The US Army has opened a review of casualty reports on American soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere since 2001, a response to complaints that it has not always given families accurate information.

AROUND 2,000 anti-war protesters turned out in Dublin on Saturday as part of a worldwide demonstration against the presence of coalition forces in Iraq.

WHAT more do we expect the Iraqis to endure under the occupation? Thousands have been jailed and held without formal charge or visits from families and lawyers.

A MILITARY hearing opened yesterday for a soldier accused of a deadly grenade attack on his fellow Americans in Kuwait, with a major testifying that he was wounded by a gunshot after a grenade was rolled into his tent.

ASSAILANTS fired rocket-propelled grenades at a checkpoint in Baghdad’s southwestern suburbs, killing one US paratrooper and wounding another, a military statement said yesterday.

Iraqi civilians are preparing to take Allied commander Gen Tommy Franks to court in Belgium, accusing him and other US military officials of war crimes in Iraq, it was reported today.

US Army tanks rumbled into Baghdad early today for the first time while columns of armoured vehicles began encircling the city.

Seven women and children died after US troops fired at a van which failed to stop at an army checkpoint in southern Iraq.

War euphoria wore off on Wall Street today as investors realised that Operation Iraqi Freedom might not be so quick after all.

War started in Iraq early today with a bold attempt to assassinate Saddam Hussein with cruise missiles and precision guided bombs.