War briefing
Khazar
* U.S. warplanes bomb Iraqi troop positions.
Mosul
*Kurdish fighters and U.S. Special Forces close in on Mosul, as allied aircraft bomb areas nearby.
Baghdad
* The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division secures part of Saddam International Airport; 1st Marine Expeditionary Force pushes northwest along the Tigris River toward the capital
* Power outage darkens most of city as bombing continues.
Numaniyah
*Marines consolidate control of town, setting up checkpoints, securing main bridge and searching for Iraqi fighters.
Al Kut
* Marines repulse suicide charge of about a dozen Iraqi fighters and defeat Republican Guards. At least 60 Iraqis surrender.
Najaf
*101st Airborne Division allows Iraqi opposition leader to blow up statue of Saddam Hussein.
Basra
* British troops establish first camp inside the city.
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