provide humanitarian aid to Iraqis whilst the security situation is so unstable. At least 14 people are killed in Baghdad after a missile hits a marketplace. Al Jazeera television broadcasts images of two dead soldiers and two prisoners of war, whom it says are British. 954 paratroopers of the US Army's 173rd Airborne made a combat jump into the Bashur Drop Zone as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. March 28 - During the Coalition invasion of Iraq, two A-10 Thunderbolts from the USAF 190th Fighter Squadron fired on and destroyed two armored vehicles from the United Kingdom's D-Squadron, killing one British soldier, and injuring five others. April April 8 - three journalists in Baghdad were killed by a US tank April 9 - Baghdad is formally secured by U.S. forces. April 10 - Kurdish forces capture Kirkuk. April 15 - 2003 invasion of Iraq U.S. forces seize control of most of Tikrit. U.S. forces capture Abu Abbas in Baghdad. April 21 - retired Lt Gen Jay Garner becomes the civil leader of Iraq when the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) is formed and he is placed as the administrator with three deputies, including Tim Cross. April 23 - U.S. forces arrive in Fallujah. April 28 - A group of 200 protestors defy the U.S. imposed curfew in Fallujah and organize a protest. During the protest soldiers occupying a schoolhouse claim to have been fired upon, and kill 15 in returning fire. No U.S. casualties were reported. May May 1 - 2003 invasion of Iraq U.S. President Bush announces an end to major combat operations. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld arrives in Baghdad and greets Jay Garner. May 12 - Paul Bremer arrives in Iraq as the head of the newly formed Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and replaces General Jay Garner as the civil leader of Iraq. May 15 - Operation Planet X captures 260 suspected fugitives near Tikrit. 230 are later released. Some high-level fugitives are captured from the raid. May 22 - Reports of high uranium concentration in Afghan urine in 2003 fueled speculation that the coalition used depleted uranium weapons in Afghanistan. However, further research in 2005 showed the isotope ratios to be more consistent with a natural (not depleted) uranium source. June June 24 - 6 British Royal Military Police soldiers are killed by a mob in Majar al-Kabir in Southern Iraq. July July 2