24-03-2003 14:30									#61
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ITAR-TASS Russian news agency:

Last night, the Russian embassy in Baghdad has been attacked by group of armed unknowns. Iraqi guards have exchanged fire with attackers and caused them to retreat. No Russian casualties reported.

Sources in Russian Foreign Ministry told that at least two groups of Russian commandoes are in Baghdad now. One is to defend the Russian embassy in case of any attack and other is monitoring the whole situation in city. Third group is stationed in south-west of Iran close to battlefield.

	24-03-2003 14:39									#62
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Loss of Apache has been reported by www.irakwar.ru about 2 hours ago. The serial number of chopper is 95135 .

According to the same site, an A-10 plane has experienced problems last night. It is still not known if the pilot succeded to reach coalition lines...

	24-03-2003 14:51									#63
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Iraqi TV claims that Apache was downed by a farmer from usual rifle by the only shot :-)

P.S. His name shall be Al-Rambo Al-Baghdadi :-)

	24-03-2003 15:07									#64
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From IRNA.com:

quote: IFJ demands inquiry into death of reporter by allied fire Brussels, March 24, IRNA -- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Monday called for the US military leading the invasion of Iraq to conduct ''a full and searching inquiry'' into the circumstances that led to the killing of Terry Lloyd the veteran ITN reporter. The death, apparently at the hands of coalition forces, comes just a day after Australian cameraman, Paul Moran, was killed in a suicide bombing in Northern Iraq. Lloyd's death was confirmed by his employers today, but there is still no confirmation of the fate of his two colleagues, cameraman Fred Nerac and translator Hussein Osman who were also part of the team that came under fire near Basra. ''Talk of so-called 'friendly fire' and 'precision bombing' is put into a terrible perspective when we learn of the appalling circumstances of this incident,'' said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary in a statement. ''There must be a full and searching inquiry into how a press vehicle, clearly marked, can be subject to such an attack. It must never happen again,'' he stressed. Iraqi ambulances took a number of dead and injured from the incident into Basra and it is believed that Terry Lloyd's body was among the dead. There are 2,074 registered members of the news media in Kuwait, 529 of whom are embedded with coalition forces. The Brussels-based IFJ is said to be the world's largest journalists' organizations representing over 500,000 media persons in more than 100 countries. NK/RR

	24-03-2003 15:11									#65
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Here is a pic of the downed Apache. Swedish Aftonbladet speculates that the good condition of the chopper might suggest that motor failure rather than enemy fire brought the helicopter down.

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	24-03-2003 15:18									#66
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Numerous Russian sources discuss why downed AH-64 has not been destroyed by coalition forces. This is a normal practice of US military to destroy the fallen aircrafts/choppers if the sensitive technology may be captured by enemies.

	24-03-2003 15:32									#67
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Apparently US ground forces are not too far away. Maybe they want to get it back intact for repairs.

	24-03-2003 16:08									#68
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Urgent news from Russian ITAR-TASS agency
http://www.rambler.ru/db/news/msg.h...532&mid=3300203 (in Russian)

President Putin orders Russian Foreign Ministry to contact Iraqi government and to check if US PoW are treated in a proper way. "Russia knows what are conditions of those PoW and hopes that Iraq will follow Geneva Convention".

P.S. After leaving of Chinese embassy from Baghdad, 25 Russian diplomats are the only international personnel who can guarantee the safety of coalition PoWs.

