IN BAGHDAD Coalition air strikes dropped larger bombs on central Baghdad and also took aim at Republican Guard targets south of the city. An explosion, possibly caused by an errant coalition bomb, was reported in a crowded market in a northern Baghdad neighborhood
50 miles from Baghdad --U.S. 101st Airborne launches helicopter attacks against Republican Guard
"KARBALA GAP" The most direct route for the 3rd Infantry Division into Baghdad runs through a narrow strip of land, 20 to 25 miles wide, between the Euphrates River and Lake Razzazah. Control of the Gap would give coalition forces a wide range of options...