Friday, March 21, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

US WAR ON IRAQ HAS BEGUN
American troops enter Iraq, capture town
Baghdad, March 20
US troops today attacked key targets in Baghdad with cruise missiles, launched intense artillery barrages near the Iraq-Kuwait border and promised an assault of unprecedented dimensions to destroy the rule of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

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Smoke rises from the Planning Ministry in Baghdad after being hit during the second day of US raids on the Iraqi capital on Thursday. The ministry is located on the western bank of the Tigris river, which runs through Baghdad. 
— Reuters photo

World outraged
Russia, Germany, China condemn attack
Dubai, March 20
Most countries, including Russia, China and Germany, today denounced the US-led attack on Iraq “violating” norms while a handful of America’s allies supported the action, saying that it was “inevitable” to eradicate weapons of mass destruction.

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by Sandeep Joshi
SPECIAL EDITORIAL

The road to nowhere
Hari Jaisingh
War as an instrument of policy can never solve a problem. This is an elementary lesson the history of global wars has taught human beings. Still, certain wars are either thrust or are born of sheer necessity to fight "evil forces".   

PM conveys anguish to Bush
New Delhi, March 20
Atal Behari VajpayeePrime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee tonight conveyed to US President George W. Bush "deep anguish" over UN Security Council’s failure to agree on the best means of disarming Iraq and hoped that the military action would "conclude at the earliest".

 India reacts angrily
Nation page:
 Parties deplore attack
 Evacuation of Indians ‘yet to start’
Indian captain Sourav Ganguly celebrates his century Sports page:
India tame Kenyan lions



Indian captain Sourav Ganguly celebrates his century against Kenya during their Cricket World Cup Semi Final match at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday. 
— Reuters photo

Indian Airlines fares up by 15 pc
New Delhi, March 20
With a massive increase in the prices of the aviation turbine fuel, domestic carrier Indian Airlines today hiked its fares by 15 per cent across the board with immediate effect. The decision to hike the prices had been pending for sometime now as the hike in the ATF prices had been effected in December last.

 Business page: War raises air fares, hits jobs
 Nation page: Govt allays fear of oil shortage

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