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The Fall of Baghdad, April 2003
- Coalition forces advance on Baghdad
- Troops reach Baghdad
- Hussein's Palaces
- British forces capture Basra
- The fall of Baghdad
- Iraqis celebrate the fall of Hussein
- Looting, resistance fighters cause problems
- Fighting continues in northern Iraq
- Bush announces end of major combat operations
- "Mission accomplished"
During the first two weeks of the 2003 Iraq War, the U.S.-led coalition's "wave of steel" ground assault...
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