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March 31, 2003
3 US Marines Die in Copter Crash Suicide bomber injures 26 in Israeli cafe; Israel kills one in Gaza
Strip Anti-War on Iraq Rallies throughout Somalia Arab regimes vigilant as Iraqi resistance fans anti-US protests British Soldiers Refuse to Fight Cook Wants British Troops to Pull Out 'Dangerous' US wants to take over Arab world — Belgian PM Day 11 of the US-UK war on Iraq,
action, quotes, casualties Heat Likely to Fuel Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq ‘If They Stop Now We’re As Good As Dead’ Mutual Distrust Prevails in southern Iraq ‘Rumsfeld Rejected Pentagon Advice’ Saddam’s Grip on Basra Remains Tight Suicide bombing attack hits
Israel, Islamic Jihad claims attack
Suicide Bomber ‘Opens Door to Jihad’ Suicide Squads in Iraq to Fight Invaders Syria slams America, some Arab leaders for war on Iraq Thousands in several countries Protest Against US-Led Invasion of Iraq Up to 15 Hurt as Truck Rams US Troops in Kuwait US Military Chiefs Warn of Toughest Fighting Ahead
US officials fight criticism War related news highlights
March 30, 2003
Suicide bombing attack hits
Israel, Islamic Jihad claims attack
62 Iraqis, 4 US killed, US air raids continue
15 US soldiers injured in Kuwait
attack A Change of Tactics Iraqis Delirious With Grief After Missile Attack Arabs angry for the Shula market massacre Guerrilla Tactics Take US,UK Forces by Surprise Snapshots of the war Some Tomahawks fell on Saudi, US suspends
route War highlights
Anti-War Protests Spread as Public Fears Long Conflict The Iraqi War May Change the Very Complexion of
Mideast
March 29, 2003
Perle quits as head of Pentagon panel
55 Iraqi civilians killed, 47 injured in a US-UK air strike on the Baghdad Shula market Night of terror in Baghdad Blair returns from US trip empty handed Civilians caught in Basra carnage German builder says US bombs can't bust Saddam's bunkers Half a million Iraqi children may suffer trauma Iraqi civilians walk toward firing line, not away Iraqis converge on mosques despite bombs Jordanians vent anger over war Massive anti-war protests sweep Muslim world Thousands stage anti-war protests UN votes to restart oil for food plan US lacks force for street fight, says a UK defense
soure US warns Syria and Iran against meddling in Iraq
March 28, 2003
Baghdad faces daylight bombing
Bush, Blair rethink strategy at Camp David Israeli occupation terrorists kill three Palestinians in Gaza Iraqi militias pinning down US-UK forces in the South Snapshot of the war, news, quotes, casualties
Fury as Iraqis sift through market rubble War news highlights, Syrian Mufti, Frenchman stabbed, Road Map, Bulgaria, Mubarak Experts warn of a costly battle of Baghdad Iraq sends care packages to beleaguered cities US marines leave corpses of 16 Iraqis in a bus Dozens of US troops hurt in 'friendly fire' As long as it takes US attack on Iraq boosts support for Saddam in Pakistan British soldiers scavenging debris for Iraqi boots More US troops head for Iraq Al-Jazeera calls on US to ensure free press More anti-war protest across Arab world Anti-US strike hits Kashmir Anti-war 'die-in' snarls New York Tens of thousands in anti-US protest in Yemen UN human rights body rejects special session on Iraq WML calls for immediate halt of war in Iraq
March 27, 2003
Fierce clashes slow US-UK forces advance on Baghdad
US-UK raid kills 14 civilians in Baghdad Bush, Blair to discuss their war on Iraq War snapshot, news, quotes, casualties, military action War related news highlights Invading forces face bloody road to Baghdad War on Iraq doomed to fail, Russian FM Ivanov US blasted for invoking Geneva Convention Five Syrians killed, ten injured by a US missile
Al-Jazeera shows 2 dead and 2 British POWs Arab journalists, TV deny signs of uprising in Basra Cries of grief and rage grip Baghdad Ma'ariv compares Iraq war with Israeli war on Palestine Resentment, releif, and resistance US major killed in 'friendly' attack
March 26, 2003
US delegation arrived in Amman, in its way to
Baghdad for ceasefire negotiations
Saud floats Iraq peace initiative 4 Palestinians killed, 3 sentenced to multiple life sentences First suicide attack hits US-UK forces US bombs Republican Guard troops and Iraqi TV
station, 650 Iraqis killed at Najaf
Iraq claims it killed 8 US-UK troops, downed 3 chopperes
Sandstorm buffets US-UK troops advancing on Baghdad US-UK forces proceed, two helicopters down, no uprising in Basra
As Basra without water for 6 days, Amnesty fears humanitarian disaster
Iraq war rejected by most humanity, will cause terrorism, says Vatican
