Allied Central Command sounded a strong note of caution today, saying the war, and the battle for Baghdad, were “far from over“.

UP to 120,000 extra US troops are to be sent to Iraq as Allied leaders faced the prospect of a drawn-out siege of Baghdad. News of the deployment came after the Iraqis promised their capital would become a graveyard for the coalition.

Coalition bombers battered Baghdad again today, hitting a major communications centre and one of Saddam Hussein’s presidential palaces in one of the heaviest bombardments for days.