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Iraq war: Five-year anniversary
Bombs rained down for a second night on the Iraqi Planning Ministry and other buildings in one of Saddam Hussein's presidential compounds on the Tigris River in the heart of Baghdad. At the same time, coalition forces began a ground campaign, with U.S. and British troops sweeping into southern Iraq.
March 21, 2003
March 21, 2003
COLD COPY
What The Times had to say since it staked its antiwar-without-the-U.N. position in 2003.
TIMES POLL
The American public are not in a rush to go to war and they want hard evidence before supporting any military action.
TIMES POLL
War is seen as inevitable, but most still want the U.S. to wait for U.N. backing.
SHOWDOWN WITH IRAQ
White House warns that the conflict with Iraq could be a long one. Rumsfeld meets with Turkish counterpart to discuss cooperation.
War with Iraq / Initial Assault
War to Oust Hussein Begins With Airstrikes
WAR WITH IRAQ / THE EARLY ASSAULT
Allies Hold Back on Full Assault; 12 Die in Helicopter Crash
WAR WITH IRAQ / SUPPORTING THE PILOTS
On carriers such as the Lincoln, pilots get the attention, but it is the sailors toiling below deck who keep the war machine going.
U.S. attack comes from all directions as buildings fall and fires spread. Many run for shelter. Others come out to watch.
Today, it is we Americans who live in infamy.
The U.S. war in Iraq takes place in a region with a long and complicated history unfamiliar to many Americans. We asked experts on Iraqi politics and history to answer some basic questions.
U.S. setbacks rekindle hope in Baghdad, and rumor of downed pilots sparks an excited hunt.
Many Americans are turning away from the conflict and seeking comfort in daily life.
Reports of American and British combat casualties in ambushes and skirmishes, of captured allied soldiers, of "friendly fire" hits, of the grenade attack that a soldier of the 101st Airborne allegedly carried out against his own commanders and other such incidents are just that -- incidental events on the margins of the main event: the almost unopposed advance of U.S. forces toward Baghdad and combined U.S.-British forces on Basra.
A moral nation must balance human cost and potential good.
Symbols of Regime Fall as Troops Take Control
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