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U.S. Marines with India Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th
Marines, 1st Marine Division, provide covering fire as other Marines
advance on the headquarters of the Fedayeen in Baghdad on Wednesday.
The Fedayeen are a secret fighting force loyal to Saddam Hussein. |
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Pfc. Mark Bennett drops a line in the lake
surrounding one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in western Baghdad.
Bennett was using noodles from a chicken with noodles MRE as bait, but
didn't have any luck. |
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Iraqis climb a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in
Baghdad's Firdos Square, tying ropes to it in an attempt to pull it
down |
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A military vehicle pulls up to the base of the
statue |
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U.S. troops drape an American flag on the statue's
head, April 9, 2003. The flag was up for only a brief period; at one
point, an Iraqi flag was hung under its neck |
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U.S. Marines chained a large winch to the statue
and slowly backed up a large military vehicle to pull it down |
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The hollow statue's legs are snapped, and most of
it tilts down and hangs off its large pedestal |
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An Iraqi man holds up a sign heralding the end of
Saddam's rule over Baghdad, April 9, 2003. U.S. commanders declared
that the Iraqi leader had lost control of the capital city |
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Samantha Sheppard, a soldier with
the 2nd Light Tank Regiment, smiles as she receives a flower from an
Iraqi man during a patrol on the streets of east Basra |
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Emilie Maersk, with a peace sign painted on her face, watches a
demonstration in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Cpl. Edward Chin from New York with the 3rd
Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment places an American flag on the statue. |
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Marines of the 2nd Tank Battalion wait
excitedly for mail to be delivered. They last received mail 29 days
ago when they left Camp Coyote in Kuwait |
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Master Gunnery Sgt. Frank Cordero inhales the
scent of a letter from his wife |
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U.S. Army Spc. Kenneth Clark from Woodward, Okla., puffs up his cheeks
like the baby he was handed while being welcomed by Iraqis in Baghdad |
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A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is dragged
by a car in Baghdad after US taks rolled into the heart of the Iraqi
capital |
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