(19)Saddam's grip on Baghdad collapses

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Army solider covers the head of a statute of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with a Stars and Stripes before an armored recovery vehicle pulls it down in central Baghdad on April 9. (Kyodo)

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