Bush-Blair speeches fail to reach Iraqis

BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 10, 2003
With no television or electricity, Iraqis failed to receive the TV messages US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair tried to send them Thursday, AFP reporters said.

The US leader's speech was to be broadcast at 6:00 pm Baghdad time, the day after US forces rolled into central Baghdad to jubilant scenes.

But Baghdad is currently suffering a power outage and its three television stations, including the main state-run channel, have not broadcast for several days after coalition warplanes targeted telecommunications centres in the Iraqi capital.

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