U.S. MARINES TAKE POSITION IN IRAQI AIR BASE IN BAGHDAD, 2003-04-08 (photo)

U.S. Marines from Lima Company, a part of a 7-th Marine Regiment run next to a picture of Saddam Husein as they secure building during the operation of taking over Rashid air base in Iraqi capital Baghdad April 8, 2003. U.S. forces staged an explosive show of supremacy in central Baghdad on Tuesday, blasting government targets virtually at will after trying to kill President Saddam Hussein and his sons with four huge bombs. Tanks, backed by ground attack planes and helicopters, pushed some three km (two miles) into the nerve centre of Saddam's administration, meeting scattered resistance from fighters with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.REUTERS/Oleg Popov OP/AA