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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 28-31 - calm before the storm April 2-4 - red line breached April 5-8 - checkpoint war April 9 - fall of Baghdad |
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 April 7
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 April 7
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 April 7
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 Iraqi opposition leader Ahmad Chalabi has arrived in the southern Iraqi town of Nassiriya at the head of 700 fighters, joining the U.S. military campaign against the government, an opposition official said on April 7, 2003. Chalabi is shown during an interview February 9. Photo by Caren Firouz/Reuters
-Mon Apr 7,11:12 AM ET
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 Iranian theological students beat their chests during a protest against the presence of U.S. and British forces in holy cities in southern Iraq, in Iran's holy city of Qom on April 7, 2003. Shi'ite Muslim Iran has warned Washington and London that any damage to holy shrines in the cities of Najaf and Kerbala would enrage Sh'ites throughout the world. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi
-Mon Apr 7,11:06 AM ET
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 April 8
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 April 8
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 April 8
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 April 8
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 April 8
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