In pics | Looking back at the opening weeks of "Operation Iraqi Freedom"
Authored By Anamica Singh
Published: Mar 09, 2023, 20:22 IST | Updated: Mar 09, 2023, 20:22 IST
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March 20
First US cruise missiles slam into the outskirts of Baghdad. Saddam Hussein appears on television and says, Iraq "will emerge victorious".
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March 21
Washington starts raining bombs on Baghdad.
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March 31
US troops engage in serious combat with Saddam's elite Republican Guard
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April 4
US troops seize Saddam International Airport, rename it Baghdad International Airport.
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April 7
US troops capture three of his Baghdad palaces.
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April 9
A giant statue of Saddam in Firdos Square is toppled.
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