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click here for a bigger sunsetOne small voice in the proud tradition of FreeBlogging*Wednesday, April 09, 2003posted by gbarto at 8:07 AM:Late French news headlines:Le Monde: The Americans at the Center of Baghdad. Le Figaro: American Tanks Reach the Heart of Baghdad. Libération: The Day Baghdad Fell. «Good, good Bush», «Goodbye Saddam» crient les Bagdadiens en milieu de matinée dans la capitale irakienne, où l'opposition à l'avance américaine n'est plus que sporadique • Signe de la déréliction du pouvoir, la population a entamé des pillages et les journalistes ont perdu leurs "guides" officiels • Le commandement américain se garde cependant de crier victoire, estimant que des poches de résistance désespérée perdureront plusieurs jours encore. / "Good, good Bush," "Goodbye Saddam," shout the people of Baghdad, midmorning, in the Iraqi capital, where opposition to the American advance is only sporadic. A sign of the dereliction of power: the population has turned to looting and journalists have lost their official guides. The American leadership, however, holds off declaring victory, estimating that desperate pockets of resistance will fight on several more days. * * *
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