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To: pallmer who wrote (6658)	3/19/2003 10:06:11 AM
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To: pallmer who wrote (6658)	3/19/2003 8:02:21 PM
From: pallmer	Respond to of 29604

-- Iraq deadline passes, Baghdad quiet -- BAGHDAD, March 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. deadline for Saddam Hussein to quit Iraq or face war passed on Thursday, with no sign the Iraqi president had complied nor of instant military strikes in Baghdad. U.S. President George W. Bush's 48-hour ultimatum ended at 0100 GMT -- 4 a.m. in the Iraqi capital, which had taken on the air of a ghost town on the eve of the deadline. Shops and restaurants were shut and streets deserted. A bright moon hung in a lightly clouded sky over the city after a sandstorm on Wednesday, which had abated. About an hour before the deadline three or four explosions were heard in the far distance. The U.S. military said its planes had attacked targets in the southern "no-fly" zone which they have patrolled for years and which runs close to the city. To the south, where U.S. forces are massed on the ground in Kuwait and aboard ships the Gulf, there was little sign of an increase in activity overnight. ((Reporting by Nadim Ladki, writing by Richard Meares; Reuters Messaging: richard.meares.reuters.com@reuters.net; Iraq Desk, Gulf Newsroom +971 4 391 0186, fax 391 8335)) (C) Reuters 2003. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.