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From the BBC "Iraq Latest: at a glance":
Friday, 28 March (all times GMT!!)

0945: Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf says US-led bombing killed 7 people and injured 92 in Baghdad on Thursday.

0800: UK military spokesmen say local Iraqi militia opened fire on 1,000 and 2,000 civilians trying to flee the southern city of Basra.

0650: UK Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the BBC that the war against Saddam Hussein will take time and have its "tough and difficult moments."

0617: US marines report they have captured an Iraqi general in Nasiriya on Thursday, BBC correspondent Andrew North says.

0607: Thousands more US troops are moving in to join the battle for the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya, backed by heavy artillery.

0545: The British ship Sir Galahad, carrying 600 tons of food and water for the Iraqi people, is approaching the southern Iraqi port of Umm Qasr behind teams of minesweepers and a mine-hunting vessel.

0505: BBC correspondent Paul Adams at Coalition Central Command in Qatar reports that the southern Iraqi airbase in Tallil is now operational and the first US transport planes have now flown into it.

0500: BBC correspondent reports explosions in Baghdad, says Thursday night's bombings among the most violent of the war so far.

0400: Further explosions reported in Baghdad, along with the sound of anti-aircraft gunfire.

0059: US military spokesman at Coalition Central Command says air strikes and cruise missiles have taken out a major communication centre and command-and-control facilities in Baghdad. Large fire

0000: UK Prime Minister Tony Blair begins holding talks with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, focussing on the role of the UN in a post-war Iraq.

'Proof' of biological weapons found

I'll get flamed for this, but . . .

The Iraqi Info dweeb has a point. There mere presence of Chemical Suits / Gas Masks, etc... is pretty flimsy "proof" that Iraq has / intends to use Chem weapons! I think they DO have them and DO intend to use them, but, calling protective gear "proof" of biological weapons is a BIG stretch.

..0545: The British ship Sir Galahad, carrying 600 tons of food and water for the Iraqi people, is approaching the southern Iraqi port of Umm Qasr behind teams of minesweepers and a mine-hunting vessel....

An Australian clearance diver, Leading Seaman Jason (surname withheld) on watch patrol at Umm Qasr