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all the air defenses are opening up all around me, at the moment. a massive shock-blast just coming through our windows. i'm going to have to take cover. - the invasion and the toppling of saddam was really quite easy. the entire campaign did not take more than a month. - we see that coalition forces advanced from southern iraq near the kuwaiti border, and from there they moved through najaf, karbala, and kut, and now into baghdad. it's taken 22 days of war for the coalition to get this far. - i was privileged to command the 101st airborne division. we liberated the first major city, uh, in iraq, najaf. then karbala and hillah, then moved into baghdad. - the man who ruled here so brutally and absolutely for almost 25 years has vanished. - closer we got, the more they knew saddam was finished, and they were glad to show it. - the troops were very welcome. shiites and people who-- who hated saddam were joyful, running through the streets. you had the iconic image of the big statue