	24-03-2003 16:21									#69
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Again from IRNA:

quote: USWAR/First group of American war-injured arrive in Germany Berlin, Mar 24, IRNA -- The first goup of injured American soldiers, wounded during combat actions in Iraq, arrived Monday morning at a US airbase in southwest Germany for medical treatment, German television quoted an unnamed US army spokeswoman as saying. It showed footages of 14 injured US soldiers who were carried on stretchers from a US Hercules C-130 transport aircraft onto ambulances, waiting to transfer them to a nearby American military hospital in the town of Landstuhl. The nature of the soldiers' injuries was not known immediately, according to the report. US troops suffered heavy casualties over the weekend in clashes with the Iraqi Army. OT/HZ/LS

	24-03-2003 16:21									#70
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intelligence report for this morning at www.iraqwar.ru

(they have given so far remarkably accurate predictions of the battle plans, operations,etc.)

fao - english marines repulsed yesterday 3-5 kms, reinforcements brought in
english convoy to basra ambushed with numerous losses
el nasseria battle was a draw, americans have ca 40 killed, 10 taken prisoners and ca. 200 wounded. it took 6 hrs there to counter iraqi counterattack
coalition forces are regrouping and resupplying and are on defensive along the frontline. no new coalition attacks expected until the afternoon

	24-03-2003 17:09									#71
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according to b92 serbian radio station, quoting reuters, china informed us on the address of its embassy in baghdad in order to avoid another incident

	24-03-2003 17:37									#72
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the iraqis say they have captured two pilots and "will maybe show pictures of them."

	24-03-2003 17:51									#73
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From Reuters:


Military action by 1200 GMT on day five of Iraq war

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters)
Following are the known military operations by 1200 GMT on day five of the war:

BAGHDAD: Saddam appeared on Iraqi television, praising Iraq's military efforts, saying victory is coming.
- New explosions hit Baghdad with a Reuters witness saying there were six explosions from the east and south east. A number of faint explosions were also heard to the south.
CENTRAL IRAQ: The U.S. confirmed that one of their U.S. Apache Longbow helicopters was shot down near the city of Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) southwest of Baghdad.

SOUTHERN IRAQ: U.S. Marines were still bogged down at the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, the key to opening a second route north to Baghdad, after taking significant casualties there the day before.

Nassiriya, where two strategic bridges span the Euphrates River, has seen the sharpest fighting so far. The death toll among U.S. forces involved in fierce fighting in the southern Iraqi town of Nassiriya has risen to 10. A CNN correspondent citing U.S. commanders, said the number of wounded stood at 12 and 16 more were still missing.

U.S. forces fired artillery volleys towards the southern Iraqi town of Samawa around 270 km (170 miles) south of Baghdad.

Polish "GROM" (Thunder) special forces had joined operations in the Gulf port of Umm Qasr, where resistance by Iraqi forces was continuing.

Armed Iraqis surfaced in Iraq's southern Rumaila oilfields forcing the U.S. military to declare it a no-go zone.

NORTHERN IRAQ: Warplanes pounded Iraqi bunkers on hilltops overlooking the Kurdish-held town of Chamchamal, in the first attack in the area since the war started.

Explosions also hit Iraqi positions around 15 km (nine miles) further west in the direction of Kirkuk.

The northern Iraqi city of Mosul came under two waves of bombardment.


KUWAIT: Patriot missiles shot down an incoming missile over northern Kuwait shortly after air raid sirens sounded.

	24-03-2003 18:02									#74
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Shinont(sp?), the Chinese news agency reports that yp to 103 US soldiers were killed in battles in Nasariya.

	24-03-2003 18:46									#75
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Apaches ran into 'hornet's nest' of Iraqi fire-CNN

KUWAIT, March 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Apache attack helicopters ran into a major battle south of Baghdad on Monday in the closest fighting to the Iraqi capital in five days of war, a CNN reporter with the helicopter unit said.

Iraqi television earlier showed gun-waving Iraqis dancing around a downed Apache. Iraq said local farmers had brought down two Apaches and said it would later show the second helicopter and the captured pilots on television.

The Apache is a twin-engine army attack helicopter which has been deployed in the 1991 Gulf War, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan.

	24-03-2003 18:51									#76
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Iranian radio:

Fresh Iraqi troops are coming toward Basra to help the sieged garrison.
City is under heavy bombing.
Coaltion aircrafts have to fly high due to smokes from burning wells.

