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Sun 04 Apr 2003Iraq fires missiles at encroaching US forcesIraq has said it fired five missiles at US-led forces on the outskirts of Baghdad in an admission that the 18-day-old invasion has reachedthe doorstep of the Iraqi capital."This morning our forces fired missile strikes on the enemyconcentration which dared to approach the outskirts of Baghdad,"a military spokesman said on state-run Iraqi television.