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As coalition forces head
for Baghdad, Iraq shows
its first prisoners on TV
Reuters
N
EAR NASSIRIYA, Iraq —
Iraqi troops and paramili-
tary fighters loyal to
President Saddam Hussein held up
a U.S. advance toward Baghdad on
AP
Sunday, inflicting casualties and
A CHECHEN police officer taking American prisoners on the
votes in Grozny in the repub- fourth day of war.
lic’s Sunday referendum. Pockets of resistance in southern
Iraq continued to pin down U.S.
and British manpower as Western
Big turnout planes returned regularly to bomb
the capital in their efforts to over-
throw Saddam.
seen in A guerrilla counterattack by a
militia group known as Saddam's
Fedayeen stopped a major thrust
Chechnya north toward Baghdad by U.S.
Marines, who took
WAR significant casual-
referendum IN IRAQ
ties in heavy
fighting as they
tried to cross
bridges over the Euphrates river at
AP
The Associated Press Nassiriya, Reuters correspondent
Sean Maguire said. SGT. JEFF SEABAUGH of Colorado, from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrols the Iraqi Naval base in Az
K
ARABULAK — War- “They've been fighting all day. Zubayar, in the southern Iraqi desert, on Sunday.
weary Chechens went They're using guerrilla tactics,” a
to polling stations in U.S. officer told Maguire outside
their battered cities and in Nassariya.
sprawling refugee camps Iraqi television showed film of
Sunday to vote in a constitu- what seemed to be four dead
tional referendum that the Americans and interviews with
Kremlin portrays as a step five U.S. prisoners taken near
toward restoring stability in the Nassiriya. Other accounts spoke of
republic after nearly a decade at least 10 American dead.
of bloodshed and lawlessness. A U.S. general said no more than
Six hours after the voting 10 soldiers were missing.
began, the head of Chechnya's The Americans and their British
Moscow-backed administra- allies have overwhelming firepow-
tion, Akhmad Kadyrov, said er, as shown by the weekend blitz
more than 50 percent of the on Baghdad, but Iraqi guerrilla
tactics seemed to be designed to
See CHECHNYA, Page 4 slow their advance.
AP
Yet in briefings, U.S. and British
spokesmen oozed confidence, say- DONALD RUMSFELD
AP
INSIDE
ing the campaign was going faster
than planned. Baghdad could begin in as little to watch.” Iraq said it was look- “We wish that they would come
One British defense source even as 36 hours: “That will be a tough ing forward to the invaders'
WORLD told Reuters the battle for fight... Baghdad is the only one arrival. See IRAQ, Page 4
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WORLD
Islamic opposition to war staunch
Fallout of U.S.-led attacks in diplomatic relations with the
United States and a boycott of
on Iraq speading across American and British products.
Thousands of people chanting,
Arab world “Death to America,” have spilled into
streets across the region, fired by ser-
The Associated Press mons from radical imams.
In Saudi Arabia, where conserva-
A
MMAN, Jordan — As bombs tive rulers monitor the mosques, some
pound Baghdad, Arab lead- Muslim clergymen used the Internet
ers from Egypt to the Gulf to call for violent reprisals against the
suffer collateral damage: seething United States and its allies.
reaction from radical youths and Among the moderate mainstream,
even moderate elders who bitterly many who see Saddam Hussein as an
oppose the war. iniquitous tyrant who should step
The angry mood crystalized over aside say an unprovoked invasion by a
images from Basra. On Sunday, the foreign power will create far more
Amman daily ad-Dustour splashed problems than it will solve.
a close-up color picture from al- “Iraq has won round one big, very
Jazeera TV of a sweet-faced boy big,” said Mustafa Hamarneh, whose
with half his head blown away. Strategic Studies Institute at the
Muslim zealots demand holy war University of Jordan monitors pub-
and fresh terrorism, as well as a break lic opinion.
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DEMONSTRATORS throw stones at Bahraini police officers near the U.S. embassy in
Manama, Bahrain, Sunday. Police later used teargas to disperse a group of demonstra-
tors who were protesting against the U.S.-led war on Iraq.
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IRAQ’S LEADERSHIP PRESIDENT Vladimir
appeared to remain intact
Sunday after targeted
bombing by U.S. and British
forces.
—PAGE 5
WORLD Putin says that instability
from the war in Iraq
could spill over into the
C.I.S.
