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Sat 04 Apr 2003Advancing US forces on alert after Iraqi threat
US forces at the international airport outside Baghdad were on alert last night to meet an Iraqi threat to carry out unspecified attacks on them involving "some kind of martyrdom", writes Deagláde Bréadún in Doha.
Claiming the US troops were "isolated", Iraq's Information Minister warned at a news conference yesterday: "Tonight we will carry out something that is not conventional against them, not military. It will be a great example to them."
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