Fresh air strikes hit Saddam's palace

BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 01, 2003
US-British forces bombarded the main presidential palace complex in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday morning for the second consecutive day, an AFP reporter said.

A plume of smoke rose into the air after a missile or smart bomb crashed into the heart of the compound on the 13th day of the war around 9 am.

Baghdadis however continued to move around the city.

The sprawling palace grounds, a potent symbol of President Saddam Hussein's grip on power, has been a frequent target of the bombardments and was struck twice on Monday.

During the afternoon a warplane buzzed the compound, the largest of eight presidential palaces in the capital, and launched a missile which was followed by two more missile strikes in the evening.

Around a dozen missiles had struck the Iraqi capital overnight.

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