US troops occupying palace: report
Monday, 7 April 2003 23:23
US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has claimed that Saddam Hussein has lost control of most of Iraq.
However, Iraq's Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, insisted the Americans had been repulsed, taking many casualties.
US tanks and armoured vehicles encountered sporadic resistance yesterday when they pushed into the centre of Baghdad.
US troops are reported to have occupied one of the two palaces of Saddam Hussein which they seized earlier.
The US military are claiming to control most access routes into the city.
Tests continue on chemical find
Elsewhere in Iraq, US defence officials say that initial field tests on a number of chemicals found near the city of Karbala suggest the possible presence of the nerve agents sarin and tabun, as well as mustard gas.
14 killed by missile: report
At least 14 people are reported to have died when a missile believed to be from a US plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood in central Baghdad.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that its officials witnessed awful conditions in hospitals in the city which are running short of drugs and anaesthetics.
- Morning Ireland: Greg Kelly, of Fox News, reported as troops of the US 3rd Infantry arrived at one of the palaces
- Morning Ireland: Tim Judah, of Global Radio News, reports from Baghdad
- Morning Ireland: As British forces occupy most of Basra, Alex Gardner, a reporter with Abu Dhabi TV, reports on the situation in the south
- Morning Ireland: Group Captain Al Lockwood, UK military spokesman at Central Command in Qatar, on the latest move into Baghdad
- Morning Ireland: Iraqi Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al Sahhaf, claims US forces have been repulsed
- Morning Ireland: Charlie Bird, RTE's Chief News Correspondent, with the latest details from Qatar
- Morning Ireland: Dr Jonathan Eyal of the Royal United Services Institute discusses the strategy
- Morning Ireland: Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News, with the latest from Baghdad
- 1.00 News: Orla O'Donnell reports on the US raid on Baghdad
- 1.00 News: Sinéad Crowley reports on the situation in Iraq's second city, Basra, and reports that Southern Commander Ali Hassan al-Majid has been killed
- 1.00 News: Charlie Bird, Chief News Correspondent, discusses the latest military developments live from Coalition Central Command in Doha, Qatar
- 6.01 News: Orla O'Donnell reports on the latest developments in Baghdad
- 6.01 News: Richard Downes discusses his dramatic journey out of Baghdad yesterday in the midst of cluster bombs being dropped by coalition forces
- 9.00 News: Orla O'Donnell reports on the latest developments
- 9.00 News: Sinéad Crowley reports on the latest developments
- 9.00 News: Charlie Bird, Chief News Correspondent, reports from Doha
