No that war against Iraq has started the biggest fear is that Iraqi commanders will order the use of chemical or biological weapons. Saddam is also expected to hold his Revolutionary Guard in reserve and use them as an urban guerrilla force inside Baghdad
US President George W Bush has made a televised address announcing the start of war against Iraq. This is the text of his speech:
Explosions rocked Baghdad at dawn on Thursday as the United States launched a war to overthrow Saddam Hussein, Reuters reported. The U.
President Bush announced Wednesday night he has ordered the coalition attack on Iraq to begin. "American and coalition forces are in the early stages of miltary operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger," Bus
The attack in Iraq early Thursday morning, involving F177A Stealth fighters and multiple cruise missiles from U.S.
The "opening stages" of military action against Iraq have begun, US President Bush announced in an address to the the nation at 10:15 pm EST (5:15 am Bulgarian local time.)
The "opening stages" of military action against Iraq have begun, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer announced Wednesday night. President Bush will address the nation at 10:15 pm EST, he said.
US and British warplanes targeted "Iraqi systems" in southern Iraq as part of allied air activity in the "no-fly" zones, a spokesperson from Britain's Ministry of Defense said.
"On the brink of war with Iraq, Americans should be prepared for what we hope will be as precise and short a conflict as possible, but there are many unknowns. It could be a matter of some duration, we do not know," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer tol
Many Iraqis will face starvation in the event of a US-led war in the country, a United Nations official has warned, BBC reported.
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The Tigris and Euphrates are the two rivers that define Iraq's geography and the Iraqi battlefields. They are outlined by the course of the rivers, which flow roughly northwest-to-southeast.
US and UK commanders have clearly signalled that if war in Iraq comes it will be swift, violent, and decisive. Any serious military assessment suggests that the outcome of this war is beyond doubt.
If war starts, tonnes of depleted uranium (DU) weapons are likely to be used by British and American tanks and by ground attack aircraft.
The US army's vice-chief of staff, General John Keane, has indicated that an opening air attack could be followed very quickly by troops on the ground.
**Chronology of the 1991 Military Operation** The Desert Storm, the allied military operation led by the United States to liberate Kuwait, was launched on January 16th, 1991 after the Iraqi army had not withdrawn from its southern neighbour by 15 January
After the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the United States military entered into a war against global terrorism.
Thirty nations have joined with the United States in a "coalition of the willing" to bring down Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and another fifteen quietly have promised their support, Secretary of State Colin Powell announced.
In his State of the Union speech at the beginning of the year, President George Bush spoke of an "axis of evil" comprising Iran, North Korea and Iraq.
The refusal of the regime in Baghdad to comply with the will of the international community makes the use of force in disarming Iraq inevitable, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg said in his address to the nation on Wednesday hours before the deadline
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