— PAGE 6
No sign U.S. forces mass in north Iraq
of illegal Soldiers fly in as strikes
are launched against
weapons militant Islamic group
Reuters By Borzou Daragahi
The Associated Press
A
S SAYLIYA CAMP,
S
Qatar — The invasion of ULAYMANIYAH, Iraq —
Iraq was prompted by American planes landed in
Baghdad’s refusal to give up the Kurdish-controlled north
alleged weapons of mass of Iraq and launched additional
destruction, but four days into airstrikes against a militant Islamic
the war U.S.-led forces have group with alleged al-Qaida and
found none and nor have their Baghdad ties — signs that the
enemies deployed any. United States’ northern front
Some analysts say Iraqi against the Iraqi government
President Saddam Hussein has appears to be picking up steam.
chosen not to use chemical or A high-level Kurdish official,
biological weapons for fear of speaking on condition of
massive reprisals, or perhaps anonymity, said four American
because he is waiting until planes carrying “scores” of
Baghdad and other key strate- American military personnel
gic points come under attack. landed at the Bakrajo airstrip, 16
Certainly, the United States km west of Sulaymaniyah, late
has minced few words in warn- Saturday night. Military officials
ing Saddam of the conse- said the additional United States
quences, with hints of nuclear aerial attacks, begun Friday
retaliation. Saddam says he has night, were launched against sus-
no banned weapons. pected positions of Ansar al Islam
“Someone asked me not too Saturday night.
long ago ‘What happens if this
regime uses weapons of mass Scores of troops
AP
destruction?’,” said forces com-
mander General Tommy A high-level Kurdish official, KURDISH FIGHTERS from the special forces of the Zawita division march at the Atrush military base about 30 km
Franks. “And my response was speaking on condition of east of Dohuk in northern Iraq on Sunday.
— we win.” anonymity, said four American
Washington and London say planes carrying “scores” of The high-level political official American military personnel, Kurdish insurgency in its own
their forces have so far not American personnel — mostly more American planes and per- said the official. territory for years and is afraid
found any evidence of chemical special operations — landed at sonnel were scheduled to arrive The Arabic-language TV sta- that the Kurds of neighboring
or biological weapons and none the Bakrajo airstrip late in coming days and added that tion Al Jazeera, reporting from Iraq will gain strength as
of the missiles fired by Iraq Saturday night. Military offi- planes may have also landed at Sulaymaniyah, quoted witnesses Saddam’s regime is overthrown.
have been banned Scuds. cials said the additional United other airstrips in the Kurdish as saying that U.S. airborne Barham Salih, prime minister
Israel, which was hit by 39 States aerial attacks, begun autonomous area, under troops landed by helicopter at a of the Patriotic Union of
conventional Iraqi Scuds during Friday night, were launched American and British aerial pro- base near the city. Kurdistan government, which
the 1991 Gulf War, has pre- against suspected positions of tection since the 1991 Gulf War. controls the eastern half of the
pared a multi-billion-dollar mis- Ansar al Islam Saturday night. The official said the American Aimed at Turkey autonomous Kurdish enclave,
sile-killer system for more lethal There were no details about planes were originally scheduled declined to officially confirm the
warheads this time around. casualties. to land two months ago, but were The station also quoted landing of American forces, but
But so far it has not been tar- The previous night’s assault tied up as Americans attempted Kurdish sources as saying the said such an incursion would be
geted, and as U.S.-led forces left scores dead, mostly mem- to sort out a military strategy. number of troops is too small for received warmly by the mostly
close in on Baghdad the chances bers of another Islamist group Ansar as well as the Baghdad- opening a northern front, and pro-American Kurds, who have
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As coalition forces head
for Baghdad, Iraq shows
its first prisoners on TV
Reuters
N
EAR NASSIRIYA, Iraq —
Iraqi troops and paramili-
tary fighters loyal to
President Saddam Hussein held up
a U.S. advance toward Baghdad on
AP
Sunday, inflicting casualties and
A CHECHEN police officer taking American prisoners on the
votes in Grozny in the repub- fourth day of war.
lic’s Sunday referendum. Pockets of resistance in southern
Iraq continued to pin down U.S.
and British manpower as Western
Big turnout planes returned regularly to bomb
the capital in their efforts to over-
throw Saddam.
seen in A guerrilla counterattack by a
militia group known as Saddam's
Fedayeen stopped a major thrust
Chechnya north toward Baghdad by U.S.
Marines, who took
WAR significant casual-
referendum IN IRAQ
ties in heavy
fighting as they
tried to cross
bridges over the Euphrates river at
AP
The Associated Press Nassiriya, Reuters correspondent
Sean Maguire said. SGT. JEFF SEABAUGH of Colorado, from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrols the Iraqi Naval base in Az
K
ARABULAK — War- “They've been fighting all day. Zubayar, in the southern Iraqi desert, on Sunday.
weary Chechens went They're using guerrilla tactics,” a
to polling stations in U.S. officer told Maguire outside
their battered cities and in Nassariya.
sprawling refugee camps Iraqi television showed film of
Sunday to vote in a constitu- what seemed to be four dead
tional referendum that the Americans and interviews with
Kremlin portrays as a step five U.S. prisoners taken near
toward restoring stability in the Nassiriya. Other accounts spoke of
republic after nearly a decade at least 10 American dead.
of bloodshed and lawlessness. A U.S. general said no more than
Six hours after the voting 10 soldiers were missing.
began, the head of Chechnya's The Americans and their British
Moscow-backed administra- allies have overwhelming firepow-
tion, Akhmad Kadyrov, said er, as shown by the weekend blitz
more than 50 percent of the on Baghdad, but Iraqi guerrilla
tactics seemed to be designed to
See CHECHNYA, Page 4 slow their advance.
