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Snapshot of the war, news, casualties, quotes Jordan Times, 3/28/03
* Bush says war will go on "however long it takes" to remove President Saddam; Rumsfeld says there will be no ceasefire. * Blair alleges Iraq has executed British PoWs. * Al Jazeera says US helicopter, drone shot down. * About 1,000 US troops parachuted into Kurdish-held northern Iraq as bombing shakes Baghdad for eighth day. * US says forces bracing for big battle with Republican Guards near Karbala on road to Baghdad * UK defence source says first priority of northern front is to shore up Kurd lines, not hit Baghdad; Kurdish fighters cross Iraqi frontline. QUOTES US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld: "While the conflict is well begun, it has only begun." Iraqi Defence Minister Sultan Hashem Ahmed: "We will not be surprised if the enemy surrounds Baghdad in five or 10 days but he will have to take the city. Baghdad cannot be taken as long as the citizens in it are still alive." Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali predicting the UN will survive the Iraqi crisis: "You know, the superpowers don't need the United Nations. The small countries, the developing countries, the poor countries are the ones that need the UN." Actor Martin Sheen, who was gagged for an anti-war protest, in his statement read by a protester: "By some demented form of logic, the men, women and children of Iraq are relegated to 'collateral damage' as the dogs of war slouch toward Baghdad." "Take him out. Make sure you know what you are aiming at," a voice on a US military radio to the Marine sharpshooters on a highway to Baghdad, before calling off the gunners seven minutes later, "it may have been livestock moving." Bush: "This isn't a matter of timetable, it's a matter of victory. And the Iraqi people have got know that, see. They got to know that they will be liberated and Saddam Hussein will be removed, no matter how long it takes." CASUALTIES * US: 24 killed, 10 missing. * UK: 20 killed, two missing. * Iraqi military: No reliable figures. * Iraqi civilians: More than 350 killed, more than 4,000 killed or wounded.
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