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| April 30 |
| 'Old Europe' presses ahead with plans
for an EU army |
| Nicknamed "Comical
Ali", Mohammad Said Sahaf even fails to surrender |
| Putin to Blair:
We are not with you and we don't believe you |
| 13 Iraqis die as US troops fire
into crowd |
| US pulls out
of Saudi Arabia to end grievance fuelling radical Islam |
| US ends a 12-year
military presence in Saudi Arabia |
| To the US
troops it was self-defence. To the Iraqis it was murder |
| Suicide bomber
kills four in Tel Aviv |
| America signs deal with terror group |
| Troops 'are letting looters smuggle Iraqi
antiquities' |
| Libya offers cash
to quit 'axis of evil' |
| Torture
victim sues Saudis |
| . |
| April 29 |
| Mid-East peace plan released |
| Mid-East 'roadmap': What we know |
| New
Palestinian cabinet voted in |
| US pulls
out of Saudi Arabia |
| Militant
killed in Gaza attack |
| Palestinian
PM rejects Mid-East violence |
| Blair fears new Cold War over EU
rift with US |
| Shi'ites back US call to create
acting authority |
| Iran
arms killers to wreck peace hopes |
| Loyal
family paint Tariq Aziz as an innocent patriot |
| Missing
tourists held by Islamists |
| Syria releases British troops |
| Leaders set off on long road to democracy |
| US may shift air war HQ
from Saudi base to Qatar |
| Straw hints that weapons will never be found |
| Scribes and scoundrels scour the treasure chest of
Iraqi intelligence |
| 'Even under Saddam pay was better than this' |
| Home town
defies ban on Saddam birthday party |
| . |
| April 28 |
| Arab allies
'secretly backed American war effort' |
| Saddam's Key aid Aziz set
to live like a king in Britain |
| After 13 years
fighting Saddam, Lord of the Marshes wants his country back |
| French helped Iraq to stifle dissent |
| Blair: Chirac's
world view 'dangerous' |
| US
promotes Iraq democracy |
| US
troops hold most wanted Iraqi general |
| Americans
arrest 'mayor' as Garner struggles for control |
| Saddam
link to al-Qaeda in doubt |
| Fighting is over but the
deaths go on |
| Al-Qaida links still
dubious |
| Democracy moves to acronym alley as parties revive |
| Washington heads for new UN row over control of oil wealth |
| Paralysed volunteer reserves wrath for cowardly
Republican Guard |
| The Iranian Connection |
| The Road to Damascus |
| The Saddam Files |
| Abbas
refuses to travel until Arafat ban is lifted |
| Arms experts begin tests on barrels of 'nerve
agent' |
| Chalabi
Says Expects Capture of Saddam, Sons Soon |
| . |
| April 27 |
| The proof that
Saddam worked with bin Laden |
| Iraq/al-Qaeda
documents in detail |
| In Baghdad,
they believe that the dictator is alive and probably not too far away |
| US testing Iraq chemical find |
| Yemenis vote amid fears of
violence |
| Indpendent: How
the road to war was paved with lies |
| Elusive
Saddam 'may still be in Baghdad' |
| France
briefed Iraq on its dealings with US officials |
| In a land
without law or leaders, militant Islam threatens to rule |
| Saddam 'held
talks on alliance with al-Qaeda' |
| Iraqis vent
anger as 12 die in blast in Baghdad bomb |
| The damning of Gorgeous George |
| Love blooms by
the riverbank |
| Iraqis emulate Palestinians by stoning troops |
| UK censures
Sharon over fence around West Bank |
| The Israelis
still kill, so why should we stop?' |
| Scholars unite
to save treasures |
| Chalabi's men hand 'rescued' artefacts back to
museum |
| . |
| April 26 |
| Mahmoud Abbas:
Could this man bring peace to the Middle East? |
| Deadly arms blasts rock Baghdad |
| American to oversee
Iraqi oil industry |
| UN heads for new rift
over Iraq role |
| Saddam's
intelligence chief is captured near Syria |
| Rumsfeld's
rejection of Islamic state angers Shias |
| Bush on a
revenge mission against France |
| Spy chief's capture is
'the biggest catch' |
| US closes on fugitives
as Aziz held |
| I
hesitated about trying to kill Saddam, says Bush |
| Marsh Arabs ambivalent
about returning to their lost paradise |
| Officials
convinced museum was looted to order |
| Mass
grave holds victims of Saddam's last purge |
| Would-be US
