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US Marines seized a vital bridge over the Tigris river and pushed along its northern bank towards the Iraqi capital, while the 3rd Infantry Division thrust northwards after encircling the Shi’ite Muslim shrine city of Karbala, smashing two of President Saddam Hussein’s elite Republican Guard divisions that blocked their way.
US forces also seized a dam over the Euphrates River southwest of Baghdad. A military source said vanguard units were just 20 miles from the southern edges of the capital.
