打响第一枪中国新闻史会记住这一天:北京时间2003年3月20日上午10时33分。全世界都在紧盯这一天:美国对伊拉克萨达姆政权发出的48小时最后通牒即将到期,萨达姆依然拒绝下台或流亡,驻扎在海湾地区和地中海的28万美英海陆空部队已箭在弦上!而电视画面上的巴格达城依然灯火辉煌,没有大战前紧张的迹象。作为新华社中东总分社的一名编 The first shot hit the history of Chinese news will remember this day: Beijing time at 10:33 on March 20, 2003. The whole world is keeping a close eye on this day: the 48-hour ultimatum of the United States on Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq is about to expire. Saddam Hussein still refuses to step down or exile. The 280,000-U.S.A. Land and sea and air forces stationed in the Gulf region and the Mediterranean Sea are on the verge of ending The city of Baghdad on the television screen is still bright, with no sign of pre-war tensions. As a Xinhua News Agency Middle East branch of a series editor