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OID‰‰‰†‰KOID‰‰‰†‰OID‰‰‰†‰MOID‰‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Thursday,April 10, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 30 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Not Saddam, it’s Aishwarya wheels Indian team turning 50 that out of hospital, reaches Dhaka gives Blair the jitters into Cannes jury for tri-series Page 11 Page 8 Page 19 WIN WITH THE TIMES Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. You can bomb the world to pieces, but you can’t bomb Joy and anger in Baghdad it into peace. By Chidanand Rajghatta & agencies — Michael Franti Washington/Baghdad: Chaos and cele- Saddam regime has lost control but war not yet won, says US NEWS DIGEST bration swept across Baghdad and other Reuters cities in Iraq on Wednesday as the last Kerala Congress crisis: Kerala vestiges of Iraqi authority disappeared Congress chief K Muraleedhran ex- and the United States took control of the pelled from the party a rebel candi- capital three weeks after it launched a date put up his father K Karunakaran war to topple the Saddam Hussein against Sonia Gandhi’s choice for regime. the Rajya Sabha polls. While Mu- US officials now say Saddam is almost raleedharan said he acted on So- certainly dead or seriously impaired and nia’s orders, general-secretary in- the iron rule of his Ba’ath Party that charge of Kerala, Ambika Soni said dominated the country for nearly a quar- it was she and not Sonia who was ter of a century is over. involved in the expulsion move. P10 The fall of the regime was symbolised Mayawati issue: BJP leaders, by the toppling of Saddam’s statue in legislators and RSS Baghdad’s Firdous Square by Iraqi civil- activists have de- ians and US marines, a moment in histo- manded an unquali- ry broadcast around the world. fied apology from The White House reacted cautiously, Uttar Pradesh chief saying it was a momentous time in his- minister Mayawati tory but, ‘‘it’s not over yet’’. for her derogatory ‘‘The capital city is now one of those remarks about areas that has been added to the list of Hindu gods. where the regime does not have control,’’ FICCI seminar: A seminar on said Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks at the US ‘Women, Cinema and Society’, or- Central Command in Qatar. ganised by the FICCI Ladies Organi- Contrary to early British reports that sation to focus on the portrayal of suggested Saddam may have escaped women in Indian cinema, mean- Tuesday’s air strike targeted to kill him, dered on the issue of the ‘‘vulgar American intelligence accounts say the portrayal’’ of women in films. P10 Iraqi leader was present in the residen- Bill on civil code: The govern- tial compound and may be toast by now. ment is in a dilemma over a private Some officials said he is ‘‘almost cer- member’s Bill on the Uniform Civil tainly dead’’ while others surmised that Code, an issue high up on the par- if he survived, he is seriously injured. ty’s own agenda. The Bill up for vot- The CIA, which tracked him and plot- ing in Lok Sabha on Thursday. P10 ted his death, is said to be in a ‘‘euphoric mood.” According to accounts that are Small family norm: Members emerging here in Washington, the CIA cutting across party lines in the Lok had intelligence assets, including US Sabha on Wednesday expressed support for making the small-family and Iraqi spies on the ground and a Delta norm a law for parliamentarians. P10 Force commando in disguise, who saw Saddam and his entourage walk into a Andamans tourism: A team of hideout near the Al Saa restaurant in the environment specialists has ap- Al Mansour neighbourhood before they proved the Andaman and Nicobar called in the air strike. A statue of Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein falls as it is pulled down in central Baghdad on Wednesday. US troops pulled down the 20-foot statue as Iraqis cheered. Islands as a tourism destination, but In less than 45 minutes, four 2000lb has cautioned against exposing the bunker-buster bombs reduced the build- area to excessive marketing. P10 ings to rubble. As far as the Americans ENDGAME? could gather, Saddam Hussein did not The big question: Who will surrender for Iraq? emerge from the debris. • Americans confident PEOPLE POWER By Rashmee Z Ahmed the towel and say Pax? ‘‘It has matic last stand in his home- lar instructions at a low point Speak your mind—loud and free. Analysts are now working on how Saddam is dead deep Saddam may have had to be in a TIMES NEWS NETWORK to be someone with the proper town Tikrit. during the eight-year Iran-Iraq Question of the week: authority (to surrender),’’ said