looters foiled by their own incompetence |
| . |
| April 25 |
| Securing Iraqi oil for Israel: The plot
thickens |
| Iraqis to
get reins of power within days, says Garner |
| Americans find ways to punish the French |
| Blair's secret war
meetings with Clinton |
| Tarq Aziz: The
Christian who felt quite at home in lion's den |
| Saddam's top minister
gives himself up |
| Profile: Tariq Aziz |
| Iraqi people
wait in fear to see how Saddam will celebrate his birthday |
| Powell tells Arabs that terror
must end for Mideast peace to have chance |
| Bomb challenge for
Palestinian PM to be |
| Suicide bombing undermines new Palestinian leader |
| Israel
and US eyes on Abbas as he takes on premiership |
| Bush suggests Saddam destroyed evidence |
| Baghdad now echoes to gunfire of celebration |
| Initial clue to fate of missing pilot |
| Keep out of
town hall, Kut tells US troops |
| Saddam's
Angels' fight on with naked defiance |
| April 24 |
| White House
fears covert influence on Iraqi Shias |
| Pilgrims
threaten jihad against American forces |
| US
hawks seek to block the road to peace |
| France will pay for war
stance, Powell says |
| Arab
world now faces invasion by American TV |
| Keep your agents out, America tells Iran |
| US strikes four in hunt for Saddams senior henchmen |
| Kurds promise no reprisals against Arabs |
| Pressure
is too great for isolated Arafat |
| . |
| April 23 |
| Show of Shia power
unnerves the allies |
| Secret world
behind the blackened walls of Baghdad's bureaucracy |
| Bush
says no new war planned |
| Syria expels Iraqi children |
| Americans
accused of turning blind eye to killings by Kurds |
| Opposition
hands al-Zubeidi to Americans as Shia pilgrims stream to shrines |
| Blix attacks
'shaky' intelligence on weapons |
| Garner given hero's welcome by ambitious Kurds |
| Shia Muslims
free to mark martyrdom after 30 years |
| France drops its opposition to ending sanctions |
| Blair calls Arafat to end Abbas stalemate |
| Galloway faces new allegation over misuse of charity funds |
| Iraqi National Congress distances itself from
self-proclaimed mayor of Baghdad |
| Blair's wife defends invasion of Iraq |
| Soldiers
find $600m hoard in sealed-up safe houses |
| . |
| April 22.... |
| A Who's Who of
Iraqi Shiite Leaders |
| A secluded
resort north of Lattakia, fine for regime leaders looking to get away from it all |
| Syria seals border
with Iraq in nod to US |
| US plans bases to keep
region in its grip |
| Saddam
son-in-law 'surrenders' |
| U.S. stopped al-Qaida
plots against troops |
| Saddam's spy chief tried
to meet U.S. |
| US soldiers find Iraqi cash
fortune |
| US
troubleshooter fails to impress Iraqis |
| One million Shias vote
with their feet for Islamic rule |
| Returned
exile rallies Sunnis |
| American
governor for Baghdad says she does not recognise 'mayor' |
| Syria seals border
with Iraq in nod to US |
| Arafat
fight over Cabinet dashes peace hopes |
| US claims biggest regime
scalp yet |
| Suspicion greets US general with a country to
rebuild |
| Shia Muslims protest at arrest of cleric as interim
leader arrives in Baghdad |
| Russia demands
UN role in weapons checks |
| Chalabi's men shot dead by American Marines |
| PA source: We expect Abu Mazen
to present government within 48 hours |
| U.S. experts in Iraq find
equipment possibly used for chemical weapons |
| Syria welcomes serious
dialogue with U.S. |
| . |
| April 21 |
| Bashar, Fighting
For Dad And Country |
| How American
power girds the globe with a ring of steel |
| Scientist
says Iraq destoyed weapons days before war |
| Iraqi opposition
leader: Saddam is alive |
| Sahaf turned into
talking doll |
| Interim 'leader' tours Baghdad |
| US arrests sixth Saddam aide |
| Baghdad's
self-proclaimed 'Mayor' promises Islamic laws |
| Bush: 'Positive signs' from
Syria; U.S.Congressmen meet with Assad |
| Internal
Palestinian struggle threatens peace plan |
| Ba'athists slip
quietly back into control |
| US 'to keep
bases in Iraq' |
| Diaries could lead to Saddam's secret backers |
| Fate of wanted pack 'may never be known' |
| Christians call for tolerance and equality under new constitution |
