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| Iraq |
| Saddam ’Will Broadcast’ |
| 2003-04-30 |
| Dubai: An Iraqi group opposed to the US presence in Iraq said yesterday that Saddam Hussein would address the country within three days. He will appear live, from Moscow, with Osama and Elvis. "He is still alive. He is going to address a message to Iraqis and to the (Arab) nation within 72 hours," the previously-unknown Iraqi Resistance and Liberation wrote in a letter published by the London-based newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi. The group said that it was not made up of "the remnants of the (ousted) Iraqi Government". We'll believe it when we get a DNA sample. |
| Posted by:Becky |
| #3 Centcom reports: "Approximately 70 percent of An Najaf has water, 33 percent of the city has electrical power and two hospitals are now functional.... The 1st United Kingdom Armoured Division is evaluating areas near the major city of Basrah, which has 80 percent of its water system working.... Task Force Tarawa, home-based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., is now reviewing major areas including An Nasariyah and Al Kut. Electric power has been restored to 80 percent of An Nasariyah." Apparently theyve managed to use Basra to restart Nassariyah. With northern cities back online, Kut and Karbala remain only cities without power. Kut will be hooked up from Baghdad. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-04-30 15:42:06 |
| #2 I heard the producer is Jimmy Hoffa. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2003-04-30 11:44:56 |
| #1 Update on Iraqi reconstruction - from UN reliefweb, via Instapundit. "Basrah - An UN inter-agency mission reached Basrah on 27-28 April, to carry out a humanitarian assessment and to identify office premises. In Basrah, the situation is improving but is still tense. Water and power supplies are provided at 90% capacity, and are expected to reach 100% shortly. This constitutes a higher level than before the war. UNICEF is in dialogue with local water companies to gradually take over the water tankering operations in the city. Garbage collection is problematic. All hospitals are functional and guarded by military." |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-04-30 09:25:34 |