The seige of Baghdad

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German experts say invasion forces can not control Baghdad: By Khaled Schmitt, IOL Correspondent, 29 March 2003. Military German experts ruled out victory for Anglo-American forces, saying it would be impossible for the U.S.-British invasion forces to occupy and secure Baghdad as long as the current unity and determination—between the Iraqi regime and people—goes on.
Reports of airport assault premature: By Robert Fisk, The Independent, Friday 4 April 2003. The BBC had reported claims that forward units of an American mechanised infantry division were less than 16km west of Baghdad—and that some US troops had taken up positions on the very edge of the international airport. But there were in fact no Americans.
Baghdad Journal: Days 24-27: From Wade Hudson, 5-8 April 2003. During the afternoon, from my balcony, at various times, I notice a truck pulling an old Iraqi piece of artillery going north on the street by the Sheraton (or Ishtar) Hotel, turning around, and going back in the opposite direction.
Ever so slowly, the suburbs were turned into battlefields: By Robert Fisk, The Independent, 6 April 2003. The Iraqi bodies were piled high in the pick-up truck in front of me. Thus did the Battle for Baghdad enter its first hours yesterday, a conflict that promises to be both dirty and cruel.
Another Day of Fire, Pain and Death: By Robert Fisk, The Independent, Al-Jazeerah, 9 April 2003. Day 20 of America’s war for the liberation of Iraq was another day of fire, pain and death. It started with an attack by two A-10 jets.
Descent Into Anarchy: By Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab News War Correspondent, Al-Jazeerah, 11 April 2003. Amid the anarchy that has clearly descended on the city, we saw a small demonstration being held: The people of Iraq did not lose this war. It was the political party, the Baath that lost it.