HighLights of AAP's Iraq file at 14:45, April 7
BAGHDAD - As their armies tightened the noose in the war to topple Iraqi leader SaddamHussein, US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were preparingto square off today over differing views about how to run Iraq after Saddam is gone. (Iraq
Nightlead)
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein's regime showed no sign of surrender today, with battles ragingin Baghdad as US troops surrounded part of the city, the centre of which saw its firstrocket and mortar fire in 18 days of war. (Iraq Baghdad Daylead )
SADDAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - US Army troops circling Baghdad fought their way northtoday, killing or wounding hundreds of Iraqi soldiers and inflicting major damage to theirequipment, a US military official said. (Iraq Baghdad Fighting)
BAGHDAD - US troops were close to encircling Baghdad today, leaving hundreds of Iraqisdead or injured, after managing to secure the strategically important holy Shi'ite cityof Karbala, officials said. (Iraq 2nd Daylead )
AS SAYLIYA CAMP - After thrusting deep into the besieged city of Basra, British forcesare still cautious about how much of Iraq's second city they actually control, Britain'sdeputy commander in the Gulf said. (Iraq Basra 3rd Daylead)
IRBIL - US aircraft bombed a joint convoy of Kurdish fighters and US Special Forcesin northern Iraq, killing at least 18 people and injuring at least 45 others, a Kurdishparty spokesman said. (Iraq Friendly Daylead )
LONDON - BBC journalist John Simpson was recovering today after he was injured whena US fighter jet dropped a bomb on a convoy of US and Kurdish forces. (Iraq Friendly Simpson)
AS SAYLIYA CAMP - A senior British general in the Gulf said today that "Chemical Ali",Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's cousin and commander of the southern region, was probablykilled when US planes bombed his house. (Iraq Ali General )
BAGHDAD - When Ali Kazem's house cracked from the force of a nearby blast, the familygrabbed a copy of the Koran and the lunch they had yet to touch and set off cross-townto a relative's home today. (Iraq Baghdad Scene )
NEAR KARBALA - US forces killed about 400 Iraqi paramilitary soldiers during two daysof intense fighting that secured the central Iraqi city of Karbala, 101st Airborne Divisionspokesman Major Hugh Cate told AFP today. (Iraq Karbala Lead)
AS-SALIYAH - Iraqi authorities are mounting their defence of Baghdad using mosquesand hospitals to conduct military operations, US Central Command spokesman Jim Wilkinsonsaid today. (Iraq mosques)
ALBU MUHAWISH - US soldiers evacuated an Iraqi military compound early today aftertests by a mobile laboratory detected the presence of sarin, a powerful nerve agent. (IraqSarin )
CANBERRA - Iraq's failure to fire chemical weapons as Baghdad approached the brinkof defeat raised new questions about President Saddam Hussein's ability to wage war withweapons of mass destruction, a leading defence analyst said today. (Iraq Chemicals )
KARBALA - About 10,000 people gathered in Karbala's public square today and pulleddown a six-metre-high bronze statue of Saddam Hussein, a move symbolising for many theend of a tyrannical regime and the start of new freedoms. (Iraq Karbala Scene )
BELFAST - With US-British forces closing in on Iraq's two main cities, US PresidentGeorge W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are to meet today to discuss Iraq,the Middle East and the peace process in Northern Ireland. (Iraq Bush Blair )
LONDON - Washington's plans to run the administration of post-war Iraq have almostno support among the British public, according to a poll published today. (Iraq UK Poll)
WASHINGTON - US forces should remain in Iraq for at least two years after the collapseof Saddam Hussein's regime, a Pentagon-supported Iraqi opposition leader said today. (IraqChalabi)
BAGHDAD - The two Iraqi women who carried out a suicide car bomb attack which killedthree US soldiers are to be decorated posthumously by President Saddam Hussein, Iraqisatellite television said today. (Iraq women)
CANBERRA - Australia's fighter jets have changed their targeting policy in Iraq toplay a greater role in the coalition ground advance on Baghdad, Defence spokesman MikeHannan said today. (Iraq Aust ADF)
(Iraq Aust N/L to come.)
CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard was on the verge of buckling to the White Houseand committing Australian troops to post-war Iraq, Greens Senator Bob Brown said today.
(Iraq Brown)
CANBERRA - Baghdad's defences stood an even chance of a quick collapse that could avoida lengthy urban street battle, an Australian military analyst said today. (Iraq ANU)
MELBOURNE - A small group of anti-war protesters shut down an Australian Defence Forcebuilding in the Melbourne CBD this morning despite an overwhelming police presence. (IraqProtest Vic Daylead )
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