Calamity and Calm in the Capital
While speculation about the fate of Saddam Hussein and his two sons reached a fever pitch, U.S. troops in central Baghdad occupied the Iraqi leader’s New Presidential Palace and held their position as explosions rocked the area. Hussein loyalists throughout the city, though
disorganized and depleted, engaged U.S. forces in fierce skirmishes; four U.S. troops and two journalists were killed. In these images, the Iraqi capital is a battleground amid the routine of daily life.
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