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Displaced in Basra
Day 12 - 30 March 2003

Families continue to leave Basra across one of the town's bridges manned by British soldiers. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's grip on Iraq's second largest city, Basra, remains as tight as ever over a week into a virtual siege there by U.S. and British troops, residents said on Sunday. REUTERS/Dan Chung/POOL - Mar 30 12:40 PM ET

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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A British soldier checks an Iraqi woman and her children on the outskirts of Basra as residents try to flee from this southern Iraqi town Sunday, March 30, 2003. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Iraqi's move to take cover as British tanks open fire on Iraqi positions on the outskirts of Basra Sunday, March 30, 2003. The Iraqi army returned fire with a mortar attack. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

An Iraqi man is led away for questioning outside the besieged southern Iraqi city of Basra, March 30, 2003. Basra, home to around 1.5 million people, has been bombed by fighter planes and come under shell fire since U.S. and British troops invaded Iraq 11 days ago to topple Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

Iraqis run for cover as British tanks open fire on Iraqi positions on the outskirts of Basra, Iraq Sunday, March 30, 2003. The Iraqi army returned the fire with a mortar attack. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

A young Iraqi girl leaves Basra in southern Iraq in this photo made available Sunday, March 30, 2003. (AP Photo/Dan Chung, Pool)

An Iraqi man is held for questioning outside the besieged southern Iraqi city of Basra, March 30, 2003. Basra, home to around 1.5 million people, has been bombed by fighter planes and come under shell fire since U.S. and British troops invaded Iraq 11 days ago to topple Saddam. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

British soldiers detain an Iraqi man of who they believe is a soldier in civilian dress, on the outskirts of Basra, Iraq Sunday, March 30, 2003. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

An Iraqi woman holds her child at a checkpoint in the besieged southern Iraqi city of Basra, March 30, 2003. Basra, home to around 1.5 million people, has been bombed by fighter planes and come under shell fire since U.S. and British troops invaded Iraq 11 days ago. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

British soldiers hold back an Iraqi man who tries to break through a security checkpoint to reach his family in the besieged southern Iraqi city of Basra, March 30, 2003. Basra, home to around 1.5 million people, has been bombed by fighter planes and come under shell fire since U.S. and British troops invaded Iraq 11 days ago to topple Saddam. Western tanks on Sunday controlled roads around the city but had not penetrated the center where, residents say, life goes on as normal under the firm rule of Saddam loyalists. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

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