U.S. May Face Elite Iraqi TroopsMarch 22, 2003 U.S. and British forces besieged the southern city of Basra on Saturday and pounded Baghdad with impunity in the first daylight air raids of the war. But tough fighting loomed for coalition troops as they pressed deeper into Iraq. An soldier from the U.S. Army A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment watches the blur of a convoy of 3rd Infantry Division forces. (AP) "The Americans have no conscience. What have our children done to deserve this?"Amal Hassan Kamel,wounded Iraqi civilian Saddam Hussein talks with elite Republican Guard officers in Baghdad. (AP)...