| Several large blasts detonated to the west of Baghdad Friday, a day after the city was struck by U.S. cruise missiles and bombs. "We saw at least one explosion to the west of the city, perhaps on the outskirts or outside the city," Reuters correspondent Nadim Ladki said. "We heard four or five more, all in the same direction." Earlier, air raid sirens sounded over Baghdad and anti-aircraft guns opened up. U.S.-led forces struck Baghdad with cruise missiles and bombs Thursday in two waves, at dawn and late at night at the start of a U.S.-led strike. |