US appears broadcasting on Iraqi radio

The main frequency of Iraqi state radio appeared to be taken over by the US military as US planes began bombing Baghdad.

The main frequency of Iraqi state radio appeared to be taken over by the US military as US planes began bombing Baghdad at dawn on Thursday.

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"This is the day we have been waiting for," an announcer said in Arabic shortly after the normal Iraqi broadcast went off the air suddenly, within minutes of US air strikes starting.

The new announcer said Saddam Hussein's administration was under attack.