Topic: W A R - on March 19, 2003 at 9:23:19 PM CET
U.S. Jets Drop Leaflets, Bombs on Southern Iraq
U.S. warplanes dropped two million leaflets on southern Iraq on Wednesday telling Iraqi troops exactly how to surrender "to avoid destruction" in the path of a looming invasion, the U.S. military said.
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Topic: W A R - on March 19, 2003 at 9:09:35 PM CET
US-STRATEGIE FÜR DEN IRAK-FELDZUG
Raketen-Blitzkrieg, Invasion in Nord und Süd
Ein US-General formulierte es so: In den ersten 48 Stunden des Krieges solle den Irakern mit "tosendem Blitz und Donner" eine Lektion erteilt werden. Das Bombardement solle überwältigend sein.
Neben dem psychologischem Ziel, die feindlichen Truppen einzuschüchtern, gibt es dafür auch handfeste militärische Gründe. Die irakischen Luftabwehr-Stellungen sollen schnell ausgeschaltet, Präsidentenpaläste zerstört, Kommando- sowie Kommunikationseinrichtungen schnell lahm gelegt werden. Auch geht es darum, den Irakern rasch die Möglichkeit zu rauben, von der Westgrenze aus Raketen auf Israel abzufeuern.
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Topic: W A R - on March 19, 2003 at 7:12:20 PM CET
The war has started
British and American troops were involved in fierce fighting near Iraq's main port today as the war to topple Saddam Hussein began. The firefight broke out near Basra as men of the Special Boat Service targeted the strategically vital city and the oilfields in southern Iraq.
At the same time allied troops were flooding into the demilitarised zone on the Iraqi border with Kuwait 40 miles away to take up positions for an all-out invasion.
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Topic: W A R - on March 19, 2003 at 4:33:25 PM CET
Unconfirmed opposition reports: Tareq Aziz shot dead
The Iraqi opposition is trying to verify reports indicating that Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz may have been killed on his way to the Kurdish part of the country.
Ismail Zayer of the Iraqi opposition broke the news Wednesday, interviewed for Radio Free Europe.
¬> Al BawabaAziz dispels defection rumor
Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz stood before reporters in Baghdad Wednesday to quiet rumors that he had either been shot or had asked for political asylum.
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Topic: W A R - on March 19, 2003 at 1:18:06 PM CET
US troops have entered the demilitarised zone ...
...on the Iraqi border with Kuwait, according to reports.
Kuwaiti security sources said US-led forces had moved into the demilitarised zone (DMZ) in preparation for an imminent attack on Iraq.
Sky News reporter Ross Appleyard, based on the border, said the troops could encounter trenches filled with burning oil - if and when they attack.
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Topic: W A R - on March 19, 2003 at 11:07:43 AM CET
USA lied about Iraq's weapons
A US-based Norwegian weapons inspector accuses the USA and Secretary of State Colin Powell with providing the United Nations Security Council with incorrect and misleading information about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), newspaper Dagbladet reports.
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Topic: W A R - on March 19, 2003 at 1:54:30 AM CET
SAS force 'already in Iraq'
Special Air Service forces were now almost certainly operating in Iraq, military analysts said last night.
"Commanders may have been waiting for the green light from the Prime Minister. It's fair to say that if they (the SAS) weren't there, they are in there now," Australian National University defence analyst Alan Dupont told The Australian.
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 11:36:52 PM CET
Thousands of Iraqi Troops Appear Ready to Surrender
As the 48-hour clock continues to wind down on Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, there are signs that thousands of Iraqi troops are planning to surrender to the U.S. and its allies even in the first hours of war, Fox News has learned.
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 11:11:13 PM CET
American posters of war
Pro contra whatever
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 11:06:19 PM CET
Weapons of awe
Blind and silence E bomb Blackout bomb Destroy JDAM Terrify MOAB
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 10:57:56 PM CET
US forces around Iraq
KUWAIT About 149,000 troops SAUDI ARABIA More than 10,000 US troops QATAR About 8,000 military personnel BAHRAIN About 5,000 US forces UNITED ARAB EMIRATES About 1,200 US military personnel TURKEY About 5,000 US troops DJIBOUTI About 1,000 US military personnel OMAN About 3,000 US military personnel DIEGO GARCIA Fewer than 1,000 US military personnel NAVY Some 48,000 sailors and marines
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 9:52:11 PM CET
Iraq crisis hour-by-hour
BBC News Online charts developments in the Iraq crisis hour-by-hour as diplomatic efforts to avert a war expire. [All times GMT and approximate.]
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