Friday, March 21, 2003 | Updated 7:47 p.m. ET

An explosion rocks one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in Baghdad during air strikes. (Reuters)
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Massive Air Assaults Hit Iraq
 Aerial bombardment of sites in Baghdad and other cities signals start of military onslaught; ground war also escalates as troops push further into Iraq.
– Thomas W. Lippman, Peter Baker and Terry M. Neal
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Baghdad Bombing spacer • Reports From Field spacer Post's Shadid in Baghdad
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Washington at War
 Briefings, D.C.'s Art Form
 This White House has taken forum for managing news to new heights.
• Transcript: Post's Robert G. Kaiser
Senate Trims Bush Tax Cuts
 Measure takes $100B from tax cuts to cover war; more drastic plan fails.
– Associated Press
• After the Bell: Stocks Rise for 8th Day


Hussein's Fate Still Uncertain
 U.S. thinks Iraqi leader, sons were in bunker when cruise missiles struck.
– Walter Pincus, Bob Woodward
and Dana Priest
• Transcript: Post's Loeb and Priest
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Marines Seize Oil Facility
 Complex is central to oil production at the important Remailah oil field.
– Jonathan Finer
Leiby in Kuwait  |  Finer in Iraq
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