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April 6, 2003 Sunday Safar 3, 1424 US, Iraqis in ‘tough fight’ at Karbala KARBALA, April 5: US troops fought street-to-street with paramilitaries in Karbala on Saturday in a fierce assault aimed at protecting supply lines of soldiers moving into Baghdad.... US planes on 24-hour alert over Baghdad WASHINGTON, April 5: U.S. attack jets, air controllers and unmanned spy planes went on 24-hour alert over Baghdad on Saturday to support American troops in what could become bloody urban combat,... Israel threatens to dump ‘roadmap’ TEL AVIV, April 5: Israel will dump the internationally drafted “roadmap” for Middle East peace if its amendments are rejected, a key aide of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Saturday,... HK reels as virus cases, deaths rise HONG KONG/BEIJING, April 5: Hong Kong reported 39 new infections and three deaths from a deadly respiratory virus on Saturday, and a top doctor in the battered Chinese region said its... India, Russia to hold wargames NEW DELHI, April 5: Russia and India will conduct a joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean next month, but both countries have clarified that the wargames are not linked to... Shia leader opposes US-led govt BEIRUT, April 5: Lebanon’s top Shia leader urged Arabs and Muslims on Saturday to resist any American governor or US-backed government setup to run Iraq immediately after the war.... Exiles, US agree on role for oil firms LONDON, April 5: Iraqi exiles and senior US officials agreed on Saturday that international oil companies should take a leading post-war role in reviving Iraq’s oil industry, delegates to a policy... 17th day of the war * US military says jets, air controllers and unmanned spy planes on 24-hour alert to support American troops in Baghdad... Prince Hassan ready to act as ‘coordinator’ BERLIN, April 5: Jordan’s Prince Hassan bin Talal, uncle of King Abdullah, said he was ready to play a role in coordinating the political reconstruction of post-war Iraq, in comments in... Hospitals stretched to their limits: ICRC GENEVA, April 5: An International Red Cross medical team that visited four Baghdad hospitals on Friday saw several hundred wounded and dozens of dead from bombing and fighting, a spokesman said... US confirms eight soldiers died in ambush WASHINGTON, April 5: The Pentagon said on Saturday that eight US soldiers ambushed last month with the recently rescued Private Jessica Lynch had been confirmed as killed in action.... Baghdad plays hide-and-seek BAGHDAD, April 5: First they were spotted at Baghdad University, then a hot tip had them on Saddam Bridge over the Tigris.... Iraq seen as first battle of WW IV: Perception of US hawks WASHINGTON: If you want to figure out whether the administration of President George W. Bush intends a crusade to “remake the Middle East” in the wake of Washington’s presumed military victory... Kremlin anxious as war stirs Russia’s Muslims MOSCOW: With each coalition bomb that strikes Iraq and each new victim of the US-led war, the mood among Russia’s up to 20 million Muslims grows darker.... Resolution of Turkey’s Cyprus problem suffers WASHINGTON: An outspoken US Foreign Service officer who resigned with a blast at the administration’s Iraq war plans said recently that one of his major concerns was long-term collateral damage to... Bush, Blair have long-term differences to work out On Day 5 of the war, British Prime Minister Tony Blair came to meet President Bush at Camp David with an ambitious agenda in hand. There was, of course, the war... Quotes from US comedy TV channels on Iraq war WASHINGTON: The following are some quotes from recent comedy show hosts on US television channels:... White House seeks oil chiefs’ advice LONDON: Senior American and British oil executives are being headhunted by the White House to advise Iraq’s oil industry as part of America’s plans for reconstruction.... Oilfield clashes set to recur in Nigeria LAGOS: A truce among warring ethnic groups in Nigeria’s oil-producing Delta region appears to be holding, but unless long-running grievances there are resolved, violence is bound to erupt again and again,... Never forget what must be remembered PARIS: We would like future generations to remember so much, of course. It is a harder job figuring out what we would like them to remember....

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