April 2, 2003

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• Iraqi military forces light oil wells on fire while retreating in the face of overwhelming US military might. This was considered an act of environmental terrorism.
• U.S. Brigadier General Vincent K. Brooks claims the Baghdad division of the Iraqi Republican Guard was "destroyed". Iraq information minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf responded that this was another American "lie". [1]
• The Iraqi Information Ministry bans Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite television from Baghdad. [2]