| Arafat proves
to be a hard act to follow - and to negotiate with |
| Signs
of normality mask continuing chaos |
| . |
| April 20 |
| Bush softens
line on Syria |
| New role for
mosques in Iraq |
| Operation "Syrian Freedom" |
| Bioweapons for sale |
| Israel seeks
pipeline for Iraqi oil |
| America nervous
as militant cleric's rallies attract mass support |
| Anthrax,
chemicals and nerve gas: who is lying? |
| Uday's idea of a good party |
| Fear and
anger in Syria |
| Israeli forces storm Gaza camp; 6 people killed |
| Iraq's Shia mark new freedom as hundreds of thousands converge on
Karbala |
| Foreigners
who came to fight for Saddam turn guns on Shias |
| Arabs flee
revenge of the Kurds |
| Iraqi minister, weapons scientist are latest
trophies in search for wanted men |
| Israeli army accused of targeting TV man killed in
West Bank |
| Abu
Mazen storms out of meeting with PLO, Arafat |
| Weary Iraq
counts human cost of war |
| Now the
souvenir hunters advance on Iraq |
| No role for UN
in weapons hunt |
| Looting and arson still rife in a city of suspicion |
| . |
| April 19 |
| Threat of Shiite schism overshadows
the pilgrimage of joy |
| Iraqi Christians pray for peace as
gunfire rings out |
| Was Saddam
still alive as statue toppled? |
| A
tale of two Iraqs |
| U.S. concentrating forces
near Syrian border |
| Captured Iraqi minister
'may reveal cash pile' |
| Coalition urged to
leave |
| More
Hints Emerge on Saddam's Fate, but No Proof |
| Neighbours declare
support for Syria |
| Protesters pour
from the mosques to reclaim the streets for Islam |
| Iraqi finance
minister captured |
| Saddam's
brother 'is giving valuable help' |
| Gunfire
interrupts first press conference by 'Pentagon's man' |
| Thousands search for long-lost prisoners |
| Abu Dhabi TV shows 'Saddam in Baghdad' |
| Former Saddam aide on
wanted list is captured |
| Baghdad's banks stripped as US soldiers stand by |
| Looting and vandals hinder weapons hunt |
| 'They did the destroying. So why can't they get everything working
again?' |
| Troops still
seek the 'smoking gun' |
| Sharon ready to meet new Palestinian PM |
| Fighting keeps pilgrims from Jerusalem |
| Aid agencies
say security concerns are holding them back |
| FBI sends agents to recover looted treasures of
Baghdad |
| Republican-friendly Bechtel wins $680m Iraq
contract |
| . |
| April 18 |
| US studies 'Saddam' footage |
| Powell takes
tough message to Syria |
| Old guard faces
crisis as heat turns on Syria |
| US warns
Lebanon against harboring Saddams cronies |
| Damascus may expel
Saddam fugitives |
| Return of exile
who hopes to lead nation |
| Border tension
as escape route to Syria stays open |
| Prisoner
could help US trace Saddam's $40bn slush fund |
| Baghdad
protesters denounce 'occupation' |
| Baghdad
protesters denounce 'occupation' |
| Looters return
objects to looted museum, pillaging called 'crime of the century' |
| Hunt on for Iraqi art |
| Only 3 in 10 Americans Believe War
Is Over |
| Baghdad
Christians Pray for Peace on Good Friday |
| Interpol
Targets Looted Iraq Art, Warns Collectors |
| Bush
goes it alone to set up Iraq WMD task force |
| Captured:
the torturer and killer who hid Saddam's cash |
| Syria rules out weapons
inspections |
| British anger Basrans by bringing
back Ba'athists |
| Chalabi steals march on rivals in race
to lead Iraq |
| Leaders emerge from nowhere to fill power vacuum |
| Power struggle
rages in Saddam hometown |
| US believes
capture of brother could lead to Saddam |
| Half-brother
was one of Saddam's most brutal servants |
| Arabs face
evictions as Kurds take revenge |
| EU
and US clash on trade with Iraq |
| Powell tour signals new
push for peace deal by Washington |
| Americans
lean on Israel to make concessions |
| They survived 50 years of persecution. Now Baghdad's Jews have some
hope |
| Thousands of graves found near Kirkuk |
| . |
| April 17 |
| Syria
refuses to shut Palestinian offices |
| Saddam
link to terror group |
| America would enter
Syria to snatch Saddam |
| Bond-style
cache reveals regime's deadly gadgetry |
| Tough
talks loom over Iraq oil |
| 'Mass grave'
