Snipers of the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) aim their rifles in
the port city of Umm-Qasr in southern Iraq on March 23, 2003 as they
met pockets of resistance from the Republican Guard in a residential
area beside the port. Iraqi troops and paramilitary fighters loyal to
President Saddam Hussein held up a U.S. advance toward Baghdad on
Sunday, inflicting casualties and taking American prisoners on the
fourth day of war. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

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