Friday in and around Baghdad
U.S. Marines during a firefight Friday near Al Muhaydi As Salih, about 20 miles south of Bahgdad. One Marine was killed and at least two others were wounded. (John Makely / The Baltimore Sun)
April 4, 2003
Farhan Kadhim, 30, the father of three, at Al Yalmouk Hospital in Baghdad Friday. He suffered head and stomach wounds in the area of Saddam International Airport the previous day. Many wounded soldiers and civilians had been admitted to the hospital on Friday, following intense fighting the previous day between Iraqi and allied forces, especially in the area of the airport. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Eighteen-year-old Akmed Sadiq lies in pain one hour after abdominal surgery. He said he was near the airport when he was wounded. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
A wounded Iraqi soldier at Al Yalmouk Hospital Friday. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
An Iraqi family drives through an area of intense fighting south of Baghdad in a bid to escape warfare in the capital city. (John Makely / The Baltimore Sun)
A donkey appears on an embankment and rests, apparently unfazed by a firefight taking place in fields around it, 20 miles south of Baghdad. (John Makely / The Baltimore Sun)
A U.S. Marine M1A1 tank explodes Friday as its munitions catch fire, following a car bombing that immobilized the vehicle near Al Muhaydi As Salih, about 20 miles from Baghdad. (John Makely / The Baltimore Sun)
Mahdy Abdul Kareem, 14, at a hospital in Baghdad Friday. He was shot in the stomach by what relatives called a “big bullet” two days earlier in the area of Youseffiya, 18 miles south of the capital city. Family members said allied-force paratroopers entered the village and shot him. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)