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Mon 04 Apr 2003Iraqi information minister denies Baghdad incursionIraqi Information Minister MohammadSaid al-Sahhaf urged the world "not to believe" US claims of havingtaken key sites in Baghdad and said Iraqi forces had taught them "alesson that history will never forget", during an impromptu pressconference in a Baghdad street today.