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Sat 03 Mar 2003Caught between hope and fear
'We want the Americans to hurry! Will it take more than 48 hours?' asked one Iraqi, before last night's attacks. Lara Marlowe reports from Baghdad
The destruction of the planning ministry started with a deafening "whoosh" on Thursday night. Almost instantaneously, a huge golden fireball erupted from the lower left of the building. It seemed to set a chain reaction in motion, as three other cruise missiles hit the base of the high-rise in rapid succession. The golden orbs settled into bonfires, and great plumes of smoke blew southwards, towards the US and British troops 300 miles down the highway.
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