April 13: Iraqi women cheer at the British 3rd Regiment Army Corps, 16th Air Assault Brigade in Amarah. To the south in Basra, a city meeting draws several hundred civic leaders and tribal elders, and nearly collapses into chaos several times over the question of how to restart the government without incorporating leaders from the Baath Party.
Ian Jones
Associated Press
Published April 14, 2003
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