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<p>Two U.S. Marines avert their eyes as they pass the sickening tribute to the 9/11 terror strikes painted on the wall of Iraq's abandoned military headquarters at Nasiriyah.</p> <p>WASHINGTON - More than 1,000 American paratroopers dropped into northern Iraq last night to open up a new front, while a column of fierce Republican Guards desperately rushed south from Baghdad, aiming for a violent showdown with American ground forces.</p>

IS THERE AN IRAQI/TALIBAN CONNECTION? This image is grainy, but a 2nd jetliner can be clearly seen on the left flying towards the building in the background. This is part of a mural found inside a military headquarters in Nasiriya, Iraq, showing the true attitude of Saddam Hussein's regime toward America. They rejoiced at the death of 3,000 of our friends, relatives and neighbors.

<p>NASIRIYA, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. Marines searching Iraqi military headquarters in this southern city that was the site of intensive fighting came across a mural depicting a plane crashing into a building complex resembling New York's twin towers, a news agency photograph showed Wednesday.</p>