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U.S. Launches Second Attack on Baghdad
American missiles fell on Baghdad for the second straight night Thursday and ground troops attacked Iraqi forces in the desert with artillery in a slow escalation of the war to drive Saddam Hussein from power. In southern Iraq, white light glowed in the desert sky, and the sound of explosions could be heard from across the Kuwait-Iraq frontier as the 3rd Infantry division unleashed its artillery barrage. Troops eager to cross the border into Iraq cheered.I heard on the radio a few minutes ago that the Brits were engaged... Half a world away from the war theater, U.S. intelligence officials sought to determine whether the Iraqi leader had been killed hours earlier in a pre-dawn attack by cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs. State-run television denied it, and said the Iraqi dictator had met with aides during the day. Early intelligence reports suggested Iraq's leadership was not organizing any coordinated response to the U.S attack, suggesting the Iraqi regime might be in chaos or cut off from the military, these officials said. Whether it was Sammy that got waxed or a double, our position should be that it was Sammy. At least make him spend the rest of the war trying to convince people he's not dead... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-20 |
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