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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 2003
Page
2
American troops and tanks push toward Baghdad seizing two Saddam Hussein palaces and bombing a building believed to house the Iraqi leader and regime officials. A B 1B strike targeted a leadership site with possible Saddam and sons. Officials say hundreds of Iraqi troops are dead, with many fleeing into the Tigris.
A U S soldier reportedly inscribed "U S A was here" on a table inside one of Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces on Monday, adding a terse mark to the wartime site.
Large funeral cortege in Davenport honors Marine Reserve Sgt. Bradley Korthaus 28 who drowned in southeast Iraq. More than 200 vehicles rolled through a spring snowstorm to Rock Island Arsenal for burial with full military honors. Parents and fiancee watched as his casket was removed from a hearse.
U S Marines surge across shattered Baghdad bridge as tolls rise. Reports say 600 to 1 000 Iraqis killed with 4 U S soldiers and 2 journalists dead. Chemical samples being tested as postwar steps include setting up an interim government today inside a palace.
At the University of Iowa Peace Camp two students Seth Weese and Cianan Russell huddle in sleeping bags as wind chills dip to 19 degrees. The camp on the Pentacrest was set up in late March to discuss the Iraq war with the public drawing six to 25 participants nightly.
Vickie Reed-Grahlman 32 rescued two daughters and husband from a weekend blaze in Cedar Rapids before firefighters found 6 year old Jaymie Grahman dead in a bathtub at University Hospitals in Iowa City.
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