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作者：Anonymous 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
B A G H D A D, Iraq, April 3 — U.S. ground forces have swept into Baghdad's international airport under cover of darkness, overrunning its airfields with tanks and other armored units. They encountered almost no opposition from Iraqi forces.
Reporting from the tarmac of Saddam International Airport, ABCNEWS' Bob Schmidt, embedded with the 3rd Infantry Division, said the airport was in pitch darkness as coalition tanks entered the facility.
U.S. forces encountered very little Iraqi resistance, said Schmidt, although some units of the 3rd Infantry Division did encounter scattered firing by Iraqi foot soldiers and men in pickups.
He reported seeing Iraqis waving and cheering as U.S. tanks rolled toward the airport, which is just 10 miles from central Baghdad.
A Reuters reporter said dozens of Iraqi civilians and soldiers had been killed in a village near the airport in a coalition air raid earlier in the day. The news agency also reported that military sources said U.S. forces had discovered a tunnel system under the airport and one tunnel led all the way back to the Tigris River.
As U.S. troops advanced toward the center of Baghdad, a large part of the city was plunged into darkness — the first time this has happened since the war began. U.S. Army Central Command said they had not targeted the city's power supply.
Earlier today, ABCNEWS' Ted Koppel, traveling with the 3rd Infantry Division on "the doorstep of Baghdad," said there were firefights along a six-lane highway leading to the airport.
There was no information on which Iraqi divisions had been manning the airport's defenses. ABCNEW's John McWethy said the airport assault was led by a combination of special operations forces and the 82nd airborne. They were followed by elements of the 3rd Infantry Division and 101st Airborne, according to sources.
Before the blackout in Baghdad, ABCNEWS' Richard Engel described the situation in the capital as "eerily calm," with no signs of movement from Iraqi troops or paramilitaries. Intermittent explosions could be heard from the direction of the airport, he said, although they were not heavy explosions.
And even as U.S. forces were positioned around Baghdad, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al Sahaf dismissed reports of coalition troops closing in on the capital as "silly."
"They are nowhere near Baghdad," al Sahaf told a news conference in the capital today. "Their allegations are a cover-up for their failure."
Awaiting Troops Inside Baghdad
While coalition military officials believed the Medina and Baghdad divisions of the Republican Guards had collapsed, McWethy said there were indications that some Republican Guard soldiers and other Iraqi security forces had pulled back into Baghdad.
Block by block, a "mixed bunch" of Iraqi Republican Guards and other security forces loyal to Saddam Hussein were reportedly taking over private residences and offices on top floors of buildings, said McWethy.
U.S. military sources told ABCNEWS there were elements of some Republican Guard divisions moving south from Baghdad and from areas north of the capital. But they were not believed to be in mass formations.
Dramatic Palace Raid
As troops closed in on Baghdad, special operations forces conducted a raid on the Tharthar Palace, about 50 miles southwest of Baghdad, said Central Command spokesman Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks.
One of several palaces built by Saddam, the Tharthar Palace is believed to have been a vacation retreat for the Iraqi leader and his sons.
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