OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Friday,April 4, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 28 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Justin Timberlake Pakistan’s Babri is Favoured teams is sexier than now a gurdwara: come good in Beckham: Poll No dispute Euro qualifiers Page 11 Page 7 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES AP Graphic: Neelabh US 3rd infantry Established 1838 division reaches Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Saddam Airport, pushes ahead What’s the use of sending a to within 10 km $2 million missile into a of Baghdad Ba’ath Presidential $10 tent to hit a camel HQ Palace in the butt? — George W Bush Saddam International NEWS DIGEST Airport 5-km Former DDA official held: The radius CBI on Thursday arrested former Delhi Development Authority (DDA) 10-km vice-chairman Subhash Sharma for favouring a construction company radius and a school in return for graft. J&K talks: Centre’s interlocutor on Kashmir, N N Vohra, met Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on Thurs- Obstacles ahead day to discuss the groundwork for talks with various political groups in Short-range Suicide Street-fighting Jammu and Kashmir, scheduled for 1 Iraqi missiles 34attacks could take later this month. P7 could target US by Fidayeen heavy toll of US formations Stand on Iraq: Defending the gov- forces can soldiers ernment’s stand on Iraq in an inter- hold up view with this paper, external affairs Iraq may advancing Snipers hidden minister Yashwant Sinha said the 2 destroy culverts coalition 5 in bomb- stand taken by India was no differ- and bridges to slow columns damaged buildings ent to what it had said earlier about the invasion of Kuwait or the Soviet down US troops will pose a threat invasion of Afghanistan. P9 An Iraqi soldier guards the entrance to the Baghdad International Fair on Thursday, a day after it was bombed by coalition forces. Aishwarya in hospital: Bolly- wood actress Aishwarya Rai, who was injured during a shooting near Battle for Baghdad Nasik on Wednesday, is undergoing ● treatment at a Mumbai hospital. US Marines tighten grip THE FRONT on Nassiriya US zeroes in on Baghdad Major oil find: The ONGC on ● US Black Hawk Thursday announced six new oil By Chidanand Rajghatta helicopter shot down city showed advancing US tanks Although the Americans mate or evidence of Iraqi ar- and gas finds straddling the western DAYDAY 1515 TIMES NEWS NETWORK taking only small arms fire from claimed that Iraqi command mour or troops being destroyed and eastern coasts. P15 near Karbala small detachments of soldiers and control appeared to have or captured in large numbers to ● Al-Jazeera pulls Washington: American forces burrowed in fox holes on either broken down completely, the substantiate the claim. led by tanks and armour of its ● Iraqi Republican Guard out of Iraq side of the road. Iraqi information minister said The Iraqi divisions have be- PEOPLE POWER 3rd Army infantry rumbled in The US leadership in the war in Baghdad that US forces would tween 10,000-15,000 soldiers and Speak your mind—loud and free. head south of Baghdad to the outskirts of Baghdad with theatre and in Washington are be “taught a lesson today.” 200 tanks, and the US claim of Question of the week: to block advancing US the barest resistance from Iraqi Do you find remixed videos such as Toll now wondering if the Iraqi US forces are not only swal- having obliterated two divisions Kanta lagaa and Tumse milke offensive? troops soldiers, according to US offi- troops have deserted their units lowing up what one official did not show in images. Should they been taken off the air? ● US drops smart bombs US, UK cials and live reports from the to return home or if they have termed as “real estate” on route More reports on pages 12 & 13 Call today at 23492136 ( between 12 noon and on targets in Baghdad TROOPS 88 battlefront. retreated to Baghdad to put up a to Baghdad but they are also try- For more go to 1pm ) You can fax us on 2332 3346 / 2371 5832 Combat boots and military www.timesofindia.com ● last ditch stand in the city. ing to cut down Iraqi troops re- e-mail: [email protected]. Your US troops destroy uniforms of Iraqi soldiers, response, along with your name, will be published in Baghdad division of IRAQI An agency report said that treating into the capital to offset Comment: As the coalition CIVILIANS 1250 along with many dead troops, the US claimed to have targeted the chances of urban combat in forces prepare to enter Baghdad, SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA Republican Guard littered the southern approach April 6, 2003 Source: Reuters the bunker of Saddam Hussein the days ahead. they must