 Clockwise from top: the aerial bombardment of Baghdad on 20 March 2003; men and boys gather under a giant mural of Saddam Hussein to watch the British 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment search a military compound in Al-Dayr north of Basra; Hans Blix; Mohamed E-Baradei; the notorious vice president of Iraq's ruling Revolution Command Council, Ezzat Ibrahim; and former British premier Tony Blair and US President George W Bush (photos: AFP) parent page (20 - 26 March 2008, issue #889) |