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Day 27 of the War Reuters, Jordan Times, 4/16/03 Iraqi factions agree to reconvene in 10 days US-led talks on postwar rule, boycotted by main Shiite opposition group; thousands demonstrated against first meeting in Nassiriya. • Powell says US has concerns about Syria and Iran but has no plan right now to overthrow leaders of other nations. • Syria denounces US accusations it developing chemical weapons as "threats and falsifications"; Straw says it is up to Syria to prove it is not a "rogue nation." • Iraqi policemen join US-led troops in trying to restore order in Baghdad. • Amnesty International says Iraqi oil is better protected than the Iraqi people. Quotes Powell: "There is no list, there is no war plan right now to go attack someone else either for the purpose of overthrowing their leadership or for the purpose of imposing democratic values." Syria's Cabinet in a statement after US called it a rogue nation: "The Cabinet rejected these accusations and allegations and saw them as a response to Israeli stimulus and a service to its (Israel's) goals and expansive greed." Kofi Annan on a new Iraqi government: "I do expect the United Nations to play an important role. Above all the UN involvement does bring legitimacy." Casualties • US: 121 killed, 4 missing. • Britain: 30 killed. • Iraqi military: At least 2,320 in Baghdad, according to US military. Iraq has given no figures for its military losses. • Iraqi civilians (Iraqi estimates up to April 3): 1,254 killed, 5,112 wounded. Military action BAGHDAD: US troops have begun distributing leaflets in Baghdad urging Iraqis to stay at home at night because of persisting security threats, US officials said on Tuesday. "During this time, terrorist forces associated with the former regime of Saddam Hussein, as well as various criminal elements, are known to move through the area and engage in hostile acts," the leaflet says. NORTHERN IRAQ: Brigadier General Vincent Brooks told a briefing at Central Command in Qatar. "At this point, there are no burning oil wells in Iraq." The well fire in the giant Kirkuk field, started before the war began, has been snuffed out. SOUTHERN IRAQ: First talks on the future of Iraq attended by Iraqi political and religious leaders, as well as US and British officials, ended with an agreement to meet again in 10 days. Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi, eager not to be seen as a stooge of the Americans who back him, opted to stay away and send a representative instead. The main exiled Shiite group also decided not to attend.
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