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Buildings of Iraqi Leadership Attacked

Buildings of the Iraqi leadership were attacked in US air raids on the capital city of Baghdad Thursday morning, leaving several casualties.

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Buildings of the Iraqi leadership were attacked in US air raids on the capital city of Baghdad Thursday morning, leaving several casualties.

It remained unknown that any top Iraqi officials were among the injured.

The United States started a war on Iraq in its first preemptive strike in the US history, about 90 minutes after the expiration of an ultimatum issued by US President George W. Bush for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to leave the country or face war.By now, US warplanes have been engaged in two rounds of air raids on the city.

Big explosion were heard, and the sky was lit up by flares and sirens sounded throughout the city of 5 million people.Iraqi anti-aircraft forces swiftly hit back at the US warplanes.The first round of air raids started at 0530 a.m. (0230 GMT) and lasted for about 20 minutes. After a brief interval, US warplanes resumed air attacks.

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