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April 13, 2003 (2003-04-13) (Sunday)
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Ari Fleischer, press secretary to U.S. President
George W. Bush, gives credit to
The Pentagon for the apparent victory in the
2003 Iraq war.
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- According to the
Washington Times, the objectives of
Operation Iraqi Freedom have shifted from victory in
Iraq to "destroying remnants of
Fedayeen Saddam and other paramilitaries, and rebuilding
Iraq to nurture a new
democracy." The Times also suggests that the Operation is hunting for evidence of
weapons of mass destruction and for members of the former regime.
[1]
- Seven U.S.
Prisoners of War are released to Coalition troops approaching
Tikrit in Northern
Iraq. The POWs included two
Apache helicopter pilots, Chief Warrant Officer
Ronald D. Young, Jr. and Chief Warrant Officer
David S. Williams, and five members of the Army's 507th Maintenance Company; Spc.
Shoshana Johnson, Sgt.
James Riley, Spc.
Joseph Hudson, Pfc.
Patrick Miller and Spc.
Edgar Hernandez. All seven POWs had previously been shown held captive by Iraqi state television and
Al Jazeera.
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