Iraq War

March 15-18 - ultimatum and protest
March 19-20 - air attack and invasion
March 21-24 - "shock and awe"
March 25-27 - counterattacks
March 28-31 - calm before the storm


March 28
March 28
March 28
March 28

In this image from WABC-TV video, police take up positions to block off the Williamsburg Bridge on New York's East River, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, on Friday, March 28, 2003, after getting reports of suspicious activity there. Three men were taken into custody in the incident. (AP Photo/WABC-TV) -Fri Mar 28,10:39 AM ET
Kurdish fighters travel to a frontline position abandoned by Iraqi forces near the town of Chamchamal March 28, 2003. Iraqi forces have retreated towards the nearby city of Kirkuk after forward positions were bombarded by U.S. warplanes earlier in the week. (Nikola Solic/Reuters) -Fri Mar 28,10:38 AM ET
Susan Sarandon was to appear at an event for The United Way of Tampa Bay, Florida, but the event was cancelled because organizers said it "began to divide our community"(AFP/File/Timothy Clary) -Fri Mar 28, 8:35 AM ET
US advisor (R) of the Training Task Force for Iraqi volunteers gives indications to Iraqis of the Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) in the classroom of the US military base of Taszar.(AFP/File) -Fri Mar 28, 8:21 AM ET

Local Iraqi Kurd commanders observe the front line after Iraqi Kurdish fighters crossed the line into Iraqi government-controlled territory, March 27, 2003, in the first such advance since the start of the U.S.-led war in the country. There was no clash during the advance on the hilltops above the town of Chamchamal. The Iraqi soldiers had apparently fled their positions, which had been bombarded by U.S. warplanes in recent days. (Nikola Solic/Reuters) -Fri Mar 28, 3:56 AM ET
The British aid vessel HMS Sir Galahad arrives at the old port of Umm Qasr with a military escort and 700 tonnes of food and water aboard -- the first humanitarian aid to be delivered a week into the war on Iraq .(AFP/Rabih Moghrabi) -Fri Mar 28,11:12 AM ET
A B-2 Spirit receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell AFB, Kansas, over the Indian Ocean, on March 27, 2003. The KC-135 Crew is currently assigned to the 405th Air Expeditionary Wing, forward deployed location, Southwest Asiaover Iraq , March 27, 2003. A U.S. B-2 bomber on Friday dropped two earth-shattering 4,600-pound (2,086 kg) 'bunker-buster' bombs on a downtown Baghdad communications tower, defense officials said. it was the first use of the big bombs in a week-long pounding of the Iraqi capital. U.S.-led jets and ships have used more than 5,000 bombs and missiles against Baghdad and across Iraq in a war to depose President Saddam Hussein . Reuters /Cherie A. Thurlby/U.S. Air Force -Fri Mar 28,11:07 AM ET
A member of the media reads a newspaper while relaxing near a satellite dish outside the Coalition Media Center, at Camp As Sayliyah, in Doha, Qatar, Friday, March 28, 2003. More than 700 journalists from around the world are registered at the media center to attend daily briefings from generals and spokespersons from coalition forces. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis) -Fri Mar 28,10:39 AM ET

A masked US Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, plays cards at an undisclosed desert base in southern Iraq , Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) -Fri Mar 28,10:20 AM ET
Soldiers with the US Army's 4th Infantry Division. Troops from the 4th Infantry Division began flying out of Fort Hood, Texas as the Pentagon confirmed that it has readied another 120,000 troops for deployment in Iraq .(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt) -Fri Mar 28, 8:06 AM ET

A radar-avoiding U.S. B-2 bomber dropped two earth-shattering 4,600-pound 'bunker-buster' bombs on Friday on a major link in Iraq 's communications network in downtown Baghdad, defense officials said. It was believed to be the first use of the big bombs on Baghdad. Allied jets have pounded targets in the Iraqi capital with hundreds of bombs and missiles in the week-old war to depose President Saddam Hussein . (Reuters Graphic) -Fri Mar 28,10:25 AM ET

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revised 3/28/03 by Schoenherr