Mon Apr 7, 3:48 PM ET |
Iraqis dance while listening to loud speakers from a U.S. Marines Civil Affairs team vehicle, attached to Britain's 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment, in the village of Ad Dayr, north of the city of Basra in southern Iraq (news - web sites), April 7, 2003. British and U.S. troops walked unopposed almost to the center of Basra for the first time on Monday, with Britain's Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon saying that British forces had moved to the heart of the city and were there to stay. REUTERS/POOL/Chris Ison |
Mon Apr 7, 2:27 PM ET |
Khuder Al-Emeri, 43, center, working for the U.S. Marines 24th Expeditionary Unit as an interpreter, is reunited with local villagers after 12 years, Monday, April 7, 2003, in Qal'at Sukkar village, some 62 miles north of Nasariyah, Iraq (news - web sites). Khuder led an uprising in his village during the last Gulf War (news - web sites) and fled to the United States in fear of reprisal from Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime. He now returns in hopes of rebuilding his village. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) |