sentences:  539 Assault Squadron RM and U.S. Navy SEALs attempted a waterborne approach to the city via the Shatt al-Arab waterway but were intercepted by Iranian patrol craft and did not want engage them so they withdrew.As J company approached the presidential palace, a USMC harrier dropped a 1,000-pound bomb on a compound that controlled access to the palace forcing the Iraqi forces guarding the palace to flee, the company secured the palace, which was considered the symbol of Ba'athist party domination of the inhabitants for more than 20 years.U.S.