 March 25
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 US Marine bleeds from the face during an assault in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah(AFP/Cris Bouroncle) -Wed Mar 26, 3:39 AM ET
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March 15-18 - ultimatum and protest March 19-20 - air attack and invasion March 21-24 - "shock and awe" March 25-27 - counterattacks March 28 - calm before the storm |
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March 25
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US Marine bleeds from the face during an assault in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah(AFP/Cris Bouroncle) -Wed Mar 26, 3:39 AM ET
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 March 27
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 March 27
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 March 27
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 March 27
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 An undated U.S. military handout aerial photograph shows what military officials describe as an Iraqi missile support facility before and after coalition bombing. The image was shown as part of a briefing by U.S. Army Brigadier General Vincent Brooks during a press conference at Camp As Sayliyah, the forward Central Command headquarters outside Doha, Qatar, March 27, 2003. REUTERS/HO-US Command Handout -Thu Mar 27, 2:38 PM ET
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 U.S. Army medic Pfc. Gonzales R. Joseph, left, tries to console an Afghan girl while on a mission with the Civil Affairs team in Malak Ameer Jan Kalay, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan , Thursday, March 27, 2003. A Civil Affairs team met with village representatives to assess the village's aid needs and to gain intelligence about the region. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) -Thu Mar 27, 2:32 PM ET
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 A U.S. Army soldier on a mission with an Army Civil Affairs team distributes candies to boys and girls in Malak Ameer Jan Kalay, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan , Thursday, March 27, 2003. Civil Affairs team members Staff Sgt. Peter Sweeney, background center, and Sgt. David Parshall, background right, held a meeting with village representatives to assess the village's aid needs and to gain intelligence about the region. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) -Thu Mar 27, 2:13 PM ET
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 United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Negroponte, right, speaks with the United Kingdom Ambassdor Jeremy Greenstock before Greenstock makes his address to the UN Security Council in New York, Thursday, March 27, 2003 regarding the US-led war with Iraq . (AP Photo/Ed Bailey) -Thu Mar 27, 1:37 PM ET
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 A US Navy-trained bottle nose dolphin shows off its video camera as it is escorted to the Arabian Sea. Dolphins may be used in underwater Iraqi mine clearing operations.(AFP/File/Brien Aho) -Thu Mar 27, 9:54 AM ET
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 Citizens of the southern Iraqi port of Umm Qsar queue for fresh water distributed by U.S. and British troops March 26, 2003. The United Nations on March 27 rejected a call by eight countries including Russia and Syria to examine the human rights and humanitarian situation in Iraq as a result of war. (Pool via Reuters) -Thu Mar 27, 9:00 AM ET
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 The missiles hit a Baghdad market in a residential area at 11:30 a.m. (0830 GMT) amid a number of coalition air raids as sandstorms blew over the Iraqi capital.(AFP/Karim Sahib) -Thu Mar 27, 8:01 AM ET
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