches Ziel. Das heißt: Straßenkampf. Und der könne letztlich nicht gewonnen werden.
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Topic: W A R - on March 27, 2003 at 12:38:13 AM CET
Der elektrische Alptraum
en" und "freundlichem Feuer" erweitern die Militärpropagandisten unser Vokabular um die "E-Bombe", die keine Menschen umbringen soll. Sie hilft nur dabei: Schon bald in Bagdad?
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Topic: W A R - on March 26, 2003 at 9:33:25 PM CET
Elite Iraqi Column Heads for U.S. Force
A huge column of elite Republican Guard units streamed out of Baghdad Wednesday evening heading toward U.S. forces massed near the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, CNN television reported.
"A major column including about 1,000 Iraqi mobile units that might include tanks, might include armored personnel carriers, trucks and other things are on their way down from Baghdad toward Najaf," CNN said, quoting one of its reporters who is traveling with the U.S. 7th Cavalry.
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Topic: W A R - on March 26, 2003 at 9:15:17 PM CET
Gulf war syndrome research reveals present danger
A week into the invasion of Iraq and news networks are beaming home images of American and British soldiers donning gas masks and body suits to protect themselves from potential chemical weapons attack.
The troops have practised the drills, and are carrying the best high-tech chemical detectors an army can buy. The US marines even have a brand new piece of kit: pigeons, which act like canaries in a 19th-century coal mine. The birds are so sensitive to nerve agents such as sarin and VX that they fall ill at a whiff of danger.
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Topic: W A R - on March 26, 2003 at 5:19:20 PM CET
Saddam's double trouble
Opposition leader claims Hussein died of cancer in '99
The Bush administration has concluded the U.S.-led "decapitation" attack failed to take out Saddam Hussein, but an Iraqi opposition leader claims a higher authority already got the job done.
Moslem al-Asadi, a doctor living in exile in Iran, said he believes the real Saddam died in 1999 from cancer.
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Topic: W A R - on March 26, 2003 at 12:55:48 PM CET
Archäologie
Bomber über Babylon
Der Angriff auf den Irak gefährdet 10000 archäologische Stätten. Forscher schlagen Alarm – Sammler schielen bereits auf die Kriegsbeute. Wäre die Welt im Lot, befände sich Margarete van Ess auf dem Weg nach Bagdad. Von dort würde sie weiterfahren, nach Süden, den Euphrat immer in Sichtweite. Vom Städtchen Warka ginge es eine Stunde über eine staubige Lehmpiste querfeldein, bis sich ein 30 Meter hoher Berg jäh aus der brettflachen Ebene erhebt – die Reste einer Zikkurat, eines mesopotamischen Stufenturms, dessen verwitterte Oberfläche die ursprüngliche Form kaum erkennen lässt.
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Topic: W A R - on March 26, 2003 at 12:40:53 PM CET
Markt in Bagdad von Raketen getroffen
Der Einschlag zweier Raketen der alliierten Streitkräfte in Wohnbauten an einem Markt in Bagdad soll zahlreiche Todesopfer gefordert haben. Etwa 15 Leichen seien zu sehen gewesen, berichtete Reuters. Mindestens zwei Raketen seien eingeschlagen, so auch der Leiter der irakischen Zivilverteidigungskräfte. Er ging von 14 Todesopfern aus. Unterdessen gehen die blutigen Kämpfe südlich Bagdads weiter. Bis zu 650 Tote Iraker forderten laut US-Geheimdienstangaben die Kämpfe um die südirakische Stadt Najaf.
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Topic: W A R - on March 26, 2003 at 12:35:03 PM CET
Many casualties in Baghdad market
Fourteen people have died and another 30 have been injured at a Baghdad market that was hit during an air raid by US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi authorities say.
Two missiles or bombs are thought to have hit the market, in the north of the city, at about 1130am local time (0830GMT) amid a number of coalition air raids on the Iraqi capital.
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