AP
Yet in briefings, U.S. and British
spokesmen oozed confidence, say- DONALD RUMSFELD
AP
INSIDE
ing the campaign was going faster
than planned. Baghdad could begin in as little to watch.” Iraq said it was look- “We wish that they would come
One British defense source even as 36 hours: “That will be a tough ing forward to the invaders'
WORLD told Reuters the battle for fight... Baghdad is the only one arrival. See IRAQ, Page 4
• U.S. forces mass in north.................... 3
• No sign of illegal weapons............. 3
Bodies litter plain
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BUSINESS ❏ Moscow’s largest team of Western ❏ X-Ray facilities
N
EAR NAJAF, Iraq — more than seven hours against specialists;
• Pool buys UES stake..................... 7 Burned-out vehicles and Iraqi forces who were armed with ❏ House calls and Medical evacuation
• VimpelCom−R sells stake..............7 incinerated bodies lit- machineguns mounted on the back ❏ Dentistry in our Dental Center by a full ❏ Corporate membership
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SPORTS tered a plain in central Iraq on of Japanese pick-up trucks. Najaf 24/24h
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• Aussies win World Cup................24
whelmed Iraqi militia fighters On the main road running across Our address:
• England set up rugby decider.......24 in a battle south of the holy Spiridonievsky per., 5 tel.: 933−6655; fax: 933−6650
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, THE RUSSIA JOURNAL Monday, March 24, 2003. PAGE 2
WORLD
Islamic opposition to war staunch
Fallout of U.S.-led attacks in diplomatic relations with the
United States and a boycott of
on Iraq speading across American and British products.
Thousands of people chanting,
Arab world “Death to America,” have spilled into
streets across the region, fired by ser-
The Associated Press mons from radical imams.
In Saudi Arabia, where conserva-
A
MMAN, Jordan — As bombs tive rulers monitor the mosques, some
pound Baghdad, Arab lead- Muslim clergymen used the Internet
ers from Egypt to the Gulf to call for violent reprisals against the
suffer collateral damage: seething United States and its allies.
reaction from radical youths and Among the moderate mainstream,
even moderate elders who bitterly many who see Saddam Hussein as an
oppose the war. iniquitous tyrant who should step
The angry mood crystalized over aside say an unprovoked invasion by a
images from Basra. On Sunday, the foreign power will create far more
Amman daily ad-Dustour splashed problems than it will solve.
a close-up color picture from al- “Iraq has won round one big, very
Jazeera TV of a sweet-faced boy big,” said Mustafa Hamarneh, whose
with half his head blown away. Strategic Studies Institute at the
Muslim zealots demand holy war University of Jordan monitors pub-
and fresh terrorism, as well as a break lic opinion.
This feature was published in
issue 44 of March 19 as a
paid advertisement.
The page was not labeled as such
and we apologize for the omission.
AP
DEMONSTRATORS throw stones at Bahraini police officers near the U.S. embassy in
Manama, Bahrain, Sunday. Police later used teargas to disperse a group of demonstra-
tors who were protesting against the U.S.-led war on Iraq.
DAILY GUIDE: Monday, March 24, 2003
CULTUREpicks EVENTSdiary WEATHERwatch
Monday, March 24, 2002
BALLET INTERNATIONAL WORLD CITIES RUSSIAN CITIES
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CITY FORECAST LO/HI (°C) LO/HI (°F) CITY FORECAST LO/HI (°C) LO/HI (°F)
Musical Theater • KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese foreign minister leaves for Bhutan for Arkhangelsk Fair −3°/3° 26°/38°
Amsterdam Fair 5°/15° 42°/61°
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Athens Partly Cloudy 3°/9° 38°/49°
• MADRID, Spain — Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visits. Chita Partly Cloudy −8°/4° 17°/40°
THEATERS Beijing Fog 2°/15° 37°/59° Irkutsk Fair −7°/3° 19°/38°
Through March 26.
- Ladies Night (Shamirov): 7 p.m. Satirikon Berlin Fair 0°/13° 32°/57° Kazan’ Partly Cloudy −5°/0° 22°/33°
• ALLAHABAD, India — Court hearing on temple dispute.
