Sun, Mar 23, 2003 - Page 1 News List

Iraq war sees major escalation

SLOW PROGRESSIntense fighting continued around the port of Umm Qasr while Baghdad came under heavy bombardment; elsewhere Iraqis surrendered en masse

AFP , UMM QASR, IRAQ

However, Turkey refused to confirm the report.

"We have nothing to say and no commentary to make," an army spokesman said.

Up to 50 cruise missiles were fired early yesterday at a hardline Islamist group in the region which Washington has linked to al-Qaeda, a Kurdish military official said, adding that there were "many dead."

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