found in Iraq |
| Saddam's half-brother 'captured'
|
| World waits to
see which way US will jump |
| Convention backs Blair's
plan for EU presidency |
| Blair hints at new role as EU
president |
| EU
accepts coalition will run Iraq show |
| Iran attacks US
and braces for nuclear dispute |
| Syria calls on UN to turn up
heat on Israel's alleged nuclear arms program |
| Blair
mends fences with Chirac |
| New bank
scandal evidence against family of Iraq's leader in waiting |
| Raid finds details of weapons programme |
| Fear reigns,
as one detested militia replaces another |
| General Franks strides into his Baghdad palace |
| Blair
and Chirac map out UN role in postwar Iraq |
| Italy, Palestinians and US lay claim to terrorist leader |
| Blair opens door to Sharon in move to reassure Israelis |
| Powell tour signals new push for peace deal by Washington |
| More die as
troops open fire on Mosul crowd |
| Ali is given life-saving treatment in Kuwait |
| Radical relives
horror of regime's most feared prison |
| Abbas: US
trophy or reformed terrorist? |
| . |
| April 16 |
| Syrian
president faces tough test |
| Iraq War Tests
Syrian President Assad |
| War hawks set
sights on Syria, Iran |
| Saddam's
great disappearing act |
| Is Syria
Next in Line for Regime Change? |
| Pentagon: War
Cost Is $20 Billion So Far |
| Statement of principles for the creation of a new Iraqi
government |
| Religious
rivals compete for power |
| The nightmare
scenario: freedom to choose rule by the ayatollahs |
| Straw challenge to
Syria on arms |
| Ali manages his first smile as he is flown to new hospital and
hope |
| Pro-Saddam gangs
challenge marines' control of Tikrit |
| Paris takes pragmatic
line as poll shows isolation fear |
| Chirac calls Bush to bridge the gulf |
| The Shia of Najaf seethe ominously, fearing the
yoke of US occupation |
| American soldiers fire on political rally, killing
at least 10 civilians |
| Death toll
mounts in occupied territories shootings |
| Saddam's village shows signs of a hasty exodus by
Saddam family |
| US neglect
casts dark shadow over a city without much love for the invaders |
| Looted banks
plunge savers into poverty |
| . |
| April 15 |
| Gallery: key players in
postwar Iraq |
| Saddam's
missing billions and link to al-Qaida |
| Syria denounces US 'lies' |
| What
does Israel want to see Bush do with Syria? |
| PAPER:
BUSH VETOES SYRIA WAR PLANS |
| Ze'ev
Schiff: Dozens of senior Iraqis flee to Syria |
| Questions
over favoured firms' links to Bush administration |
| US begins
shaping Iraq's future |
| Iranian Hardliner: Tehran Won't
Stand By If US Attacks Syria |
| Six killed in Mid-East clashes |
| With battles over, a
perilous phase begins |
| Victory
- now to win the peace |
| Factional
infighting and mutual suspicion mar plans for the new Iraq |
| Americans
See Clear Victory in Iraq, Poll Finds |
| Washington turns screws on Damascus |
| Powell says U.S. will examine
economic and diplomatic sanctions on Syria |
| Tikrit falls, and so the last vestige of Saddam's
power crumbles |
| Armed Shia on Baghdad
streets in first sign of power tussle |
| US prisoners tell of
tough time and dramatic rescue |
| Troops find 'suspicious labs' buried near factory |
| On the plains, Kurds and Arabs clash in the most
dangerous flashpoint of all |
| Buried vans could be
chemical weapons labs, say US troops |
| Ancient archive lost in
Baghdad library blaze |
| Confusion heralds first patrols by US-Iraqi police |
| A moment of pure
Hollywood in the town of a thousand Saddams |
| . |
| April 14 |
| US 'blocks'
Syria pipeline |
| US
tells Syria to co-operate or risk conflict |
| Iraqi general
backs Syria charges |
| Expelled
Syrians stuck at Iraq border |
| Where is
Saddam? |
| Hunt goes on
for the ace of spades and other leaders in the pack |
| War 'close to
end' after Tikrit seized |
| Snapshots
and papers found in a lavish safe house paint a vivid picture of Saddam's son Uday |
| Saddam's
brother captured 'trying to escape to Syria' |
| Syria
warns: Israel will pay |
| Four
Palestinians receive 29 life sentences for Passover bombing |
| Syrian FM says if U.S.
