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BBC News Online charts the latest developments in the Iraq conflict.

[All times GMT and approximate]

Friday, 21 March

1145: Officials in Washington confirm that a US Marine has been killed in Iraq - the first reported US combat death.

1115: Iraqi president offers cash rewards to anyone capturing an enemy soldier or downing an enemy aircraft, the state news agency reports.

1100: Iraqi port of Umm Qasr expected to come under US-UK control "shortly" - UK Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon.

1045: An Iraqi opposition leader says opposition fighters have engaged troops loyal to president on outskirts of northern city of Kirkuk.

1030: Kuwaiti Defence Ministry says incoming Iraqi missile shot down over north of country.

1013: Iraqi military spokesman tells news conference President Saddam Hussein is safe; denies any soldiers have surrendered to US-led forces.

1005: Giant B52 bombers take off from UK airbase.

1000: Southern Iraqi port of Umm Qasr 'not yet secured' by US Marines.

0930: Dispute delays opening of Turkish airspace to US warplanes

0820 Up to 30 oil wells deliberately set on fire by Iraqi forces in southern Iraq - UK Defence Secretary.

0755: UK forces secure southern Faw peninsula but face "some stern resistance" at Umm Qasr - UK Defence Secretary.

0739: Reports of heavy US special forces activity around Kirkuk in northern Iraq.

0725: British officials confirm that eight British, four US troops killed in helicopter crash in Kuwait.

0630 A column of US troops advances at least 150 km (90 miles) inside Iraq, a report says.

0530 BBC correspondent Clive Myrie sees scores of Iraqi soldiers surrendering to 40 Commando, UK Royal Marines, in southern Iraq.

0520 BBC correspondent Adam Mynott, travelling with the US Marines, says troops are meeting stiff resistance as they enter southern Iraq from Kuwait. He says there is no sign of Iraqis surrendering.

0445 Three explosions are heard in or around the northern Iraqi town of Mosul, AFP news agency reports.

0105 Huge explosions are reported over the southern city of Basra.

0037 US CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashes in Kuwait, killing British and American troops. The incident is believed to be an accident.



 

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•Welcome America’s war on Saddam Hussein..
As many of the country’s citizens say

 

 

“I CAN’T WAIT until tomorrow,” he blurted out, “Iraqis have waited too long. Saddam Hussein will be finished and people will all come out in the street to celebrate. Just you wait and see.” He laughed and almost started dancing a jig himself, then and there. We’d figured all along that war would trigger panic, desperation and, yes, jubilation among Iraqis. After weeks of denial and feigned indifference, raw and complex emotions had began pouring out in recent days. After decades of censoring their every word, some citizens now dared to speak out (albeit still privately in most cases) against the regime of Saddam Hussein. “He killed everything that was beautiful in Iraq,” said Mohamed (a pseudonym), “The Americans need to capture him and kill him on television to convince Iraqis that he is really gone. Then they will celebrate.”

 

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•Iraq fires missiles at Kuwait..

 

 

Only hours after the United States launched “Operation Iraqi Freedom” to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Iraq retaliated with missile strikes aimed at American forces in the Kuwait desert.

 

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•Gas Mask's...

 

 

U.S. ARMY troops at Camp New Jersey in the Kuwaiti desert donned gas masks in response to an alert, the Associated Press reported, after a suspected Iraqi missile was fired in the area. Troops of the 3rd Brigade 101st Airborne Brigade were in bunkers and did not immediately know if a chemical weapon caused the alert. Earlier, Defense Minister Sheik Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah told The Kuwait News Agency that two missiles were fired near the border with Iraq. There were no casualties or damages, another official told KUNA. “It looks like a Chinese-made surface-to-surface missile, probably fired from (Iraq’s) al-Faw peninsula,” a Kuwaiti defense official told Reuters. “It seems they were trying to hit the American camp at Doha but missed,” he added, referring to a large U.S.-run military facility north of Kuwait City.

 

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