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Fleeing the fighting, 2003
Stars and Stripes
June 23, 2025
(Joseph Giordono/Stars and Stripes)
As Smawah, Iraq, March 24, 2003: Iraqi civilians flee during a firefight between American and Iraqi forces at a bridge near As Samawah.
Read the story on the tough 2003 battle for As Samawah here.