The Year in Pictures 2003

PHOTO FOR TIME BY ROBERT NICKELSBERG

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Soldiers from the 1st Marine Division receive a direct hit from Iraqi artillery as they wait to cross a bridge outside of Baghdad. Although U.S. and allied troops met little resistance in their dash across the desert, fighting intensified as they approached the major cities

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