A long supply line without enough security British troops fight tank battle south of Basra Brits know this is not their war Fakes back Iraq N-arms claim UN official says Gulf states may be next, says British MP Galloway Iraqis move families as war gets closer Israeli occupation army kills a Palestinian youth Marines cross Euphrates, face stiff resistance More anti-war rallies sweep Mideast No timetable for Saudi deliveries to Jordan Pakistan could be next, warns MMA leader The mounting cost of war
War snapshot,
highlights, quotes, action, casualties
March 25, 2003
Myers says careful Iraqi war may affect progress
5 syrians killed as coalition as bomb hits bus
An unjust war, says Hamza Mansour
British say won't enter Basra, just a target China appeals for the US to stop the war on Iraq Divided Arab countries issue anti-war resolution F-16 fires on own patriot launcher First wounded US soldiers flown to Germany Iraqi farmers shot down
two US helicopters Iraqi irregulars stalk US, British troops in South Iraqi leaders stand up to be counted Iraqi soldiers posing as farmers are a big problem Iraqis abandon city as war gets closer List of war casualties Marine dies, three injured, in Kuwaiti incident Marines bogged down at river crossing Most Americans expect long war, back Bush No found weapons found in Iraq, says General Renuart Oil prices spike as hopes for short war fade Saddam Fedayeen spearheading Iraqi resistance Saddam rallies troops, US forces close in on Baghdad Shadows in the night exhaust US soldiers Thousands more take to streets US tactics leave chaos, resentment in Iraqi cities War may end in a month Kuwait
Envoy Wide Gulf seperates US troops, Iraqi civilians Breaking news and
commentary
March 24,
2003
332 refugees arrive at border
Baghdad's street 602 lives to tell the story Bush demands humane treatment for coalition prisoners of war in Iraq Day of setbacks for the US-UK invasion of Iraq Gen Franks sweeps aside talk of gloom Heavy fighting near Shi'a city of Najaf Iraq invasion a setback to US diplomacy
Iraq resists invaders, shows dead, captured
soldiers Iraq says Zionists participating in war Iraqi forces hold out for fourth day at Umm Qasr Iraqis parade captured US soldiers on TV Israeli journalists hide Jewish origins to be able to report Israeli security fence to destroy Road Map to Palestinian state, says Erakat Jordan expels 5 Iraqi diplomats Missile that hit Iranian city, was it US or British Propaganda one of the biggest weapons for both sides in Iraq war Russian arms sales to Iraq worry US Russia denies US accusations that firms sold arms to Iraq Saddam defiant on TV, Iraq downs US helicopter Saddam speech fuels Iraqi pride in war effort Saddam unfazed, Iraq claims a battle victory Snapshot of the war UK suggests Saddam survived raid US flies special forces into Iraqi Kurdistan US marines take heavy casualties in Nassiriyah US-UK invading forces find no easy ride in southern Iraq US-UK troops make rapid progress War news highlights Where are Saddam's alleged toxic weapons World cries out in protest
March 23, 2003 Bush demands humane treatment for coalition prisoners of war in Iraq Taha Yassin Ramadhan,
Iraqi Vice President, attacks Kofi Annan, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Arab leaders as collaborators with the US Snapshot of the US-UK war on Iraq, bombing, quotes, casualties Breaking news and commentary John Manley, Canadian deputy prime minister, says bombing 'chilling'
US-UK forces proceed toward
Baghdad, which is under continuous missile attacks Bush promises decisive force to shorten war US scraps Turkey deployment Iraq shows civilians caught in the war Iraqi capital braves fiercest barrage yet Shocked but far from awed Thousands more vent their anger in Mideast 11 of US Congress members vote No on resolution of war support 500,000 displaced in northern Iraq Arabs seethe as TV brings Iraq destruction home Breaking news and commentary Canadians also against war on Iraq Halliburton, JINSA, Israel, Patriot II, Arab American news focus Three ITN journalists feared dead
March 22, 2003 No flowers,
heavy fighting south, civilian casualties, and continuous bombing of
Baghdad ... up dates
Baghdad
attacked with 1000 US missiles, Iraqi forces still resist the invasion
in Um Qasr and Al-Fao, Khatami says war is a Satanic work War-related news highlights Baghdad residents see showdown around their city France won't let US run post-war Iraq World governments snub US request to expel Iraqi diplomat Turkey, US deadlocked over overflights and troop movement,
