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The Beginning of the End
 Iraqis tear down a poster of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Saddam City. US troops entered the Shiite suburb without meeting any Iraqi resistance.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar  Iraqis climb a statue of Saddam Hussein and celebrate outside the ministry of oil in Baghdad April 9, 2003. Saddam Hussein's rule collapsed in chaos in Baghdad on Wednesday as elated Iraqis welcomed U.S. forces while looters and gunmen ran wild. As U.S. Marines rolled in from the east to a joyous reception on day 21 of the war, hundreds of people gutted official buildings, dragging off all they could carry, from air conditioners to flowers. REUTERS/Reuters Television  An Iraqi man puts flowers on the head of a U.S Marine in Saddam City in eastern Baghdad April 9, 2003. Iraqis joyously welcomed U.S. Marines driving through eastern Baghdad on Wednesday and looters moved in as the remnants of Saddam Hussein's rule collapsed. Hundreds of jubilant Iraqis cheered, danced, waved and threw flowers as Marines advanced through eastern Baghdad and into the center of Saddam's seat of power. REUETERS/str  An Iraqi man greets US Marines in Baghdad. A spokesman for Tony Blair has confirmed US troops are recieving a warm welcome but warns coalition forces may still face resistence in Iraq.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)  An Iraqi looter carrying a fridge, passes a man hitting a torn portrait of Saddam Hussein. British television aired vivid scenes of looting in the streets of Baghdad.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)  US Marines arrive in Baghdad's environs. Cheering crowds of Iraqi civilians have welcomed US convoys entering northern Baghdad.(AFP/Eric Feferberg)  Iraqi people welcome U.S. Marines into Baghdad April 9, 2003. Hundreds of jubilant Iraqis mobbed a convoy of U.S. Marines on Wednesday, cheering, dancing and waving as American troops swept towards central Baghdad through slums and leafy suburbs from the east. REUETERS/str  Iraqi civilians push carts loaded with goods after looting a government warehouse on a main road leading into Baghdad in a southeastern suburb of the Iraqi capital, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
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