attacks, Israel will also suffer as a result |
| Tensions
boil over between Kurds and Arabs in north |
| POWs
weep for joy as they limp to freedom |
| Washington turns up heat on Damascus |
| Shiite cleric ordered to leave Iraq |
| Bush
tells Syria to give up Iraqis |
| Sharon says it is time
to negotiate |
| Iraq Secret Police
Files Found |
| The final
fortress crumbles |
| US Marines take on diehards near Tikrit |
| Exposed: Secret and macabre world of jail where
thousands were killed |
| Three weeks on, and
still no water. Now doctors fear an epidemic |
| Angry and armed: middle
class vigilantes confront the looters |
| G7 reaches multilateral deal for rebuilding Iraq |
| Russia denies helping to
train Iraqi intelligence |
| Baghdad bounce gives Blair lead in poll |
| Museum's
treasures left to the mercy of looters |
| In a dusty
hospital graveyard ... a father's desperate search for his son |
| Police held for
al-Qaida escape in Yemen |
| . |
| April 13 |
| Axis of
anxiety: 'We want them to be nervous' (That means you Ali, Bashar
and Kim) |
| Financial scandal claims
hang over leader in waiting |
| Armed
groups order Shi'ite leader to quit Iraq |
| Looters ransack Saddams palaces |
| Powell deals Syria new warning |
| Syria could be next,
warns Washington |
| Mythical
Garden of Eden now a wasteland |
| Ripples of fear
and friendship spread across Middle East |
| Revealed: Russia
spied on Blair for Saddam |
| Painful rebirth of Iraq
after Saddam |
| Military
Begins Screening Iraqis for New Rule |
| US forces 'enter Saddam hometown' |
| US pledges to control Iraqi
looters |
| Arms secrets revealed
in spies' files |
| Sharon to Haaretz:
Iraq war has created chance with Palestinians |
| Kurds moving in
on Saddam's powerbase |
| Anger swells
amid anarchy |
| Hunt for Saddam intensifies as Iraqis plead for
protection |
| Baghdad's chemical arms chief surrenders |
| Saddam's
weapons chief surrenders to US forces |
| Why would they want me, asked Saddam's scientist |
| Last refuge of the loyalists is pounded from the
air by US |
| 'Each barrel
could be the smoking gun' |
| BBC defends its
reporter in Baghdad |
| . |
| April 12 |
| Iraq's most
wanted |
| Race on to locate Saddam's billions |
| Syria denies aiding Iraqis on
run |
| Tyrant's trail fades among
honeymooners in the Syrian sunset |
| Bush says Syria must deny
refuge to Saddam loyalists |
| Baghdad
curfew 'planned' |
| US
taking measures to restore law and order in Baghdad |
| Kurds start to leave
Kirkuk |
| A city in
flames. A nation in chaos |
| Either dead
or running like hell - the hunt is on for Saddam's chief cronies |
| Saddam's
secret foreign legion: Recruits for jihad came from Egypt,
Saudi Arabia and Yemen |
| Weapons teams
scour Iraq: Secret units in desperate hunt for banned arsenal |
| America
issues decks of cards showing Iraq's 'most wanted' |
| Date set for
talks on interim government |
| Blix: US was bent on war |
| Kurds avenge a generation of oppression with the
bloodless capture of Mosul |
| Looting is a sign of freedom, allies insist |
| Mosul descends
into chaos as even museum is looted |
| 'Sheikh' chosen to help run Basra was an Iraqi
general |
| Anti-war trio warn of endless conflict |
| Troops kill
five robbers |
| Plea for Saddam
police to help keep the peace |
| Israeli army sniper leaves British peace activist
brain-dead |
| . |
| April 11 |
| Ahmed Chalabi:
Saviour of Iraq, or a chancer? |
| US
hawks eying regime change in Syria, other Arab states |
| CNN: The News We Kept to Ourselves |
| The birth of a new, still faceless,
Middle East |
| Ex-CIA operative says US to target Syria |
| Syria stays
defiant as US raises the stakes |
| Analysis:
The road to Damascus |
| Saddam
and sons 'almost certainly still in Iraq' |
| Power vacuum that has
taken US by surprise |
| Battle to curb Baghdad
anarchy |
| Iraq Sliding
towards anarchy |
| Marines die
in suicide bombing as capital hit by new clashes |
| Murder
at Iraq's holiest shrine |
| Kirkuk's
fall leaves Turkey jittery |
| USS Cole suspects escape |
| US threatens
to use biggest bomb as hunt switches north |
| France faces
isolation as strains show in anti-war axis |
| Sunni or Shia,
fault line runs between have and have nots |
| Gunmen kill two
Israeli soldiers |
| Break-in fear at nuclear
store |
