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WHAT HAPPENED ON 4th September 2003?
3th September 2003
INDIA TO BUY 66 BRITISH HAWK JET PLANES
India's government has approved the purchase of 66 Hawk trainer jets from BAE Systems for about £830m. The UK firm was competing with Dassault of France with its fixed-wing Alphajet to win the contract. India which has the fourth largest air force in the world shortlisted the two At least 52 pilots have died in more than 100 crashes over six years after moving on to fast jets having learned to fly on slow-moving trainers.
4th September 2003
WEAPONS CLAIM "RISIBLE" SAID DR KELLY
Dr David Kelly dismissed as "risible" the Government's claim that Iraqi weapons could be deployed in 45 minutes the Hutton has heard. Journalist Tom Mangold who discussed the claim with Dr Kelly said the ex- weapons inspector thought it laughable. Dr Kelly's colleague Olivia Bosch told the inquiry that Dr Kelly had denied telling Andrew Gilligan that Alastair Campbell inserted the claim. The second stage of the Hutton inquiry is to begin on September 15.
4th September 2003
MoD PONDERS SENDING MORE TROOPS TO IRAQ
The Government is considering calls to send more troops to Iraq amid continuing attacks on coalition forces. The Ministry of Defence has ordered a review of troop numbers. The move comes after a newspaper quoted Foreign Secretary Jack Straw as urging Tony Blair to send up to 5 000 more troops or risk "strategic failure". needed by October 27 when the Muslim festival of Ramadan begins Mr Straw said in The Daily Telegraph.
3th September 2003
POLICE OFFICER TAKEN OFF DEEPCUT PROBE
A police officer has been taken off the team investigating the deaths of four soldiers at Deepcut barracks in Surrey after a claim of misconduct. Surrey Police said an allegation of "inappropriate behaviour" had been made against a detective constable who faces a disciplinary hearing. The inquiry is examining the deaths from gunshot wounds of four soldiers at the barracks between 1995 & 2002. Their families do not accept the Army's claims that they committed suicide.
4th September 2003
WEAPONS CLAIM "RISIBLE" SAID DR KELLY
Dr David Kelly dismissed as "risible" the Government's claim that Iraqi weapons could be deployed in 45 minutes the Hutton has heard. Journalist Tom Mangold who discussed the claim with Dr Kelly said the ex- weapons inspector thought it laughable. Dr Kelly's colleague Olivia Bosch told the inquiry that Dr Kelly had denied telling Andrew Gilligan that Alastair Campbell inserted the claim. The second stage of the Hutton inquiry is to begin on September 15.
4th September 2003
KELLY "TAKEN ABACK" BY GILLIGAN "GAME"
Iraq expert Dr David Kelly was "taken aback" by the way BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan tried to elicit information from him the Hutton inquiry has heard. At the inquiry into Dr Kelly's death fellow former arms inspector Olive Bosch quoted him as saying Mr Gilligan had tried to play a "name game". The aim had been to find out who had had information "inserted" into an Iraq arms dossier Dr Kelly told her. Dr Kelly told her he had never before had to play such a "game" she said.
3th September 2003
BAGHDAD CAR BOMB KILLS IRAQI POLICEMAN
A car bomb at Baghdad's main police station has killed an Iraqi officer & wounded about 15 the US military said. The bomb was believed to have been left in a Chevrolet parked in a pound for stolen cars a spokesman said. Local officials variously suggested the deputy interior minister ` whose office is adjacent ` or Baghdad's police chief may have been targeted in the attack. The US army earlier confirmed two US military police were killed when their vehicle hit a bomb in Baghdad on Monday
4th September 2003
WEAPONS CLAIM "RISIBLE" SAID DR KELLY
Dr David Kelly dismissed as "risible" the Government's claim that Iraqi weapons could be deployed in 45 minutes the Hutton has heard. Journalist Tom Mangold who discussed the claim with Dr Kelly said the ex- weapons inspector thought it laughable. Dr Kelly's colleague Olivia Bosch told the inquiry that Dr Kelly had denied telling Andrew Gilligan that Alastair Campbell inserted the claim. The second stage of the Hutton inquiry is to begin on September 15.
4th September 2003
RUMSFELD FLIES TO IRAQ "TO BUILD FORCE"
The US wants to more quickly bring former Iraqi soldiers into the country's security forces US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said. All will be carefully screened to weed out those with anti-US leanings he said during an unannounced Iraq visit. Mr Rumsfeld will meet US commanders & US civil administrator L Paul Bremer. It is Mr Rumsfeld's second visit to the country and comes amid growing US alarm over bomb attacks & mounting coalition casualties.
