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Thu 04 Apr 2003Iraqis well-armed and dug-in, waiting
As we drove out of Baghdad yesterday morning, white tongues of flame shot from three anti-aircraft artillery pieces in a palm grove, with a loud, "pop, pop, pop".Outside Baghdad, Lara Marlowe, got a glimpse of the defences the regime has in place.
Men stood in the doorway of a grocery store, pointing to the sky, towards the US bomber that the gunners aimed for. Please don't let the pilot mistake us for a troop bus, I kept thinking.
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