Russia Asks UN to Rule on War Legality
Russia will ask the United Nations to rule whether the US-led war on Iraq is legal, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Friday.
Russia will ask the United Nations to rule whether the US-led war on Iraq is legal, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Friday.
Up to 250 Iraqi civilians have been killed and 207 wounded during the massive British and US bombing blitz on Baghdad overnight, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf has said at a press conference, as quoted by AFP.
All seven crew members were killed after two Royal Navy helicopters collided at 0130GMT over international waters in the Gulf on Saturday. The seven crew members, including a U.
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg visited late on Friday Sarafovo airport, 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Sofia. The visit was at the invitation of the commanders of the US contingent stationed there.
Seven British crew members went missing after two Royal Navy helicopters collided around Saturday over Persian Gulf, Associated Press reported.
Three top Iraqi leaders are believed to have been killed, ABCNEWS reported.
US and British air forces flew 1,000 strike sorties and fired 1,000 cruise missiles Friday in Iraq in a barrage of firepower aimed at Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime, a US defense official said, quoted by AFP.
Three major fires raged inside Saddam's Old Palace compound, which stretches for 1.7 miles on the west bank of the Tigris River, the Associated Press reported.
Pentagon officials said that in southern Iraq, an entire division 51st Infantry Division of the Iraqi army surrendered to coalition forces.
A sunny Saturday morning broke in Baghdad with the eerie wails of air raid sirens, after a night of heavy bombing devastated government facilities in and around the Iraqi capital.
French President Jacques Chirac has warned he will not accept any UN resolution allowing the United States and Britain to administer post-war Iraq.
The Iraqi capital Baghdad has come under a massive bombardment. American officials declared that a planned major escalation of its attack on Iraq was under way.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said it was clear that the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is "starting to lose control of their country" and their confusion is growing.
Iraqi radio and television kept brodcasting and electric power remained on even after huge explosions rocked Baghdad as a barrage of mighty bombs crashed down on the Iraqi capital on Friday. Power remained on even in buildings close to explosions.
A series of explosions and air raid sirens were reported in the Iraqi capital Friday night as the intense coalition air assault got underway. Tracers streaked into the sky over the west bank of the Tigris River, site of two presidential palaces and many
Explosions and air raid sirens were reported in the Iraqi capital Friday night. Tracers streaked into the sky over the west bank of the Tigris River, site of two presidential palaces and many government buildings - including the headquarters of the Baath
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has paid tribute to the eight British commandos who died when The U.S.
A crime group, which produced forged credit cards, has been arrested in a raid of the Interior Ministry. The operation has been carried out together with the National Investigating Service and the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office.
US Marines, after a night of heavy shelling in southern Iraq moved in Friday to seize a strategic port on the Kuwait border, AP reported.
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