Meanwhile, in a unique twist war. ‘‘Never let the Iranians How can the common man combat bunker below to have escaped the blow. • Looters and gunmen London: As Saddam’s regime corruption in government offices? Blair, even as his officials pri- to the intense speculation take me alive, never let them Comment: Guns give way to roses. But run wild in the capital crumbled on television screens take me prisoner, shoot me,’’ Call today at 23492136 ( between 12 noon and reports suggest that this is only in throughout the world, British vately admitted that ‘‘further about Saddam’s final where- 1pm ) You can fax us on 2332 3346 / 2371 5832 anti-Saddam Shiite-dominated areas. In • Iraqi finance ministry Prime Minister Tony Blair con- resistance may be possible in a abouts, his former head of pro- Wihaib recalled Saddam saying e-mail: [email protected]. Your fast-moving situation’’. tocol, Haitham Rashid Wihaib, at the time. response, along with your name, will be published in Sunni zones, there is still resistance building on fire fessed he did not know the an- which is likely to continue until the swer to the campaign’s biggest Blair told Parliament: ‘‘It is has gone public with a remark- Is Saddam even still alive? SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA extremely difficult, as we able insight into the thought Yes, say British intelligence April 13, 2003 regime is seen to have been conclusively • US tanks seize Baghdad question: When to declare the ‘decapitated’. secret police HQ war over and ‘‘who will we speak, to know what is left of processes during the endgame. sources, declaring that Saddam For more go to www.timesofindia.com take a surrender from?’’ the governing higher ranks of Saddam’s final words, he got away 12 minutes before YOU SAID IT by Laxman See Edit: Chief of Baghdad and Edit page • Kurds in control of key Has three weeks of US bomb- Saddam Hussein’s regime.’’ said on Wednesday,would prob- 2,000-lb, earth-penetrating article: Child Sacrifice ing left anyone alive in Bagh- Sources said Saddam might ably be an order to his body- bombs were dropped on the See Sacred Space on page 14 mountain near Mosul dad’s old regime officially to easily re-emerge on the inter- guards to shoot him dead. He Baghdad restaurant he was Dubyaman, more reports on page 12 throw up its hands, throw in national radar to make a dra- said Saddam had issued simi- supposed to be visiting. How ill is Dharambir Khattar? By Rahul Chhabra tar does not try to commit suicide. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Neurologist S Diwedi said:” We cannot comment for how long he New Delhi: Doctors at Max Med- will be kept in the hospital.We are centre say Dharambir Khattar is willing to release the patient im- too ill to be taken out for question- Overheard in Max corridor mediately provided we are not ing. The CBI begs to differ. The held responsible should his condi- court has now directed AIIMS’s Doctor to colleague: ‘‘I can introduce you to Khattar. Now tion deteriorate.” doctors to verify the nursing Investigators blame the nursing Yes, I live here and leased out this home’s diagnosis. that he is here, better get a side to an ad agency! DDA flat allotted for youself.’’ home for not informing them or Khattar was admitted to this 13- the police about Khattar’s admis- bed private nursing home in sion on Monday. ‘‘Despite Khat- indiatimes.com POLL Panchsheel Park here on Monday, around, and arguing over his med- tar’s photo being splashed all over a day before his arrest, complain- Yesterday’s results: Should doping in ical condition. the media for the last 10 days, and Indian sports invite a life ban? ing of sloss of speech and weak- The doctors sais Khattar’s con- the reports on his role in the DDA ness in the right upper limb. dition was serious enough for him land scam, did no one in the nurs- Yes 66% No 34% Khattar, a former voluntary dis- to be confined to bed. ing home realise that they had this trict commandant of home guard, However, CBI personnel guard- • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose wanted man on their premises?’’ to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. is accused of brokering a Rs 1.1 ing Khattar’s room on the fourth Khattar’s son, who was carrying Today’s question: Do you think the US crore bribe for disgraced former floor said, ‘‘He is quite active. He a briefcase, left soon after the doc- will now turn its attention to other DDA V-C Subhash Sharma. occasionally paces up and down tors gave their report to CBI per- ‘rogue’ states? There was hectic activity at Max the room, and sits up in bed.

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