Turkish forces cross border to Iraq Four Yemenis killed, 23, injured during anti-war protests outside US embassy Conflict could spill over to other regions, says Putin 15 Western 'human shileds' camp at Iraq's main power plant Arabs express anger against US assault Lebanese flood Iraqi Embassy with offers to fight invasion Lebanese anti-war protesters clash with the police at British Embassy Rachel Corrie, the slain American activist, honored and remembered in Beirut Thousands defy ban on pro-Iraq prayers and demonstrations in Jordan Anti-war protests flare in US, over 1000 held Protests against war on Iraq grow in India Al-Jazeera battles Abu Dhabi and Al-Arabiya TV stations for best war coverage
March 21, 2003
Um Qasr
and Zubair Iraqi border towns resisting the US-UK invasion ... a third
US helicopter downed killing 12 American and 4 British soldiers
US, UK forces race into desert, Iraq ridiculed claim to see war over soon
Iraqis put on brave face as war starts Saddam defies 'Little Bush' in a speech after the start of the war US helicopter, arms race, Saudi involvement, donations Arabs condemn US attack on Iraq Chirac denounces war, calls for European defense policy Putin calls on Bush to end attacks US attack a violation of international law US, UK embassies in ME shut doors, warn nationals against attacks Anti-war demonstrations across the globe demanding an end to air strikes over Baghdad
Baghdad set ablaze missile attack came from Jordan Turkey opens airspace to US bombers
Breaking news and commentary Third US diplomat resigns in protest to war America's $400 war bill Warning US against obstructing media More people getting news from internet since start of war
New US policy allowing FBI to hold individuals for immigration charges
March 20, 2003
First
Day of the War: One civilian killed, 16 injured, US helicopter downed,
several Iraqi buildings destroyed, fire exchange in the south
US, British strikes target Saddam, Iraq hits back with two missiles on northern
Kuwait The first casualty of the war, a Jordanian taxi
driver War on Iraq starts with a raid on
leaders Two
Iraqi missiles hit northern Kuwait Tariq Aziz meets press to deny rumors of defection Riyadh resists pressure to join Iraq war Turkish planes off limits to US planes, says Erdogan
Thousands set to march if Iraq war is launched
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Abbas accepts post of Palestinian prime minister
Arafat asks Abbas officially to take over as a prime minister BBC rouses anger by burying documentary on Israeli abuses and nuclear weapons Humanitarian crisis in the making amid mass exodus Iraqi families fleeing before the carnage, Aziz warns of psychological warfare Pope makes last-ditch appeal for peace
Rachel Corrie's memorial service disrupted by Israeli teargas grenades
March 19, 2003
High noon for cowboy
era Defiant Saddam calls Bush, Blair warmongers Saddam rejects the US ultimatum Arabs predict disaster for region War unjustified, much at stake, says Chirac Malaysia, Indonesia say war is illegal Filipino legislators slam Bush for disregarding UN Pregnant Iraqis rush to give birth Panic grips Kuwait as eleventh hour nears Arafat signs prime minister's bill US, Canadian, and two Yemeni oil workers killed in Yemen US-Iraq conflict, options for Pakistan White House to seek up to $90 billion for war
March 18, 2003
US
War on Iraq within 48 hours Saddam spurns Bush ultimatum US and Britain want Saddam to leave Iraq or face war Denham, third UK minister quits over Iraq Blow for Blair as Cook quits his cabinet Lebanese leaders warn of US designs on Middle East Arab League rejects US ultimatum Israelis kill a Palestinian participating in a Gaza funeral Baghdadis brace themselves for bombs Israeli special forces join secret front in Jordan
Israel planning another fence separating West Bank from Jordan
12 Palestinians killed in Israeli occupation raid on Gaza, including two children Symbolic funeral for US peace activist Rachel Corrie in Gaza Israeli army deliberately killed American peace activist Amercian woman peace activist killed by Israeli army bulldozer AAI calls for investigation into death of Rachel Corrie by Israelis Arab opinion of US hits all time low, poll
March 17, 2003 12 Palestinians killed in Israeli occupation raid on Gaza, including two children 8 Kashmiris killed today and 6 killed yesterday by Indian troops Saddam warns of global retaliation
Summit of outlaws defies international law, says Iraq
US and UK nationals urged to leave Kuwait immediately
US advises UN inspectors to withdraw from Iraq US ends diplomacy, Bush to address Americans
