David
Wed April 2, 2003 7:54am
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Baghdad hit
Smoke billows from a building hit during a U.S. air raid in Baghdad on Monday. U.S. forces battled Iraqi fighters south of Baghdad and pummeled the capital from the air on Monday in a marked intensification of the 12-day-old war. At least one U.S. soldier was killed in one of several firefights around towns and river crossings in the south.
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David
Wed April 2, 2003 7:54am
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From the holy to the hell
Smoke billows on the horizon beyond the unknown soldier's mosque in downtown Baghdad on April 1 from the oil trenches lighted by Iraqis to hamper the visibility of coalition bombers targeting the capital.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 1:36pm
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U.S. Army Bradley fightin
Thursday, April 3, 2003, U.S. Army Bradley fighting vehicles from A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Regiment continue on their way after destroying an Iraqi military vehicle on the outskirts of Baghdad on Thursday. The U.S. forces crossed the Euphrates River on Thursday and engaged Iraqi forces near the Iraqi capital.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 1:36pm
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Except for the lights fro
Thursday, April 3, 2003, Except for the lights from a hotel on generator power, total darkness envelops Iraq's capital, Baghdad, after electricity went out Thursday.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 1:36pm
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Iraqi Republican Guard fo
Thursday, April 3, 2003, Iraqi Republican Guard forces gather Thursday on the outskirts of Baghdad. The elite units, composed of the best trained and best equipped men in the Iraqi army, are arrayed around the Iraqi capital, within sight of forward units of the coalition forces.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 2:00pm
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U.S. Marines of the 3rd b
Saturday, April 5, 2003, U.S. Marines of the 3rd battalion, 4th regiment, take position after they were fired on by an Iraqi sniper on the main road to Baghdad, some six miles from the Iraqi capital, on Saturday.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 2:00pm
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Iraqi policemen hold thei
Saturday, April 5, 2003, Iraqi policemen hold their AK-47 rifles in front of the Palestine Hotel Saturday in Baghdad, in celebration of an alleged victory against coalition forces. Iraq's information minister said Baghdad was firmly under Iraqi control and denied U.S. reports that troops had reached the center of the capital.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 2:00pm
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A Baghdad shopkeeper bric
Saturday, April 5, 2003, A Baghdad shopkeeper bricks up his shop to protect it Saturday as troops of the U.S.-led coalition reportedly advanced toward the center of the capital.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 4:12pm
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Iraqi Republican Guardsme
Sunday, April 6, 2003, Iraqi Republican Guardsmen head to the front south of Baghdad on Sunday. U.S. forces were closing in on the Iraqi capital from opposite directions, U.S. officials said.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 4:12pm
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Unidentified U.S. Marines
Sunday, April 6, 2003, Unidentified U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division return fire during combat with Iraqi gunmen to secure a key bridge into Baghdad on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital on Sunday.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 4:12pm
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Members of an Iraqi famil
Sunday, April 6, 2003, Members of an Iraqi family cower in their home's garden listening to an exchange of gunfire between U.S. Marines of the 4th Regiment and Iraqi forces during a U.S. operation to secure a key bridge into Baghdad on Sunday on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 4:25pm
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A U.S. Army M-1 Abrams ta
Monday, April 7, 2003, A U.S. Army M-1 Abrams tank crew takes a break in front of a presidential palace near Baghdad's international airport Monday. U.S. forces raided three of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's palaces in and near the capital, including his main compound in the center of the city.
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David
Thu April 17, 2003 4:25pm
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U.S. Army soldiers from t
Monday, April 7, 2003, U.S. Army soldiers from the a combat team of the 3rd Infantry Division look at a the reception room of a presidential palace near the international airport outside Baghdad on Monday. It was one of three of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's palaces raided by U.S. forces in and near the capital.
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David
Fri April 18, 2003 11:00am
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Lance Cpl. Thomas J. York
Tuesday, April 8, 2003, Lance Cpl. Thomas J. York, right, of Carthage, Ind., and the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, searches a house Tuesday while securing the main road leading into Baghdad on the southeast outskirts of the Iraqi capital.
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David
Fri April 18, 2003 11:11am
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Iraqis destroy a statue o
Wednesday, April 9, 2003, Iraqis destroy a statue of President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on Wednesday after it was pulled down by a U.S. armored vehicle. U.S. troops moved into the heart of the Iraqi capital with little resistance.
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