A City Under Siege
A U.S. intelligence report predicts the fall of Saddam Hussein’s
government within a matter of days -- and signs in the sky and on the ground appear to back up the claim. Even an Iraqi TV report purporting to quote Hussein had an air of desperation.
Still, street by street, block by block, civilians and soldiers alike remain caught up in the individual dramas of warfare. These photos capture a slice of life and death in Baghdad.
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