brace themselves for ● F/A-18 Hornet fighter to Baghdad, suggesting that in the Iraqi capital, which, its American officials also talk of heavy casualties — both on the bomber shot down in some of them had fled or re- German designer said, can having completely wiping out battlefield and in the media war YOU SAID IT by Laxman Weapons of Mass Destruction southern Iraq sites found: 0 treated back into the city. Live withstand anything short of a the Baghdad Division of the that have emerged as a parallel reports of the approach to the direct nuclear weapon hit. Iraqi Army, but there is no esti- propaganda conflict. Spin: Is Saddam dead or alive? Washington: The Bush administra- senior official. ‘‘And we don’t know bic, are now being broadcast into tion has intensified a campaign to ourselves. You could call this a psy- Iraq by American forces. sow doubts about whether President chological warfare or exploitation of Some captured Iraqis have told Saddam Hussein is still alive and in the biggest mystery out there.’’ American forces that rumours that control of the country, senior offi- President Bush himself has dis- Saddam’s family is fleeing are cials said. cussed the issue. spreading fast. The US is doing its American officials say they still If Saddam is alive, officials said, best to fuel this. haven’t reached a conclusion about the administration’s decision to Officials said on Thursday they whether Saddam survived an attack question why he has not appeared in had not yet heard Saddam or either two weeks ago. But they are trying to public may help flush him out. of his two sons issuing orders since turn that uncertainty to battlefield White House spokesman Ari the initial raid on his bunker. Amer- advantage, attempting to raise ques- Fleischer and defence secretary ican intelligence is convinced that Nothing wrong in accepting it, Sir, tions in the minds of Iraqi military Donald H Rumsfeld have repeatedly he was in the bunker at the time of according to election rules you commanders about whether they noted that Saddam has not appeared the raid, but do not know whether he will be declaring your assets should fight for a leader who may be in public after the war started. They survived. honestly, anyway! dead or incapacitated. have questioned whether tapes of Officials say the US has not been ‘‘From what our intelligence is Saddam, shown on Iraqi television, able to identify members of Sad- picking up, some Iraqi commanders were pre-recorded. dam’s inner circle, who are leading indiatimes.com POLL have not heard from him,’’ said a The briefings, translated into Ara- Iraqi forces in the field. NYT Svc Yesterday’s results: Do you feel sorry for Salman Khan? Two more Yes 24% No 76% • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose Sam Manekshaw, 90, to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. die of killer Today’s question: Do you think the media has overhyped the Vivek Oberoi-Salman Khan spat? and still Bahadur flu in China Cast your vote on By Bachi Karkaria Up on the dais, medals rubbed el- Hong Kong: Amid a mount- www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 TIMES NEWS NETWORK bows with mufti : Ministers George ing death toll, travel bans Fernandes and Jagmohan, General and mass cancellations, a New Delhi: Uncle Sam may be hav- NC Vij, Admiral Madhavendra Singh, team of UN medical experts ing difficulty surrounding the Repub- Kapila Vatsyayan, on the extreme left visited southern China on lican Guards, but ‘apro Sam’ had no and right, Dr Shernaz Cama, Director Thursday to investigate the problem at all being besieged by the of Parzor,and her father,Lt Gen(Retd) mystery pneumonia virus. ceremonial guard as he celebrated his A.M.Sethna, whose civilian services The World Health Organi- 90th birthday at Delhi’s Air Force Au- Civvy Street match those in battle. sation (WHO) team arrived ditorium on Thursday evening. The The glitter of celebrity, in turn, in Guangdong province, the WEATHER celebrated‘Parsi nose’ had plenty of competed with that of dress uniforms epicentre of the outbreak of competition for the event was organ- and the burnished heraldry of the Air the Severe Acute Respiratory Max. 36oC/ Min. 22oC ised by the Parzor Foundation, the Force station. But what really pre- Syndrome (SARS). Moonset: Friday — 2058 hrs. UNESCO-sponsored initiative to pre- vailed was the warm glow of appreci- Meanwhile, two more Moonrise: Saturday — 0805 hrs. serve vulnerable human heritage. The ation. A 90-rose bouquet staggered in. deaths were reported on Sunset: Friday — 1840 hrs. Parsi Zoroastrians, 75,000 A huge Oberoi cake was Thursday — one each in Sunrise: Saturday — 0607 hrs. not-so-strong, are at the wheeled on to the stage, Hong Kong and China.