Key developments in the Iraq war report
Explosions and anti aircraft fire filled Baghdad as U S tanks moved on a Tigris bridge near BA Jazeera. A Reuters report notes a Coalition A 10 plane down near Baghdad with the pilot safe. Marines entered from south and southeast to guard a nuclear plant. Franks visited Najaf as Bush and Blair met in Belfast on postwar Iraq rebuilding.
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Iraqi counterattack sparks heavy fighting in Baghdad
Iraqi forces launched a major counterattack across the Tigris to seize a western Baghdad intersection. U.S. Army reports about 500 Iraqi fighters involved, with casualties around 50 and two American soldiers wounded. Central Baghdad saw tank assaults and the seizure of a presidential palace base. Journalists were injured or killed amid hotel shelling near the Palestine Hotel. Civilians fled north as sound and visuals of war dominated the morning.
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US troops search Taliban area in Helmand district
American forces opened house to house searches in Sangeen district Helmand province amid a boost in counterinsurgency expected targets. Afghan officials said 20 Taliban suspects were arrested in separate raids by government forces, with officials naming possible aims at former commanders Mullah Dadullah and Mullah Akhtar Mohammed.
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