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A group of citizens flee a firefight

(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.

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