	24-03-2003 20:06									#77
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BBC say UK 7th armoured brigade has had to withdraw form Bassra

	24-03-2003 20:36									#78
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It is a strong scandal in Polish massmedia, why Polish commander of our best special forces unit GROM (Thunder in English) was spoted with American Flag in his hands. Polish Minister of National Defence said that next time he must be with Polish flag, if not - he will be dismissed

	24-03-2003 21:02									#79
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i do not know if this is supposed to be reported in this thread, but iraqwar.ru reports massive online attacks from se asia and usa. they are a clearly anti-usa site and occassionally provide in-depth coverage and analysis of war operations in iraq. their intelligence connections have so far been rather accurate (GRU, anything on this?)

	24-03-2003 21:25									#80
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LaRusso,

Yes, you are right.

I hate to report this but www.irakwar.ru like some other Russian news sites are under heaviest attack starting from this morning (I mean Moscow time). Many of attacks are coming from USA.

	24-03-2003 21:54									#81
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RIA Novosti referring to UNICEF
http://www.strana.ru/news/175144.html

Basra is third day without water supply. Tens thousands of people shall use water from river. It may cause disease and epidimea.

At least 100,000 children under age 5 are in the hazardous zone now.

	24-03-2003 22:03									#82
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Britain Suffers First Combat Casualty

The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) - A British soldier was killed in combat in southern Iraq on Monday, the first British combat death since the war began, the Ministry of Defense said.

The soldier, whose name was not made public, was killed near Az Zubayr in southern Iraq, the ministry said. A spokeswoman declined to provide further details, but said the soldier's family had been notified.

	24-03-2003 22:53									#83
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http://www.jihadunspun.net/home.php
http://www.aljazeera.net/
and some others arabia website receive net attack from the world last night and this morning.
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	24-03-2003 22:54									#84
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Buses of Syrian volunteers reportedly set off to fight alongside Iraqi forces.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

	24-03-2003 22:57									#85
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quote: Iran, which has reported several violations of its airspace by US and British jets attacking Iraq, said on Monday it might fire on aircraft which enter its skies. But it played down the significance of apparently errant missiles landing on its territory and said such incidents were the natural consequence of living next door to a war zone.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s815232.htm

	24-03-2003 23:15									#86
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Emol.com: The government of Inacio Da Silva has has offer exile to the iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his family. Brazilian officials have said that president Da Silva was willing to accept Mr. Hussein in Brazil to stop the war inmediately.
http://diario.elmercurio.com/intern...6.htm?id=313356

TVN: Two AH-64 helicopters (Apache) were shooted down by iraqi forces in the south of that country this morning. The aircrafts were shooted down by iraqi militia not the regular army.
Iraqi officials have said that 4 american pilots were captured.
http://www.24horas.cl/detalle.asp?IDSec=1&IDCont=84066


EDIT: I'm a little late with the Apache news

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	25-03-2003 00:09									#87
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21:11(+2:00GMT) Officials: Massive explosion heard in vicinity of U.S. Navy 5th Fleet base in Bahrain (AP)

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/
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20:14(+1:00GMT) Bahrain: explosion close to the base of the 5th American fleet

www.tf1.fr/news
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Anybody got news about that?

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	25-03-2003 00:14									#88
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BBC also reports on a large explosion near the U.S. Navy 5th Combat Headquarters...nothing further yet.

EDIT: The correspondent says that it may be a "dustbin" that exploded for unknown reasons...

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	25-03-2003 00:17									#89
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Huge blast reported near US navy base in Bahrain.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
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	25-03-2003 00:21									#90
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MANAMA, 24 mars (AFP) - Une forte explosion d'origine indéterminée a été entendue lundi soir près de la base de Joufair (est de Manama), où est situé le siège de la Vème flotte américaine, ont indiqué des témoins.

MANAMA, March 24 (AFP) - a strong explosion of unspecified origin was heard Monday evening close to the base of Joufair (is of Manama), where the seat of the 5th American fleet is located, indicated witnesses.
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