Tehran, March 21, IRNA -- Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said    
al-Sahhaf has denied Umm al-Qasr's downfall, Qatari al-Jazeera TV     
reports.                                                              
    Al-Sahhaf was further quoted as saying that two aircraft of the   
coalition had been downed by Iraqi forces.                            
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