A moment of truth Amercian woman peace activist killed by Israeli army bulldozer Belgium threatens to cut off airspace and port to US military US set to order diplomats to leave Mideast and Gulf as war on Iraq looms, Powell Senior US lawmakers attack Bush administration's 'Messianic Zeal' on Iraq US Democrats divided over Iraq war Gas masks, a luxury for most Palestinians Khatami, Assad speak out against US war on Iraq threats Security agencies quiz Alqaeda operative
March 16, 2003
Saddam divides Iraq into four military districts in preparation for war African states urge peaceful end to Iraqi crisis Amnesty says US responsible to prevent a sectarian bloodbath in Iraq Anti-war protests worldwide Belgian parliamentarians to visit Iraq on Monday Britain debates of legality of war against Iraq Bush says crucial days ahead as Iraq war looms Bush's road map is a ploy to rally Arabs to Iraq war Despite Bush's road map, Israel seals off Palestinian territories EU not very optimistic on avoiding war Iraq poses no imminent danger, says Senator Kerry Iraq to recall ambassador to Romania Kuwaiti journalists back ban on Israel Palestine Legislative Council to announce powers of PM on Monday Saudi intellectuals oppose war on Iraq Pakistan arrests top Alqaeda operative, Yassir Al-Jazeeri US and Russia quietly testing dirty bombs Women suicide bombers parade in Baghdad
March 15, 2003
6 Palestinians killed in Israeli occupation raid on
Jenin US troops will face suicide attacks in Iraq, says Nasrallah Millions mourn as Shi'a Muslims commemorate Ashoura
Frustrated allies plan crisis summit
US, UK, Spain to hold Iraq crisis summit Sunday
Muted response to Bush promise
New poll outlines continued humanitarian crisis in occupied Palestine
UNSC appears to give up on Iraq compromises France offers UK olive branch EU not very optimistic on avoiding war Iraq holds nationwide marches in support of Saddam
Aid agencies want access to Iraq if there's war Anti-war protests gather steam Arab American News FBI probes forged papers on Iraq nuke program Kyrgyz demonstrations join global rallies against war Two US diplomats resign over Iraq stance US Congrerssman Sanders seeks to revers parts of Patriotic Act
March 14, 2003
6 Palestinians killed in Israeli occupation raid on
Jenin Indian troops kill five Kashmiri fighters US, UK, Spain to hold Iraq crisis summit Sunday
2 Israelis killed mistakenly by other Israelis
US may abandon UN vote
US remark on Guantanamo inmates a ploy, says lawyer
US troops dust up as desert storm sweeps Arabian Gulf US urges Israel to ease curbs after appointment of Mahmoud Abbas
Vicente Fox says Bush pressured him on Iraq Baghdad blocks visit of Arab League foreign ministrs Give peace a chance, says Jamali In Gaza, orange growers are bitter
casualties
Israelis and Palestinians preparing for aftermath of Iraqi crisis
Kashmiris rally against US plan to attack Iraq
US in diplomatic morass at UN over new resolution to sanction Iraq
March 13, 2003
Anti-US Turks clash with police at port
Arab ministers to visit Baghdad despite Syrian reservations, says Amr Musa
Bin Laden has set up female suicide squads
Bush Sr warning over unilateral action Cheney is still paid by Pentagon contractor
EU might not fund Iraq aid if war illegal, says Patten Four killed in blast on bus in Kashmir
Guantanamo prisoners' appeal rejected Illinois mosque attacked as Muslims pray inside
Moran said Jews are pushing war
North Korea uranium bomb advance, missile test feared Palestinian poverty and security woes growing Serbian prime minister assassinated
Time of diplomacy on Iraq over, says US
Two killed as Israel launches new raids
US senators slam government for post war Iraq secrecy
US stocking uranium-rich bombs, by Elliot Borin
US tests 'Mother of all Bombs'
Vietnam slams military solutions to Iraq crisis White House says Iraq vote may slip to next week
March 12, 2003
4 Palestinians, one Israeli killed in confrontations American professor warns of politically irrational US war
Arab
League Committee would serve to legitimize the war, says Syria Belgium rejects US request to expel Iraqi diplomat Border gates may be invasion routes Bush is a bigger threat than Saddam, UK poll
Erdogan asked to form government Foreign envoys desert Baghdad French applaud Chirac's 'No' Hamas and Jihad, prime minister position an Israeli-US ploy Kuwait's Salafi movement speaks out against war Life in current US detention centers OPEC won't raise quotas UN abandons Cyprus peace efforts US insists on Iraq vote US is willing to go it alone US scribe urges concern for Palestinians War possible without UK, Rumsfeld World criminal court opens in the Hague
March
11, 2003
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raid Bidding underway for post-war
