Iraq War 2003

A television image off Al-Jazeera shows two Iraqi men surrendering to a British soldier on a road on the outskirts of the key Iraqi port of Umm Qasr March 21, 2003. U.S. Marines under British command took at least 250 Iraqi prisoners on Friday as they advanced into the outskirts of the important southern port of Umm Qasr, a British commander said. (Reuters)

Television image shows Iraqi soldiers walking down a road after surrendering on the outskirts of the key port of Umm Qasr March 21, 2003. U.S. Marines took at least 250 Iraqi prisoners on Friday as they advanced into the outskirts of the important southern port city, a British commander said. (Reuters)

An anti-war protester in Chicago holds a sign with a reference to 'shock and awe,' the term used by U.S. military officials to describe attacks on Iraq Friday, March 21, 2003. U.S.-led forces unleased an air assault on Baghdad Friday, commencing their promised campaign of 'shock and awe' after ground troops captured a key port city, two airports and scores of surrendering Iraqi prisoners. (AP)

Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza is filled with people and police during an anti-war protest Friday, March 21, 2003 in Chicago. Thousands of people gathered and marched through the city in opposition to the war in Iraq. (AP)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, shows a map of troop movements during a briefing about the war in Iraq at the Pentagon in Washington, March 21, 2003. The United States and Britain unleashed a devastating air assault on Baghdad on Friday and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the scale of the assault was intended to show Iraqis that Saddam was finished and his rule was 'history.' (Reuters)

This video grab taken from Abu Dhabi TV shows an explosion in Baghdad March 21, 2003. (AFP-HO)

U.S. Marines from the Second Battalion entering Nasiriya, in southern Iraq. (Eric Feferberg/Agence France-Presse March 23, 2003)

Terry Shaeffer and Drew Bond, right, watched television coverage of the war with Iraq on Wednesday night in Daphne, Ala., after the White House announced that the attacks to topple Saddam Hussein had begun. (John David Mercer/Associated Press Mar. 23)

Poster depicting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein defiant on horseback. (AP March 23, 2003)

This image from Iraqi television on March 23, 2003 shows what the state broadcaster said was the body of a U.S. soldier after a battle southeast of the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya where U.S. forces have encountered stiff resistance. The U.S. said on Sunday that Iraqi troops were using 'ruses' to kill U.S. troops invading their country, on one occasion dressing as civilians to ambush them. 'There were several incidents reported today in which there were types of behavior that I can only describe as ruses that were perpetrated by the enemy,' Lt. Gen. John Abizaid told a news briefing at Central Command headquarters outside Qatar. Photo by Reuters (Handout) -Sun Mar 23, 3:02 PM ET

A still from Iraqi television on March 23, 2003 shows what is purported to be the bodies of U.S. soldiers after a battle at the town of Souq al-Shuyukh, southeast of the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya where U.S. forces have encountered stiff resistance. Iraqi television showed video on Sunday of a number of bodies and five prisoners. REUTERS/Iraqi TV -Sun Mar 23, 3:00 PM ET

March 23

Polish and U.S. special forces hold a captured Iraqi man on a boat in the port of Umm-Qasr in southern Iraq on March 23, 2003. Sunday was the 'toughest day of resistance' so far encountered by U.S.-led forces in four days of war against Iraq, U.S. Army General John Abizaid said on Sunday. Photo by Desmond Boylan/Reuters -Sun Mar 23, 2:58 PM ET

Journalists watch screens showing the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite television stations airing footage of killed and captured US soldiers allegedly in southern Iraq at the military base of As-Saliyah, 20 kms south of Doha. (AFP/Nasser Younes) -Sun Mar 23, 2:53 PM ET

US Marines from the 2nd Battalion 8th regiment enter the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, where allied troops found resistance in their northbound advance torwards the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (AFP/Eric Feferberg) -Sun Mar 23, 2:36 PM ET

Jordanian students demonstrate carrying copies of the Quran at the entrance of the Jordan University in Amman on Sunday, March 23, 2003. More than 1000 students demonstrated against the U.S-led war on Iraq (AP Photo/Nader Daoud) -Sun Mar 23,12:50 PM ET

Pakistani Muslims hold a poster with the image of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as more than 100,000 people took to the streets condemning the U.S.-led attacks on Iraq and demanding an immediate end to the war in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Sunday March 23, 2003. (AP Photo/K. M. Chaudary) -Sun Mar 23,12:47 PM ET

Anti-war demonstrators carry a banner through the streets of downtown Toronto, March 22, 2003. According to an opinion poll released on Saturday, the majority of Canadians back Prime Minister Chretien Liberal government's hotly-debated decision not to commit troops to the U.S.-led war on Iraq . Photo by Andrew Wallace -Sun Mar 23,12:46 PM ET

Deputy Prime Minister John Manley, widely regarded as the most pro-American member of the Canadian cabinet, on Friday said the images of bombs striking Iraq were 'chilling' and urged Washington to help rebuild the country properly to avoid a backlash. In this file photo, Manley smiles during a luncheon speech in Montreal on February 24, Photo by Christinne Muschi -Sun Mar 23,12:08 PM ET

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul.(AFP/EPA/File/Tarik Tinazay) -Sun Mar 23,11:52 AM ET

Iraqi soldiers stand in front of an Apache military helicopter in the Hindiya district, southwest of Baghdad, March 24, 2003. Iraqi television has shown video of two men it said were the crew of an Apache helicopter that was downed after running into ground fire during a combat mission southwest of Baghdad. Iraqi television showed the identity papers of the two men and said their helicopter was shot down by a farmer. (Faleh Kheiber/Reuters) -Mon Mar 24, 7:59 PM ET

A still from Iraqi television shows one of two men it said were the crew of an Apache helicopter that was downed after running into ground fire during a combat mission southwest of Baghdad March 24, 2003. The image is believed to be of Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams. Iraqi television showed the identity papers of the two men and said their helicopter was shot down by a farmer. (Reuters Television/Reuters)

A U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Fox Company 'Raiders' truck makes its way from the port of Umm-Qasr in southern Iraq to a port facility in near the town Az-Zubayr, south of Basra as two camels walk across the road March 24, 2003. With Iraqi resistance mounting to U.S. forces over the weekend and the U.S. death toll rising to at least 10 with 16 missing, opinion polls showed most Americans were bracing for a more protracted war with higher casualties. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters) -Mon Mar 24, 7:02 PM ET

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