Iraq War 2003

April 12

This aerial view shows a rainbow colored peace banner, about 500 meters long, carried by peace demonstrators through central Rome, April 12, 2003. Thousands of peace campaigners poured onto the streets of Europe and elsewhere switching their focus from preventing war on Iraq to protesting against the continuing U.S. and British military presence. (Tony Gentile/Reuters) -Sat Apr 12, 1:45 PM ET

April 12

A portrait of Saddam's son Uday, is protrayed on the Ace of Hearts playing cards displayed against a map of Iraq in the photo taked at the Pentagon , April 11, 2003. The United States will soon deliver Iraq's deposed president Saddam Hussein and his inner circle into the hands of its own troops, as a deck of playing cards, with Saddam as the Ace of Spades. Brigadier General Vincent Brooks held up one of the first examples of the card packs at a Central Command briefing on Friday, explaining that each card depicted a character the United States wanted pursued, killed or captured. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia -Fri Apr 11, 6:10 PM ET

A portrait of Saddam Hussein is clearly centered on the Ace of Spades in the photo taked at the Pentagon , April 11, 2003. The United States will soon deliver Iraq 's deposed president Saddam Hussein and his inner circle into the hands of its own troops, as a deck of playing cards, with Saddam as the Ace of Spades. Brigadier General Vincent Brooks held up one of the first examples of the card packs at a Central Command briefing on Friday, explaining that each card depicted a character the United States wanted pursued, killed or captured. Saddam's son Uday, who has a reputation as a playboy, is the Ace of Hearts. Saddam's second son Qusay is the Ace of Clubs. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia -Fri Apr 11, 5:10 PM ET

The United States will soon deliver Iraq 's deposed president Saddam Hussein and his inner circle into the hands of its own troops -- as a deck of playing cards. Image shows four of the 55 playing cards provided by the U.S. Defense Department on April 11, 2003, each depicting a character that the United States wants pursued, killed or captured. Shown are (R-L) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on the ace of spades, Hussein's son Uday on the ace of hearts, presidential secretary Abid Hamid Mahmud Al-Tikriti on the ace of diamonds, and Hussein's son Qusay on the ace of clubs. REUTERS/HO -Fri Apr 11, 4:03 PM ET

A young Iraqi girl asks for food at an American checkpoint in the center of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, April 12, 2003. Saddam Hussein 's scientific adviser became his first close associate to surrender as the U.S. military struggled to restore law and order ( news -Y! TV ) in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters -Sat Apr 12, 2:31 PM ET

A family is checked for weapons and contraband by the U.S. Marines of the 24th Expeditionary Unit at a checkpoint, Saturday, April 12, 2003, 9 kms. (6 miles) south of the Iraq town of Kut. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) -Sat Apr 12, 2:25 PM ET

A US Marine mans a machine gun in front of an Iraqi flag at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad(AFP/EPA/Christophe Simon) -Sat Apr 12,10:57 AM ET

A U.S. soldier from the 173rd Airborne Division, based in Aviano, Italy, guards oil facilities in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk as smoke rises in the distance, April 11, 2003. U.S. soldiers fanned out across the Kirkuk oilfield to secure Iraq 's largest and oldest field, said a Reuters eyewitness on the scene. (Nikola Solic/Reuters) -Fri Apr 11, 8:21 AM ET

A drawing of Saddam Hussein 's face with a red 'X' painted over it serves as the cover for Time magazine's April 21, 2003 issue. The weekly newsmagazine's cover reprises an issue from 58 years ago, when Adolf Hitler's face appeared on the magazine, complete with red 'X.' (AP Photo/Time, Inc.) -Sun Apr 13, 5:47 PM ET

drawing of Adolf Hitler's face with a red 'X' painted over it serves as the cover for Time magazine's May 7, 1945, issue. The weekly newsmagazine's April 21, 2003, issue has a portrait of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein that reprises the Hitler cover from 58 years ago, complete with red 'X.' (AP Photo/Time, Inc.) -Sun Apr 13, 5:47 PM ET

Looters caught inside a bank are searched by US soldiers in Baghdad(AFP/Awad Awad) -Sun Apr 13, 6:57 PM ET

Parts of a beheaded sculpture lies among rubble after a mob of looters ransacked and looted Iraq's largest archeological museum in Baghdad(AFP/Patrick Baz) -Sun Apr 13, 6:57 PM ET

Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Abbas, who masterminded the hijacking of an Italian cruise ship in 1985, was captured by U.S. forces and is in U.S. custody in Baghdad, a U.S. official said April 15, 2003. The United States on April 16 trumpeted the capture of the veteran Palestinian guerrilla leader, seen in the Gaza Strip in this April 22, 1996 file photo, as proof of a link between Saddam Hussein and terrorism as troops continued to hunt for the ousted leader and his aides. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters) -Wed Apr 16, 7:33 AM ET

US soldiers put an abandoned Iraqi T-55 tank out of action with a sledge hammer.(AFP/Romeo Gacad) -Wed Apr 16, 4:49 AM ET

US soldiers search an Iraqi man at a checkpoint in the city of Tikrit(AFP/Joseph Barrak) -Wed Apr 16, 4:49 AM ET

Paula Zahn poses on the set of her CNN show, 'American Morning with Paula Zahn' in this undated publicity photo. Zahn will switch from morning to prime-time on CNN, part of a series of moves that illustrates the network's increased emphasis on news over opinion. The change will take place on Monday, April 21, 2003. (AP Photo/CNN) -Tue Apr 15,10:58 PM ET

An injured Iraqi man cries in pain as he his wounds are inspected by medical staff in a Baghdad hospital April 16, 2003. Iraqi and foreign doctors said the 33 hospitals in the city of five million people were in no fit state to cope with Iraq s war-wounded or patients with chronic diseases and they had yet to receive significant medical assistance from outside the country. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich - Wed Apr 16,10:14 AM ET

Ali Ismail Abbas, age 12, arriving for treatment at Al-Babtain Burns Center at Ibn Sina Hospital in Kuwait City. Abbas lost both arms and received major burns in coalition bombing in Baghdad.(AFP/Robert Sullivan) -Wed Apr 16, 9:57 AM ET

A U.S. Central Command handout photograph, released Wednesday, April 16, 2003, shows Iraqi dignitaries and representatives gathered Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at Ziggurat temple at Tillil Air base, near the southern town of Nasiriyah, Iraq for a meeting to begin shaping Iraq's postwar government. Participants included Kurds and Sunni and Shiite Arabs from inside Iraq and others who spent years in exile. (AP Photo/U.S. Central Command) -Wed Apr 16, 9:51 AM ET

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