Iraq

Iraq Reinforces the North

Kurdish and US sources report Iraqi forces mobilizing at the frontiers of the Kurdish-controlled areas.

22 Feb 05

Given the huge risks, Riyadh will defer its decision on supporting a US-led war until the final moment.

22 Feb 05

Turkey is pressing the United States for guarantees to block a Kurdish federal entity in northern Iraq.

22 Feb 05

People in Iraq are fearful of war, and hopeful for change.

22 Feb 05

Baghdad readies for street-by-street fighting, as Saddam Hussein considers his options.

22 Feb 05

Resigned to their fate, some Iraqis do their nails, some check their property. And some just feel ill.

22 Feb 05

It's business as usual - by order - for Baghdad's bakers and garbage collectors, but the Interior Minister is showing the strain.

22 Feb 05

Embedded journalists are providing only a sanitised version of the war.

22 Feb 05

Kurds are expecting the quiet of recent days to be broken by the opening of the northern front.

22 Feb 05

Saddam Hussein is seeking to pull American and British forces into guerrilla warfare and street-to-street fighting.

22 Feb 05

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