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US general hails arrival in Baghdad as 'a great day'
22/04/03: Two weeks after the first US forces arrived in Baghdad, the country's new ruler, retired US general Jay Garner, finally showed up in the capital yesterday, declaring April 21st "a great day for Iraq and a great day for me personally", writes Lara Marlowe, from Baghdad.
The general brings words, but no money
22/04/03: With the arrival of Iraq's new ruler in Baghdad, there were signs that improved healthcare, restored utilities and some democracy may follow. Lara Marlowe reports
Rumsfeld discounts report of US bases
22/04/03: The US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald Rumsfeld, yesterday dismissed a report that the United States was planning to keep four military bases in Iraq after US occupying troops withdrew, writes Conor O'Clery North America Editor New York
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Russia's oil contracts probably 'void' - Perle
22/04/03: Russia: A leading adviser to the Pentagon told Moscow yesterday that its opposition to war in the Gulf had wrecked its chances of helping rebuild Iraq, while a Russian official demanded United Nations sanctions against Baghdad remain until arms inspectors made sure that Iraq was free of weapons of mass destruction, writes Daniel McLaughlin in Moscow
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Islamic radicals ready to reach for power
17/04/03:
Iraq's radical Shiite faction is gearing up for an Islamic state in the wake of Saddam's downfall, writes Lara Marlowe, in Sadr City.
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Talks on future of Iraq open in discord
16/04/03: The US and British governments yesterday formally began the tortuous process of steering Iraq towards a democratic future. Ewen MacAskill reports from Nassiriya and Rory McCarthy Qatar.
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Coalition begins talks with Iraqis on new regime
16/04/03: The United States and Britain began talks with Iraqi factions on reshaping Iraq yesterday, urging them to bury their differences and work to build a democracy.
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War may be nearly over but the pain goes on
16/04/03: Saddam's police arrested and tortured people on a whim. Now their places of work are open for inspection. Lara Marlowe in Baghdad went to look around
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No plan to attack other nations - Powell
16/04/03: Saying that there was no "war plan" to attack other countries, the US Secretary of State, Mr Colin Powell, sought yesterday to reduce widespread apprehensions that US military ambitions in the Middle East extended beyond Iraq. Conor O'Clery reports from New York.
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'This was a treasure of knowledge'
15/04/03:
View from Baghdad: Precious historical records were destroyed yesterday when two Iraqi libraries were set ablaze. But, as Lara Marlowe reports, there are some signs that normality is returning to the city
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'They want the new Iraq to have no past . . .'
15/04/03:
Samira and Mouna survived the war. They hate the overthrown regime, but also the destruction wrought in getting rid of it, reports Lara Marlowe . |
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