Author: DXO
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Looting and a Suicide Attack in Baghdad
April 11, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 10 — It was a day of widening anarchy in Baghdad today as the jubilation accompanying the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s rule gave way to a spree of violence and looting. A suicide bombing attack on a checkpoint manned by American marines left at least…
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Cheers, Tears and Looting in Capital’s Streets
April 10, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 9 — Saddam Hussein’s rule collapsed in a matter of hours today across much of this capital city as ordinary Iraqis took to the streets in their thousands to topple Mr. Hussein’s statues, loot government ministries and interrogation centers and to give a cheering, often…
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IN BAGHDAD: Still Descends on Baghdad After Raging Street Battles
April 8, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Tuesday, April 8 – A still descended on the city after raging battles that lasted all morning and left the Americans in firm control of an area encompassing the principal seats of governmental power. American forces held an area stretching upwards of a mile and a half…
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THE ATTACK: 3 Journalists Die in U.S. Strikes on 2 Baghdad Buildings
April 8, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 8 — Scenes of near panic broke out today inside the Palestine Hotel here, with journalists rushing down darkened stairwells to the hotel forecourt, many wearing flak jackets and helmets, to escape a strike on the building that killed two of their colleagues. The strike…
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IRAQI CAPITAL: Key Section of City Is Taken in a Street-by-Street Fight
April 8, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 8 — The battle for the heart of Baghdad began before dawn within the sprawling gardens of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Palace and tapered off by early afternoon with the Americans in control of an area running perhaps two miles along the Tigris’s western embankment and…