- Kin the 4th (Gorin): 7 p.m. Mayakovsky Theater Brussels Fair 6°/17° 44°/64° Kemerovo Cloudy −5°/−1° 22°/30°
• THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Verdict expected for Croat military leaders Kirov Drifting Snow −5°/0° 23°/33°
- Three Comrades (Remarque): 7 p.m. Sovremennik Budapest Fair −2°/8° 28°/48°
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, THE RUSSIA JOURNAL Monday, March 24, 2003. PAGE 3
IRAQ’S LEADERSHIP PRESIDENT Vladimir
appeared to remain intact
Sunday after targeted
bombing by U.S. and British
forces.
—PAGE 5
WORLD Putin says that instability
from the war in Iraq
could spill over into the
C.I.S.
— PAGE 6
No sign U.S. forces mass in north Iraq
of illegal Soldiers fly in as strikes
are launched against
weapons militant Islamic group
Reuters By Borzou Daragahi
The Associated Press
A
S SAYLIYA CAMP,
S
Qatar — The invasion of ULAYMANIYAH, Iraq —
Iraq was prompted by American planes landed in
Baghdad’s refusal to give up the Kurdish-controlled north
alleged weapons of mass of Iraq and launched additional
destruction, but four days into airstrikes against a militant Islamic
the war U.S.-led forces have group with alleged al-Qaida and
found none and nor have their Baghdad ties — signs that the
enemies deployed any. United States’ northern front
Some analysts say Iraqi against the Iraqi government
President Saddam Hussein has appears to be picking up steam.
chosen not to use chemical or A high-level Kurdish official,
biological weapons for fear of speaking on condition of
massive reprisals, or perhaps anonymity, said four American
because he is waiting until planes carrying “scores” of
Baghdad and other key strate- American military personnel
gic points come under attack. landed at the Bakrajo airstrip, 16
Certainly, the United States km west of Sulaymaniyah, late
has minced few words in warn- Saturday night. Military officials
ing Saddam of the conse- said the additional United States
quences, with hints of nuclear aerial attacks, begun Friday
retaliation. Saddam says he has night, were launched against sus-
no banned weapons. pected positions of Ansar al Islam
“Someone asked me not too Saturday night.
long ago ‘What happens if this
regime uses weapons of mass Scores of troops
AP
destruction?’,” said forces com-
mander General Tommy A high-level Kurdish official, KURDISH FIGHTERS from the special forces of the Zawita division march at the Atrush military base about 30 km
Franks. “And my response was speaking on condition of east of Dohuk in northern Iraq on Sunday.
— we win.” anonymity, said four American
Washington and London say planes carrying “scores” of The high-level political official American military personnel, Kurdish insurgency in its own
their forces have so far not American personnel — mostly more American planes and per- said the official. territory for years and is afraid
found any evidence of chemical special operations — landed at sonnel were scheduled to arrive The Arabic-language TV sta- that the Kurds of neighboring
or biological weapons and none the Bakrajo airstrip late in coming days and added that tion Al Jazeera, reporting from Iraq will gain strength as
of the missiles fired by Iraq Saturday night. Military offi- planes may have also landed at Sulaymaniyah, quoted witnesses Saddam’s regime is overthrown.
have been banned Scuds. cials said the additional United other airstrips in the Kurdish as saying that U.S. airborne Barham Salih, prime minister
Israel, which was hit by 39 States aerial attacks, begun autonomous area, under troops landed by helicopter at a of the Patriotic Union of
conventional Iraqi Scuds during Friday night, were launched American and British aerial pro- base near the city. Kurdistan government, which
the 1991 Gulf War, has pre- against suspected positions of tection since the 1991 Gulf War. controls the eastern half of the
pared a multi-billion-dollar mis- Ansar al Islam Saturday night. The official said the American Aimed at Turkey autonomous Kurdish enclave,
sile-killer system for more lethal There were no details about planes were originally scheduled declined to officially confirm the
warheads this time around. casualties. to land two months ago, but were The station also quoted landing of American forces, but
But so far it has not been tar- The previous night’s assault tied up as Americans attempted Kurdish sources as saying the said such an incursion would be
geted, and as U.S.-led forces left scores dead, mostly mem- to sort out a military strategy. number of troops is too small for received warmly by the mostly
close in on Baghdad the chances bers of another Islamist group Ansar as well as the Baghdad- opening a northern front, and pro-American Kurds, who have
of a strike will narrow. accused of supporting Ansar, controlled cities of Kirkuk and that the airlift is intended to reas- been living under U.S. and British
according to military officials. Mosul are possible targets for the sure Turkey, which fought a aerial protection.
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