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Tue 04 Apr 2003US, Iraqi troops fight pitched battles as Saddam's palace hit
US troops fought pitched battles with Iraq's Republican Guard within 50 to 100 miles of the Iraqi capital yesterday, while allied aircraft continued striking targets in and around Baghdad in advance of the decisive battle of the war, write Deaglán de Bréadún, in Doha and Conor O'Clery, in New York
A low-flying allied warplane launched two missiles into President Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace compound yesterday afternoon, sending a vast plume of black smoke into the air. Several hours later, Iraqi television showed footage of the President chairing a meeting of senior advisers, including his elder son, Uday.
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