U.S. ground troops surged to within 25 miles of Baghdad in a two-pronged attack from the south yesterday, smashing Republican Guard units in their path. The discovery of 11 bodies, Americans likely among them, and the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter that produced unknown casualties tempered the joy over a POW-
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David Espo
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Injured Iraqi men lay on the ground as they wait to be treated by U.S. navy corpsmen after they were transported to a secure area Tuesday, April 1, 2003 from a town where they had been fighting against U.S. Marines about 50 miles south of Baghdad.
