THOUSANDS of residents were fleeing Baghdad in a stream of bumper-to-bumper vehicles yesterday, after US troops seized the city’s Saddam International Airport.

Thousands of Iraqi’s today ignored Saddam Hussein’s exaltations to stay and fight and were fleeing Baghdad in a stream of bumper-to-bumper vehicles after US troops seized the capital’s airport.

IRAQ’s health minister yesterday said 36 Iraqis had been killed and 215 wounded in yesterday’s allied air strikes on Baghdad.

Iraq’s health minister today said 36 Iraqis had been killed and 215 wounded in yesterday’s allied air strikes on Baghdad.