He said: “Saddam Hussein is not able to communicate effectively because he is in hiding, so he could not organise a guerrilla campaign.”In response to criticism that the US military has no idea who had carried out the attack on al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad last week and other assaults on US troops, high-level US officials said Saddam was playing a role in the resistance.US officials also claimed that Izzat Ibrahim, former chairman of the Revolution Command Council, was co-ord- inating links between the resistance and al-Qa’ida. A senior Iraqi official said yesterday there was no truth in claims by the Pentagon that Saddam Hussein and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, one of his aides, were orchestrating anti-US resistance in Iraq.
In an interview with The Independent, the official – a veteran opposition leader to the former Iraqi regime now working for the Governing Council, who did not want his name published – believed the organisers of the resistance came from “the middle levels of the Baath party”. Adding insult to injury, only a small portion of the fuselage went on view in 1995 – a slight due to shortage of space at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on the Washington Mall.This time the whole of the Enola Gay will be on show at its new home, a museum near Dulles Airport, 25 miles west of Washington, which will also house a recently-retired Air France Concorde. Damned if you do .. and damned if you don’t. Such must be the mood of weary resignation of the organisers of the latest attempt to exhibit the Enola Gay – the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan just over 58 years ago – in Washington

Damned if you do .. and damned if you don’t. Meanwhile, under the Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, unemployment levels in the UK stood at around 557,700 while the average wage was £24 16s 5d.During the same year, capital punishment was abolished in Britain, the voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 and the 50p coin was introduced for the first time.The year 1969 also saw the start of the military withdrawal from Vietnam, at the same time as British troops were moved into Northern Ireland.Elsewhere, Colonel Gaddafi seized power in Libya, Ho Chi Minh died, the French President Charles de Gaulle was forced to resign and Rhodesia became a Republic.A further feat of far-reaching consequences was the test-tube fertilisation of human eggs which took place for the first time in 1969.. Yesterday’s spat will sharpen resistance to Spain among Gibraltar’s 30,000 citizens and make diplomats in Madrid and London despair.1969: Moon landings and test-tube babiesThe world 34 years ago was defined by technological breakthroughs, international upheavals – and rising hemlines.The most significant event of 1969 took place on 20 July, when Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the the moon, while closer to home, the supersonic airliner Concorde made a “faultless” 27-minute maiden flight from Toulouse.

Gibraltar holds elections on 27 November, which Mr Caruana’s party is expected to win easily. Meanwhile, the issues raised by the dispute are unlikely to vanish. It broke down within a day of starting its first trip in May 2000, forcing P&O to pay £6m in compensation.Although P&O has apologised for the outbreak ­ thought to have been brought on board by a passenger at Southampton when the ship began its cruise on 20 October ­ it has declined to offer general compensation for passengers, saying that it would consider individual cases.However, P&O had already written to some passengers warning them that there was a danger of the virus striking for the second time this year ­ more than 100 people fell ill during a Caribbean cruise in April. It’s nice to think Gibraltar have stood their ground.”Andrew Williams, from south Wales, who fell ill last Sunday, said that he would be consulting his solicitor. “Not enough was done early enough to stop the spread of the infection. They should have closed the public toilets and the buffet,” he said.The £200million Aurora has had a history of trouble. Mr Smith said: “I think the Greeks greatly over-reacted to have warships and gunships at the side of the Aurora.

Everybody is sick and we’re not allowed to go in public areas.”Her husband added: “It’s like a prison, locked in a cabin with no food or water. I feel like David Blaine.”Mike Smith, 58, and his wife, Tina, 39, from Guernsey, said that P&O’s silence had forced them to rely on outside news. “They should have turned the ship around and sailed back to the UK. He said: “We can taste chemicals on our tongues all the time, it’s coming through the air conditioning because they are cleaning everywhere on the ship.”Michelle Seaborn, 35, from Merseyside, on the cruise with her husband, Barry, 43, said that conditions on the ship were “terrifying”. It’s been like living in a hospital.”His daughter had been ill with the virus and his son had suffered after breathing in some of the chemicals used to disinfect the ship. They criticised P&O for failing to keep them informed and some said that they would be starting legal action for compensation.Paul Brammer, 34, a forestry contractor from Hampshire, who spent £4,000 on the cruise with his wife, Nicky, 32, and their two teenage children, said: “The last few days have been like a holiday from hell.