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Sat 04 Apr 2003Saddam speech meant to show who's in charge
In an unscheduled appearance on Iraqi television last night, the Iraqi president did not refer to the loss of Saddam Hussein International Airport earlier in the day, but criticised US tactics in the 24-hour battle for the strategic site on the western outskirts of Baghdad, writes Lara Marlowe, in Baghdad
US forces promptly renamed their prize Baghdad International Airport. By nightfall, US marines were shelling the east of the city, as well as the south and west.
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