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References on force sizes? I have doubts that there were 45,000 Republican Guard and 30,000 Americans. Stinger503 (talk) 23:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Should mention denial by Iraqi Information Minister that there are any "coalition" troops in Baghdad. --Daniel C. Boyer

"Coalition" being the operative word here. The entry falsely uses the term "allied", perhaps in subconscious reference to "The Allies" Britain, France, United States and Soviet Union, who fought and defeated Hitler, Mussolini and the Japanese in the second World War. This is not an "Allies vs. Axis" scenario, even if some in the Bush administration would have you believe it. -- jjf—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.36.95.61 (talk • contribs) 15:04, 11 April 2003.

Eer... is the title of this article quite correct!? To my recollection I don't think I've ever heaqrd of anyone "invading" a city. You invade countries and occupy or liberate cities. Mintguy 22:51 May 11, 2003 (UTC) If you can invade a house (house invasion) then I'm sure you can invade a city (I think Battle of Bagdad is fine though) Stinger503 (talk) 23:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

The majority of important artifacts from the museum in Baghdad were discovered safe in a vault, placed there safely by the curator and staff before the bombing started. MBP—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.130.13.212 (talk • contribs) 10:04, 24 July 2004.

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[edit] Information incorrect and removed

U.S. media repeatedly showed images of crowds of Iraqi civilians cheering as the statue was toppled. The presentation implied that hundreds or thousands of people were involved, though wide shots of the plaza showed no more than about a hundred.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.100.215.4 (talk • contribs) 20:36, 4 February 2005.

That information happened to be correct [1] and was later confirmed by the Los Angeles Times. [2] --GD 07:08, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

See below again you are incorrect.

[edit] Linked is a photo proving informationclearinghouse incorrect

and other information.... http://right-thinking.com/index.php/weblog/comments/4097/

Those aren't even wide-angle shots. They prove nothing. --GD 07:08, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

GD you are 100% incorrect. They clearly show many more people than your site suggests. Please count them.

The people are also gone who followed the head down the street. Look outside of the pillars. There are other pictures that also prove that your photo was taken after the event. Please research better! http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/09/sprj.irq.war.main/ http://www.boston.com/news/packages/iraq/galleries/statue/11.htm Look past the pillars in photo and you can see crouds outside of pillars not in both of our photos.

Again the proof...first your website http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2842.htm The person who put this together knew that they were fooling people. They purposely rearanged the web cam photos to make it appear as if "Picture 2" ( Linked here http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/images/SQ2.gif ) occured during the event. When in fact it occured sometime after.

Note in his photo, the statue and the group that followed the head down the street are long gone. http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=1223477&nav=5D7iF88p Please again see picture proving your incorrect. The times article is not show otherwise. http://www.right-thinking.com/images/uploads/statue_debunk.jpg

And finally.. see comment 32 "Here a few you forgot" Picture says Why didn't you show these people? http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/63998

[edit] Hussein statue toppling was staged?

From the article: "A 20-foot tall statue of Saddam in Firdus Square was toppled by a group of Iraqi exiles brought from London by the U.S. forces"

Could someone cite sources? Xen0phile 00:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Found another Wikipedia page on the statue toppling controversy: 2003 invasion of Iraq media coverage. Xen0phile 01:21, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] American Bias

This article is written in extremely biased manner, almost entirely told from the point of view of the American military. It should be edited to be less obviously pro-American.

Allied forces were the victors in this??, you mean someone actually did something besides the US and England???, while in the media the term "coalition forces" is used, here in wikipedia there is no trouble in stating that these were "allies".

[edit] UK was involved

I am a US soldier that was in Iraq and I was in the Battle of Baghdad and I dammn well know a few British Tanks and Troops were involved here. My partner Will is a British soldier who fought in the Battle of Baghdad.

I agree My father is with the Royal Army and He fought there to in the Battle of Baghdad.