Allied forces solidify control around Iraq

Wednesday, April 9, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. forces battled the tattered remnants of Iraq's army for control of downtown Baghdad on Tuesday, crushing a counterattack and seizing a military airport.

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