PRESIDENT George Bush launched his war on Saddam Hussein today with a surprise attempt to take out the regime's leadership.
More than 40 cruise missiles began raining down on Baghdad, but within three hours of the strikes Iraqi TV screened pictures of a defiant Saddam claiming President Bush had "committed a new crime".
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