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Gregg Ramshaw's Dispatches from Qatar: March 20

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NewsHour producer Gregg Ramshaw, on assignment to cover military operations in the Gulf, describes the media scene at the U.S. Central Command headquarters in Doha on the first day of strikes against Iraq.

Second Wave of U.S. Cruise Missile Attacks Strikes Baghdad

U.S. cruise missiles exploded into the center of Baghdad Thursday night local time, shaking the city with explosions and sparking building fires in an attack significantly more intense than the initial U.S. air strike that launched the war with Iraq.

Ground Forces Reportedly Enter Iraq

U.S. ground forces began an "intense artillery barrage" against Iraqi troops near the Kuwaiti border around 8 p.m. local time (noon EST) on Thursday and, nearly an hour later, launched an invasion into Iraq, news reports from the region said.

U.S. Forces Begin War With Iraq, Down Iraqi Scud Missile

U.S. forces opened the first round in a war with Iraq early Thursday local time, launching a barrage of cruise missiles and precision guided bombs at "targets of military importance" near Baghdad.

Russia, China, France Blast Opening of Iraq War

World leaders reacted Thursday to the initial U.S. attack on Iraq, offering assessments of U.S. actions and considering the effect of military conflict on the world.

President Bush Announces "Early Stages" of War Have Begun

President Bush announced late Wednesday that precision strikes mounted on specific targets in Baghdad were the "early stages" of the U.S. war against Iraq.

Iraq War Begins With Strikes on "Selected Targets"

U.S. forces staged pinpoint military strikes in Iraq early Thursday morning local time, bombing targets near Baghdad as dawn broke over the Iraqi capital.

Issues of War

Assessing the first day of military action against Iraq, and the U.S.'s "decapitation strategy."…

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Brzezinski and Mead on Day 2 of Iraq War

Jim Lehrer discusses the latest developments in the Iraq war with Zbigniew Brzezinski, counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, and Walter Russell Mead, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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