Baghdad Under Attack

An oil fire burns along the riverbank in Baghdad. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

Sept. 15, 2014 5:54 PM PT

U.S. troops move into Baghdad and seize one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces.

Smoke fills the sky above one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces in Baghdad. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

GIs capture one of Hussein’s presidential palaces and fire on another in the center of Baghdad. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)