April 13, 2003

Ari Fleischer , press secretary to U.S. President George W. Bush , gives credit to The Pentagon for the apparent victory in the 2003 Iraq War . {Link without Title}

According to the Washington Times , the objectives of Operation Iraqi Freedom have shifted from victory in Iraq to "destroying remnants of Fedayeen Saddam and other paramilitaries, and rebuilding Iraq to nurture a new Democracy ." The Times also suggests that the Operation is hunting for evidence of Weapons Of Mass Destruction and for members of the former regime. {Link without Title}

Seven U.S. Prisoners Of War are released to Coalition troops approaching Tikrit in Northern Iraq . The POWs included two Apache Helicopter pilots, Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr. and Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams , and five members of the Army's 507th Maintenance Company; Spc. Shoshana Johnson , Sgt. James Riley , Spc. Joseph Hudson , Pfc. Patrick Miller and Spc. Edgar Hernandez . All seven POWs had previously been shown held captive by Iraqi state television and Al Jazeera . {Link without Title}

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