Whipped-up dust turned rain into mini-mudballs. How an epic sandstorm in 2003 paralyzed troops as war began.

Between the dust, the wind, and the muddy rain, ground troops were deemed useless during the storm after several efforts to ...
Stars and Stripes

From the archives: Marines cut the Iraqi flag from a pole in Baghdad, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2003: Marines of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines cut the Iraqi flag from a pole in front of a Special Republican Guard headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. The crossing into ...
Arizona State Press

Coalition forces close in on Baghdad, Guard hard to find

OUTSIDE BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops closed to within 20 miles of Baghdad on Wednesday, punching through the remnants of Republican Guard divisions and rolling nearly within sight of Saddam Hussein's ...
The Washington Post

In Baghdad, Residents Fear for City, And Its Soul

BAGHDAD, March 18 -- A cool, gentle breeze blew off the Tigris River, drifting over the white-washed walls of the Hawar Art Gallery. With his friends, Maher Samarai paused to appreciate the moment, ...
Arizona State Press

U.S. troops push deeper into Baghdad from all directions

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. Army and Marine forces thundered deeper into Baghdad from every direction Tuesday, engaging in fierce bursts of urban combat, raining bombs on pockets of resistance and locking ...
NPR

Bombing Continues in Baghdad

Bombing Continues in Baghdad Audio will be available later today. NPR's Anne Garrels reports on daylight bombing in Baghdad. Electricity, water and phone lines are still running in the city despite ...
Stars and Stripes

Firefinder maintenance in Baghdad, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 19, 2003: At Baghdad International Airport, soldiers from the 1st Armored Division pull maintenance on part of the Firefinder radar system, which can pinpoint from where enemy ...