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'' ' In brief Cheney: Troops’ advance proves criticism of war was misguided — NEW ORLEANS (AP) The advance of US troops into Baghdad is proof that early criticism of the war’s plans was misguided Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday The war is “one of the most extraordinary military campaigns ever conducted” Cheney said speaking to the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors “With every day with every advance of our coalition forces the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent” Cheney said He dismissed critics as “retired military officers embedded in TV studios” Cheney said the war has sent a clear message to all violent groups that die United States has the capacity and die will to wage war on terrorism and win decisively Cheney’s comments came shortly after US Central Command in Qatar declared that Baghdad had been nded to the list of areas that the Saddam regime no longer controls Marine and Army units welcomed by clapping Iraqis were seizing and destroying buildings in Baghdad despite sniper fire from roving bands of holdout fighters But Cheney cautioned that Saddam Hussein’s regime still controls a lot of territory in northern Iraq and fierce fighting may lay ahead Rumsfeld hails progress of war WASHINGTON (AP) — US led forces are liberating Bagh- dad and removing the Saddam Hussein regime “from its seat of power” Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld declared Wednesday “Saddam Hussein is now taking his rightful place alongside Hitler Stalin Lenin Ceausescu id the pantheon of failed brutal dictators and the Iraqi people are well on their way to freedom” Rumsfeld told a Pentagon briefing “This is a very good day” Rumsfeld said as US forces stormed through the streets of the Iraqi capital and were greeted by jubilant Baghdad residents Rumsfeld called such images broadcast around the world “breathtaking” Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen Richard Myers chairman of the Joint Chiefs jof Staff cautioned that despite the day’s develop- ments there still remained much work to be done and some hard fighting might lie ahead Deals sought on war spending — leaders WASHINGTON want to send (AP) Republican President Bush a near $80 billion down payment on the Iraq war this week and approve a federal budget that delays resolving a House-Senadispute over his proposed tax cuts chambers were hoping to Bargainers from the two GOP-ru- n shake hands on final versions of both measures on Wednesday If they do they would be on track to meet their goal of pushing the legislation through Congress by Friday when lawmakers spring recess Under a proposed complan to begin a two-wepromise negotiators were moving toward the $22 trillion budHouse-Sena- te battle over tax cuts get for 2004 would sidestep a write each chamber differing tax bills later this year by letting The extraordinary plan which was still being discussed was described by congressional aides on condition of anonymity te ek By Daborah Kong - AP Minority Issues Writer Iraqis in Michigan paraded through the streets waving American and Iraqi flags while others around the nation greeted signs that Saddam Hussein’s regime is crumbling with tears of joy Worries about relatives in their homeland persisted but a wave of relief washed over many in die community Wednesday as they saw news reports of opposition to US troops in Baghdad “this is a day we’ve been waiting for 35 years” said Feisal Amin a Chicago lawyer who went in late to work after watching events unfold on television “It’s a tremendous relief that it seems that this is the beginning of the end I’m very very proud to be an American today as well as an Iraqi” In Dearborn Mich a crowd of about 200 people and dozens of honking cars paraded by the Karbalaa Islamic Center in the largely Arab Detroit suburb Some people stood on car roofs others chanted slogans in Arabic including “Hey hey Saddam hey Saddam where are you going to escape to?” and “Saddam is dead long live Iraq” At one point the crowd used candy to pelt a large cardboard drawing of Saddam took the picture out into the street jumped on it and eventually tore it in half “Today is my birthday” 46 a said Ali native of southern Iraq “But it's also the birthday for all : Iraqi-Americ- an col-lapsi- ng ali Iraqis”' Salah Flaih who decorated his Manchester NH convenience store with American flags and a card- life-siz- ed board cutout of President Bush hopped up and down as ' AP photo Wednesday afier news reports showed waves an Amsrican tag and praisUS troops hi Baghdad's town center Photo below: Zarah es the prophet Muhammad for the apparent collapse of Saddam Hussein's government during a rally in Dearborn Mich Iraqi men above march on Warren Ave in Dearborn Mich he watched television images of US Marines and Iraqis statue of Sadtopple a dam that stood in the center of Baghdad's Fardos Square “Oh the Iraqi people are happy now” said Flaih 49 who moved taNew Hampshire with his wife and sons 2 12 years ago “It’s the happiest moment in my life It’s my “They have resorted to war to violence to killing thousands of Iraqi civilians” he said “The means they have resorted to to accomplish the removal of the regime is unconscionable It’s a criminal 40-fo- ot liberation day” In Lincoln Neb Omar Younis watched the same images “It’s exciting it’s very great” said Younis who has family living in Mosul “I wish I was there to participate with the people” Ithaar Derweesh who has-n’t been able to sleep more ' than three hours a night since the war started said he woke up early to “the adrenaline rush of watching history unfold” seeing television images of people throwing act” As watched the looting in the streets of Baghdad they also are concerned about relatives living there and whether they have electricity or running water “I’d like to see calm Iraqi-America- ns flowers at American tanks waving flags and removing symbols of Saddam’s regime “It’s beautiful" said Derweesh 32 a Cleveland surgeon whose family left Iraq when he was 9 years old “I cried tears of joy” But not all -- restored" said whose cousins aunts and uncles live in Iraq “One of my nephews is 20 years old He has never known a regime other than Saddam’s So this" is where die future of Iraq lies — how are they going to be able to engender and maintain these democratic Iraqi-America- ns shared those feelings Hadi Jawad vice president and board member of the Dallas Peace Center said he sees coalition forces not as liberators but as subjugators of Iraq’s people and resources fV Kr k 1® SfiggHSHSMSIM® TO TRY THE LATEST 100 SS5fflSE IHSSSH! 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