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American forces will play the key role in the capture of Baghdad, with British troops being confined to the south of Iraq. “It won’t be the Union flag flying over Baghdad,” one British defence source said.

...if there has to be an assault on Baghdad to overcome resistance by Iraq’s Republican Guard, the mission will be carried out exclusively by American forces, the sources said.

A senior British Army source said: “This decision is part political, part military, but the Americans have made it clear Baghdad is their prize.”...

--Times of London