Iraq Iraq war to cost Arab economies over $100
billion Khalid met Bin Laden in
December Lagos wants multilateral solution to
Iraq Pakistan won't join war on Iraq, says
Jamali Russia and France bent on
veto Hollywood stars hand anti-war petition to UN missions Thousands of Egyptian students stage pro-Iraq
rallies
March 10, 2003
The
war on Iraq could start on March 12-14 US may act even before March 17, says
Powell Veto won't stop US attack against Iraq, says
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Israeli war on Palestine:
Israel
vows to target more Hamas leaders Arafat
urges new peace drive after naming premier Palestinians criticize Arafat's choice of prime
minister
US war on Iraq:
War
on Iraq is unjust, says Carter, aljazeerah.info
Bush refused to take message from
Saddam
Schroeder
to attend UN Iraq session in case of resolution vote
Blair faces Party revolt over Iraq war
French
veto to sour ties, Powell, aljazeerah.info
Iraq
agrees to receive Arab League Committee, US
constantly changing rules over Iraq, says Russian official US
giving technical assistance to Saudi Arabia to cope with Iraqi refugees US
military continues to deploy in Turkey, sparking political ire West
split by a diplomatic war ahead of UN Iraq vote Alqaeda:
Alqaeda threat looms large over US forces, aljazeerah.info
I was misquoted on Bin Laden's sons, says Zehri, aljazeerah.info
Walls
may be closing in, but Osama has survived many close calls aljazeerah.info
Five Alqaeda suspects arrested in
Pakistan Peace
Activists: Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians stage a massive peace
rally Tens of thousands of Pakistanis protest US war
plans
Thousands of Lebanese rally against the
war
March 9, 2003
Israeli wars:
Israel assassinates Al-Maqadma and three other Hamas activists
Arafat urges Abbas to accept post of premier
US national call-in and fax day, Wednesday, March 12, to oppose new request of aid for Israel
US wars:
Swift US triumph unlikely
Blix doesn't want to anger the US, says Ritter
Top diplomats divided over Iraq deadline
Sandstorms make life difficult for soldiers, present challenge for military planners
Arab Committee to head to Baghdad soon, then Brussels
All attempts must be made to avert war on Iraq, says Vajpayee
Halliburton (ex Dick
Cheney's) wins contract on Iraq oil firefighting
El Baradei says some US-UK documents about Iraq's nuclear programs were fabricated
Women in Europe protest violence, discrimination, and war
Individual protests against war on Iraq started to cause controversy in the US
Anti-US, Israel protests gather momentum
Arab American news focus
Gulf press blasts US, says UN credibility on the line
Iraq calls for an end to sanctions
Iraq war may cost $24 billion in one month, Congress says
US media see US firmly on a war footing
March 8, 2003
US wars:
The war on Iraq could start on March
12-14
19
countries, including 7 Arab states, pledged military support for the US
war on Iraq US, UK eye March 17 deadline,
News Al-Qaradhawi
issues a fatwa (edict) prohibiting Muslim governments from assisting the
US in its war on Iraq Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood urges Arabs to
expel US troops Arab League ministerial committee heads to Baghdad soon Sharaa questions American desire for a new UN resolution, news Search intensifies for Osama Bin
Laden North Korea wants unification and direct talks with
US Israeli
wars: 5 Palestinians and 3 Israelis killed, Israel seizes part of Gaza
Strip
Israelis
kill
Al-Maqadma, a Hamas leader in Gaza
Hamas military wing says it will target Israeli
political leaders Israeli
massacres to change demography Abu Mazen, PLO No 2 yet to accept post of
premier World: Australian media whipped into a mad frenzy over flogging in Saudi
Arabia
March 7, 2003
The war on Iraq could start on March
12-14 Bloodbath in a Gaza refugee camp,
13 killed 140 injured in an Israeli occupation raid on Jabalya Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen, named as Palestine's first prime
minister Little room in the trench as Baghdad father heeds Saddam
call French MP, Didler Julia, paid a state visit to
Iraq Major powers at odds on Iraq war resolution, US war without UN OK would be seen as
illegal El Baradei appeals for more
inspections US-UK planes strike Iraqi
radar UN suspects US troops entered Iraq-Kuwait border
zone War news
highlights Intensive hunt for Bin Laden in Pakistan-Afghanistan
border Alqaeda's Muhammed IDs 12 suspects in the
US Investigators cast doubt on Bin Laden-Khalid
meeting Arab American news
focus
Qatar admits giving facilities to the
US
US abstains in the war on
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