| Bush and Blair plead with Iraqis to work for freedom |
| Spy agencies compete to
find Saddam secrets |
| Another day, another city falls |
| 'Mother of all Bombs' prepared for Tikrit |
| Tikrit is the
target for the next big push |
| Charges against regime's
most wanted men |
| Britain and the US beam 'Freedom TV' into Iraqi
homes |
| Bodies line the
route to the palace of fear |
| Armful of dinars go further for Iraqis |
| . |
| April 10 |
| Profile: The man
plotting the future of Iraq |
| Murdered in
a mosque: the cleric who went home to act as a peacemaker |
| Syria urges
'end to occupation' |
| Rumsfeld
accuses Syria of sheltering Ba'athists |
| The Americans who will run Iraq |
| Under new
management: Garner plan will divide the country into three zones |
| Syria told 'stop flow
of weapons to regime |
| Speed was the secret of coalition's
success |
| Myth of
Iraqi military strength exploded |
| Shia leader murdered in Najaf |
| Kurds
occupy oil city Kirkuk |
| Kurds
Seize Kirkuk; Shi'ite Leader Killed in Najaf |
| Chirac
hails end of Iraqi dictatorship |
| Rumours
run rife over fate of tyrant who must be found to seal victory |
| The toppling of
Saddam - an end to 30 years of brutal rule |
| After
the war, the battle to keep the peace |
| Fresh troops
to target Saddam's home town as hunt continues |
| Victory in the 21-day war |
| A tyrant brought down to earth |
| Troops try to
control city left lawless |
| A would-be
Saladin who failed his nation |
| How city in fear
rediscovered defiance |
| 'We love Bush. We love
Blair' |
| Dictator under Iraqis' feet |
| Middle East gets another
view of fall of Baghdad |
| Way cleared for big
northern offensive |
| Arab world dismayed at 'new colonialism' |
| . |
| April 9 |
| British intelligence says Saddam survived attack |
| CIA believes Saddam is dead |
| The
Shiite factor |
| Retired US
general moves in as 'governor' |
| Storm over future of Iraq |
| How technology
helped pinpoint Iraqi leader |
| Baghdad: a battle that
did not happen |
| Baghdad falls to US forces |
| UK troops appoint Basra 'mayor' |
| Second city
airport falls to forces sweeping aside Iraqi resistance |
| British
fight to fill Basra's power vacuum |
| 'A picture of
killing' |
| The US advances, street by street |
| Baghdad slips into lawlessness as its defences
crumble |
| Block by block,
marines clear the city |
| Bush pledges 'vital
role' for UN |
| Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
kill 6 Palesinians |
| Israel plays down
president's push for 'road map' to end conflict |
| Baghdad
hospitals pushed to the limit |
| US
aims deadly blow at Baghdad's ringside seat |
| Bush repays Blair with pledges on UN and Palestine |
| Row threatens Palestinian peace process |
| Arab world
riven by fury and despair |
| War unlikely to
end with defining moment |
| Three
journalists die in attacks on media bases |
| Camp swells as PoWs arrive by coachload |
| . |
| April 8 |
| Did Saddam escape
again? |
| Syria now top US target for 'regime change' |
| Exiled Shiite
leader returning to Iraq |
| Profile of
Iraq's Information Minister Mohammed Sahhaf |
| Chalabi
calls for uprising as he joins exiles in Iraq |
| Ahmad
Chalabi: A political survivor with connections to Republican right |
| Palace with all a tyrant could wish for |
| Birthplace of Saddam
may yet be his grave |
| They were monuments to a mighty tyrant. Now Saddam's palaces symbolise a
crumbling regime |
| Town celebrates
death of 'Chemnical Ali' |
| Celebrating
freedom in a spree of looting |
| US intensifies Baghdad push |
| Strike targets Saddam on
information from "sensitive intelligence source" |
| Baghdad's
hospitals in crisis |
| Exiled Shia
leader plans to return |
| Coalition gains
foothold in heart of Baghdad |
| The
taking of Saddam's palace |
| Birthplace
of Saddam may yet be his grave |
| Missile
cache may be regime's elusive chemical weapons, claim US sources |
| Bomber
destroys house 'as Saddam meets sons' |
| Chalabi calls for uprising as he joins exiles in
Iraq |
| Ahmad Chalabi: A political survivor with
connections to Republican right |
| At ease in
Saddam's palace |
| The American battle for Baghdad moves on |
| Lightning strikes leave Baghdad thunderstruck |
| US troops put
the squeeze on Baghdad regime |
| Blair tells
Bush: take rest of world into account |
