The Americans were understandably on hair triggers. There was a good reason for all of this security. For despite TV images of quick victory, much of Baghdad certainly had not fallen and firefights with die-hard Ba’athists loyal to Saddam Hussein were raging all over the city.
Lawrence Anthony, Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
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