Iraqi commander replaced after missiles go astray / hit marketplace
I'm leaving the headers for the two sections of this Guardian article â notice how the missiles being discussed are one and the same, though the Guardian writer won't admit it.
Iraqi commander replaced after missiles go astray
The commander of Iraqi air defence forces in Baghdad has been strung up by his gonads replaced after Iraqi missiles went astray and hit the country's capital, Baghdad, said a spokesman for the prime minister, Tony Blair on Saturday. The spokesman said the source of this information came from intelligence reports. He stopped short of saying that the missiles had been responsible for the deaths in a marketplace in Baghdad last night, but US and British officials had suggested earlier in the day that stray Iraqi missiles could be to blame.
Missile in Baghdad marketplace kills 62
Doctors at Baghdad's al-Noor hospital have said that 62 people were killed in an explosion in a busy marketplace in the city last night. Iraqi officials claimed the carnage was caused by a stray coalition cruise missile, but there was no immediate comment at US central command in Qatar. Late last night, doctors at al-Noor hospital said they had seen 52 corpses, by this morning the reported death toll had risen to 58 and the latest reports indicate that deaths have risen to 62, with many more injured.
H-e-l-l-o Guardian! Same missiles!
Posted by: Steve White 2003-03-29 |