| Coalition plans
meeting of leaders from all sides on future of Iraq |
| Into Basra -
and the mood changes |
| Iraq market surge starts to fade |
| 'This is not
the face of a peacekeeper' |
| Two journalists killed in Iraqi missile attack |
| . |
| April 7 |
| Inside
Saddam's palace |
| Saudis live in fear of being
next on Americas list |
| Hawk says US
will run Iraq for over six months |
| Opposition
leader secretly flown to Iraq |
| US troops storm central
Baghdad |
| British push into Basra's heart |
| Iraqi civilians face crisis |
| They had
cannons, rockets, faith, but next time tanks come it won't be enough |
| US seeks to sever dictator's escape
routes |
| We will take
Baghdad one chunk at a time, says US |
| British
troops storm Basra |
| Defecting
general 'offered refuge' |
| Robert Fisk:
The Allied grip tightens on Baghdad |
| Baghdad braced for the assault |
| British tanks
force way into Basra and destroy Ba'ath party HQ |
| America's 'digital division' heads for Saddam's
stronghold |
| Defiant misinformation
minister still fighting on media frontline |
| Streets littered with
Iraqi corpses as troops close in on Kerbala |
| US pilot kills 18 in Kurdish and American convoy |
| Iraqis believe Chemical Ali is dead after bodyguard
is killed in attack |
| Blair's peace efforts too extreme, says Israel |
| Jailed
colleagues refuse to testify against Barghouti |
| France sets up
Muslim council |
| Iraqi exiles in
America outnumbered by Arab anti-war protesters |
| US bombs its own forces and brother of Kurdish leader |
| . |
| April 6 |
| US begins the
process of 'regime change': New Government for Iraq as early as Tuesday |
| The US Vision of
Iraq: What do the Americans want to control? As of now, everything |
| Aftershock: What happens when the fighting stops? |
| Target:
Saddam |
| Leading cleric blames Saddam |
| Deadly chemicals are found dumped in
river |
| Where is
Saddam? Now you see him, now you don't |
| Iraqi opposition force in S Iraq |
| US bombs
own convoy in N Iraq |
| Violence flares in West Bank |
| Endgame in Baghdad |
| Robert Fisk:
'Ever so slowly, the suburbs were turned into battlefields' |
| UK troops storm Basra |
| US begins the
process of 'regime change' |
| The US Vision of Iraq |
| Baghdad on
brink |
| Fighting erupts
as US troops roar into Saddam's capital |
| US forces penetrate Saddam's capital in lethal show
of force |
| The dagger to the heart |
| UK forces
discover macabre 'mortuary' |
| One boy's
war... bathed in blood of his family |
| Kurds fight to
win back their lands |
| French march
ditched as riots feared |
| Aznar counts
cost of war as voters rebel |
| . |
| April 5 |
| The last stand of
Saddam |
| The dark
secrets inside the camp of Saddam's Fedayeen |
| The toll
of a war that has taken Allies to the gates of Baghdad |
| How Baghdad Airport was
taken |
| Turf war rages in Washington over who will rule
Iraq |
| American
public stands firm behind the war |
| US 'not targeting Iran or Syria' |
| Iraq says women killed troops |
| US bombs Mosul defences |
| Al-Jazeera resumes work in Iraq |
| The mood
changes as the marine invasion gains momentum |
| US troops encircle
Baghdad |
| US troops
threatened with 'unconventional attack' |
| Amid wrecked jets and hangars, the greatest prize |
| Civilians flee as
fighting spreads |
| Bush-Blair
talks on big three issues |
| Peace hopes rise as Bush meets Blair in Belfast |
| Saddam
appears on TV ambling through streets |
| Vials hold explosives, not chemical weapons |
| America demands halt to Israeli Jewish settelment
building |
| Fog
of war shrouds the facts |
| Black Watch wait for the signal to take Basra |
| UN and Army at odds as troops encourage looting |
| Farmers plunder
wealth of regime's remains |
| Car bomb kills three US
soldiers and two Iraqis |
| . |
| April 4 |
| Exclusive: 3 CIA assets
killed in Baghdad |
| U.S.:
After Iraq, we'll deal with other radical Mideast regimes |
| Confusion shrouds Shia 'fatwa' |
| Ayatollah tells
Shias to stop fighting |
| Rumour,
counter-rumour and leaks: but is Saddam alive? |
| 1,400
Iraqis killed in battles |
| Five die in Iraq 'suicide
attack' |
| U.S.: 320 Iraqi soldiers
killed in gunfight for Baghdad airport |
| Lights go out
in Baghdad as US sends in special forces |
| Troops storm Baghdad airport |
