Description

Various news articles from Operation Iraqi Freedom April 2003. U.S.-led forces advancing on Baghdad have moved to within 30 miles of the Iraqi capital and two of Saddam Hussein's loyal Republican Guard units "are no longer credible forces," a top U.S. general said Wednesday.
Even so, Maj. Gen Stanley McChrystal said that planning was going forward "for a very difficult fight ahead in Baghdad. We are not expecting to drive into Baghdad suddenly and seize it" easily.