AN IRAQI WOMAN HOLDS HER CHILD AT A CHECKPOINT AS SHE LEAVES THE BESIEGED SOUTHERN IRAQI CITY OF BASRA

An Iraqi woman holds her child at a checkpoint as she leaves the besieged southern Iraqi city of Basra March 30, 2003. . Basra, home to around 1.5 million people, has been bombed by fighter planes and come under shell fire since U.S. and British troops invaded Iraq 11 days ago to topple Saddam. Western tanks on Sunday controlled roads around the city but had not penetrated the centre where, residents say, life goes on as normal under the firm rule of Saddam loyalists. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen