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"Scenes of joy" in the districts is and north-eastern of Baghdad "scenes of joy" burst Wednesday morning in the east and the North-East of Baghdad, signs "beginning of the end" of the mode of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, affirmed the correspondent of the BBC after the entry of the American troops in these districts of the capital. "There is nobody to stop them" expressing their joy of seeing the American troops arriving, declared the journalist Andrew Gilligan on line with the radio operator BBC. "I think that what we see is a sign of the beginning of the end...

In an interview on Fox News. The head of the Iraqi Exile Cooalition, said " To President Bush, we will never forget you. We will never forget that you liberated us. Thank you President Bush. There is no Saddam Hussien, there is no Saddam Hussien regime. We are free, we are free, thank you President Bush, thank you United States." Then he gave the orginal Iraqi flag to Fox News, because the Arab media ignored them, but the American Media heard their voices. This is a report from Dearborn, Michigan. The largest Iraqi exile population in the United States. They...

Iraqis Dragging Statue in Square on MSNBC!

For most people, people like for example, most of my relatives, the world works just fine. They work hard and live their lives and raise their families, and that's a great and good thing. They won't feel any of the real effects of this war, just like most Germans never felt the effects of their own Nazi government, that is, until Germany was defeated by the Allies. Others, like my pal B-Chan and his fretard friends, have had their own epiphanies, and look on this war as a form of entertainment and self-assurance. They're not plagued with doubts, and simple...

US forces welcomed in Baghdad, Saddam's rule ends By Khaled Yacoub Oweis BAGHDAD, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. troops swept into the heart of Baghdad to an ecstatic welcome on Wednesday, as Saddam Hussein's 24-year rule crumbled into chaos and looting. As U.S. Marines rolled in from the east on day 21 of the war, hundreds of people gutted official buildings, hauling off anything from airconditioners to flowers. "People, if you only knew what this man did to Iraq," yelled an old man standing in the road, thrashing at a torn portrait of Saddam with his shoe. "He killed our...

<p>Invading American soldiers today captured control of Baghdad, Iraq's capital city and heart of Saddam Hussein's power, bringing thousands of cheering Iraqis into the streets for the first time since US and British forces launched the war 22 days ago.</p>

Few politicians refer to our Armed Forces without inserting the soubriquet "magnificent". So accustomed are we to hearing the word that it is easy to stop thinking about what it actually means. Yesterday, in Basra, we were reminded. Our soldiers conducted themselves with courage, patience, discipline and, when necessary, appropriately directed violence. They were splendid. The storming of Iraq's second city will come to be seen as a textbook military operation. A battle to control a town is always loaded in the defenders' favour. In medieval and early modern times, cities that resisted siege could expect havoc and slaughter when...

There were many smiling faces in Ramallah on Monday as Palestinians celebrated the capture of American and British soldiers by the Iraqi army. "This is a big day for the Iraqi people and all the Arabs and Muslims," said a policeman at Yasser Arafat's battered headquarters. "Everyone here was happy to see pictures of American soldiers in Iraqi custody. This is a big blow for [George W.] Bush and [Tony] Blair. I don't believe they will be able to continue with the war now that many of their soldiers are being killed or taken prisoner." One of his colleagues in...

Please allow me this vanity post to introduce you to Zachary Thomas Typelouder. Both Zach and Mom are home and doing well. Zachary is a good size, 8lbs 13 1/2 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. We are so thrilled to have a son and so thankful for the blessing we've received.

Democrats rejoice as financial crisis brings gloom to rivals' poll campaign By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 24 July 2002 If the biggest stock-market decline in decades is terrifying investors and threatening the fragile economic recovery, it is also offering Democrats a gilt-edged opportunity ahead of this autumn's mid-term congressional elections. After months of watching their Republican opponents basking in the reflected glory of President George Bush's stratospheric ratings as war leader, the rash of corporate scandals and the debacle on Wall Street have finally given the Democrats an issue that is unequivocally their own. As one corporate misdeed after another...