An explosion rocks Baghdad during air strikes March 21, 2003. U.S.-led
forces unleashed a devastating blitz on Baghdad on Friday night, triggering
giant fireballs and deafening explosions and sending huge mushroom clouds
above the city centre. Missiles slammed into the main palace complex of
President Saddam Hussein on the bank of the Tigris River, and key government
buildings, in an onslaught that far exceeded strikes that launched the war
on Thursday, Reuters correspondents said. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic Pictures
of the month March 2003 Pictures of the year 2003 < GOT/JDP

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