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Thu 04 Apr 2003Surreal scenes as Marines have their big day
Jubilation and fear alternated as Baghdadis celebrated and looted yesterday.Lara Marlowe witnessed an extraordinary day
From a distance, the US armoured column looked strangely like a camel caravan, edging down the Baghdad boulevard in the afternoon heat, stretching south as far as the eye could see. The M1-A1 Abrams battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and Humvees were coated in dust, with backpacks and boxes of Meals Ready to Eat roped to the sides of the armour.
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