‘Shock and awe’ begins but fate of Saddam unknown

THE US unshackled the full fury of its military, unleashing a fearsome ‘shock and awe’ air campaign on Iraq, with the fate of Saddam Hussein still a mystery.

Sat, 22 Mar, 2003 - 00:00

As bombs rained fire on Baghdad and reports came in of a string of blasts in

the northern Iraqi town of Mosul, a massive bombardment campaign was underway in Baghdad.

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