| Only a few trucks and foot soldiers to halt march
on to airport |
| Americans may wait for reinforcements before the final push |
| 'Liberated' city where looters run wild and death
stalks the streets |
| Green Berets: the quiet professionals who form
America's military elite |
| In an instant
we were plunged into endless night |
| All is
ominously quiet on the western front |
| These Iraqis seemed to be totally prepared to die for their country |
| As immigrant Arabs flee, Kurds start to go home |
| Six killed in
Israeli raids on West Bank |
| . |
| April 3 |
| Looters
strip luxury home of Chemical Ali |
| Mystery of the tyrant who stays
invisible |
| US poised for Baghdad
battle |
| Report:
Buses of Iraqis Fleeing Baghdad |
| Al-Jazeera halts Iraq
broadcasts |
| US promises Iraq role for UN |
| U.S. Black Hawk
helicopter shot down in Iraq; 7 killed |
| Iraqis firing
from Shia shrine, says US |
| US smashes Baghdad
defence positions |
| Rumsfeld
'resisting' Powell's Iraq team |
| Heatwave
adds to challenge facing troops |
| The
dagger at Baghdad's heart |
| Allies 'destroy' Republican Guard force in pincer
move on Baghdad |
| Saddam's army retreats to Mosul with heavy losses |
| It will be an
all-arms battle - we have overwhelming firepower' |
| Saddam 'intends to
damage holy sites' |
| Arafat persuades Iraqis to release four journalists
jailed on spying charge |
| Peres claims defeat of Saddam will be welcomed by
the Arab world |
| Few signs of
flight or fear as enemy nears the gates |
| Alone but for the screams of the tortured |
| Poor pay with
their lives in cratered suburbia |
| Blair: We'll give Iraq back to the Iraqis as
quickly as we can |
| . |
| April 2 |
| American general waiting
to take over in Iraq |
| FBI
Warns of Ricin Threat |
| Doubts over
Saddam's health as minister reads president's speech |
| One in three French
backs Saddam |
| Strains of war test the
allies |
| 'Saddam
statement' calls for holy war |
| Mofaz: U.S., Israel view
Syrian leader's words, aid to Iraq as 'very grave' |
| Thousands of volunteers
crossing Syrian border to fight for Iraq |
| US
forces claim Iraqi rout |
| U.S.,
U.K. intelligence services tried to buy loyalty of Iraqi tribal shiekhs |
| Big push for Baghdad begins |
| Saddam fails to appear in person for TV statement |
| To the south of
the city, battle lines are drawn for the final showdown |
| Fighting
escalates around Kerbala |
| European
leaders to press Powell for key UN role in rebuilding Iraq |
| Israel sets conditions for road to peace |
| Send in the bulldozers:
what Israel told marines |
| Family deaths at checkpoint fuel fury and mistrust |
| Children killed
in US assault |
| Americans snatch back supply clerk |
| Israel spending £27,000 a month on protection for
lone settler |
| . |
| April 1 |
| Powell flies
out with a post-war warning for Syria and Iran |
| Accusing Syria is
further up the agenda than one might think |
| US draws up
secret plan to impose new regime on Iraq |
| Syria
backs Iraqis against illegal invasion |
| Syria accuses allies
of 'illegal invasion' |
| Syria
defies U.S.; more volunteers stream into Iraq |
| 'The allies are coming, Saddam' |
| At last, the American soldiers discover a friendly welcome |
| People of Basra sense freedom |
| UK's
Iran embassy hit by truck |
| 'Iraq
may be hiding banned weapons in Syria' |
| Jordan 'foils hotel bomb plot' |
| Baghdad suffers relentless
onslaught |
| Syria accuses allies
of 'illegal invasion' |
| Allies
breach Saddam's 'red line' |
| Voters
believe war is being won |
| Taleban, Al-Qaeda gearing up for
spring offensive |
| US troops
engage elite forces in the push north |
| Iraqi Kurds say they have no friends but the
mountains |
| Royal Marines storm Basra suburb |
| Bombers
hit Qusay's palace with triple strike |
| US rushes
reinforcements to crush Iraqi resistance in Nassiriya |
| Crowds greet US Marines who stormed town in the
search for 'Chemical Ali' |
| British surround city in grip of Saddam's militia |
| Children
die as US troops fire on van at checkpoint |
| Blair
attempts to build confidence in peace process |
| This conflict will create a hundred bin Ladens, Mubarak warns US |
| captured Iraqi militiamen may be imprisoned at
Guantanamo Bay |
| New discovery of gas protection kit raises Allied
fears |