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Snapshots of the war JT, 3/30/03 * Suicide bomber kills four US soldiers at checkpoint near Najaf; Iraqi TV says President Saddam awards bomber posthumous medals. * Blasts rock Baghdad centre and outskirts; cruise missile damages information ministry. * US denies any interruption in military operations after officers say pause of four to six days in advance towards Baghdad is ordered because of supply shortages, Iraqi resistance. * Iraqi minister says 68 Iraqis killed in Baghdad in past day, 107 wounded. * US forces say aim to restart Basra's oil refinery as soon as possible; three wells in Rumaila field still ablaze. * Blair, Chirac say to work together and with UN after war. QUOTES Iraqi TV on suicide bomber: "This is the blessed beginning on the road to sacrifice and martyrdom to inflict on them what they did not expect." US spokesman Renuart: "There is no pause on the battlefield. Just because you see a particular formation pause on the battlefield it does not mean there is a pause." CASUALTIES * US: 34 killed, 15 missing. * UK: 23 killed. * Iraqi military: No confirmed figures. * Iraqi civilians: 589 killed, 4,582 injured. MILITARY ACTION BAGHDAD: US officer says at least 50 elite Iraqi forces killed, 25 vehicles hit by at least 30 US Apache helicopters southwest of Baghdad. Iraqi doctor says 62 killed in marketplace blast as fresh night raids hit Baghdad, information ministry damaged. Warplanes and cruise missiles pound Baghdad, hit Baath party office. SOUTHERN IRAQ: Defence official says troops from US Army's 82nd Airborne Division placed near Nassiriya to bolster supply lines security. US warplanes destroy building in Basra where US Central Command says some 200 paramilitary members were meeting. NORTHERN IRAQ: Iraqi troops bombard areas near Chamchamal, hitting territory they gave up to a Kurdish advance. KUWAIT: A suspected Iraqi missile hits Kuwait City for the first time, two people hurt.
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