|
aljazeerah.info News |
|||
|
Human Price of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine Israeli daily aggression on the Palestinian people Mission and meaning of Al-Jazeerah Cities, localities, and tourist attractions
|
|
War snapshot, news, quotes, casualties, military action Jordan Times, 3/27/03
* At least 14 killed in US air strike on Baghdad street; US acknowledges possible civilian `damage' in bombing. * US troops killed 1,000 Iraqis in a 72-hour period in the Najaf region, a US officer said near the town, to the west of Baghdad. * Dozen explosions shake outskirts of Baghdad. * US sends more than 30,000 reinforcements to Gulf. * Iraqi troops destroy a number of US tanks in battle near Najaf, fate of crews unclear. * US says troops “ahead of schedule” but war far from over. * Al Jazeera TV says Basra peaceful; Blair says believes there was “some limited form of uprising” in city; main Iraqi Shiite opposition in Iran says “disturbances, no uprising.” * US-led forces bombarded the state television building in Baghdad, putting main TV channels briefly off the air. Amnesty International said the attack could be a breach of the Geneva Conventions. QUOTES Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Sahhaf: “Now those villain politicians and their bad generals are in a real frustration...so now they are killing civilians with cluster bombs and bombing residential areas... We will expel them from this country, dead or alive, and they won't have anything.” UK Defence Secretary Hoon: “As the aerial campaign has demonstrated, there are risks to civilians...but I do not believe that that in any way has slowed down the campaign, nor will we allow it to.” Bush: “Protecting innocent civilians is a central commitment of our war plan. Our enemy in this war is the Iraqi regime, not the people who have suffered under it.” Colonel Greg Gass of the 101st Aviation Brigade as gusts of wind of 50 knots whipped his desert camp: "In this weather you can't fly, you can't even drive." Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov: "This is not about democratising Iraq, since it's about the total destruction of the country." CASUALTIES * US: 22 killed, two missing. * UK: 20 killed, two missing. * Iraqi military: No reliable figures. * Iraqi civilians: At least 175 killed. * Other civilians: Five Jordanians and five Syrians. MILITARY ACTION BAGHDAD: A midday air raid hit a poor district in the north of the city, killing at least 15 with many injured. Earlier raids targeted Iraqi television, the US said, but domestic broadcasts began as usual around 0600 GMT. SOUTHERN IRAQ: US commanders said invading troops killed large numbers of Iraqis in a battle near Najaf 160km south of Baghdad. Iraqi forces destroy unspecified number of US tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles in battle at Abu Sukhayr, 20km southeast of Najaf. Iraqi resistance halted the advance of US Marines 40km north of Nassiriya, a Reuters witness said. NORTHERN IRAQ: Warplanes pounded frontline Iraqi positions in the Kurdish-controlled north of the country, some 35km east of the key northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk.
Opinions expressed in various sections are the sole responsibility of their authors and they may not represent Al-Jazeerah's.
|