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Panmunjon, hands up!
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time: 15:27
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Some good reporting coming in, this from Reuters:
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In the desert near the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, just 160 km south of Baghdad, correspondent Luke Baker travelled through a plain littered with Iraqi bodies and gutted vehicles after US forces fought a seven-hour battle against militiamen desperately trying to halt their advance.
Some vehicles were still smouldering, and charred ribs were the only recognisable part of three melted bodies in a destroyed car lying in the roadside dust.
"It wasn't even a fair fight. I don't know why they don't just surrender," said Colonel Mark Hildenbrand, commander of the 937th Engineer Group. "When you're playing soccer at home, 3-2 is a fair score, but here it's more like 119-0."
US troops showed reporters a hideout said to have been used by an Iraqi militiaman. The soldier who had used the hideout had only a filthy blanket to protect him from the cold desert nights, and just a plastic bag of raw meat for food.
When he fled, he left behind a picture of his two children.
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Lincoln
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quote:
Originally posted by The Andy-Man
the US have supposedly found a chem plant near najaf, according to sky. They apprasntly have a general under interrogation aswell.
I am skeptical myself, it could turn out to be a fertiliser plant or something. Does anyone have good confirmation on this? |
The Jerusalem Post has the story as does Fox News.
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Edan
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Here's an article by AP:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlate...2504231,00.html
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U.S. troops have found a suspected chemical factory in Iraq and officials were trying to determine late Sunday whether it was involved in making chemical weapons, U.S. officials said.
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Of course, the important word at this point is suspected - time will tell.
Last edited by Ming on 24-03-2003 at 08:55
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GRU
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Numerous Russian sources referring to coalition military:
2 British soldiers considered missed in south of Iraq after their vehicle has been attacked.
Chemical facility reportedly been captured by coalition is in fact a conventional factory. It has been visited by IAEA experts for many times before attack.
Iranian news agency IRNA:
Reportedly, another colaition plane is downed over Baghdad.
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GRU
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A chopper crashed in Afghanistan was in fact HH-60 Pave Hawk. Six personnel were aboard, no survivors.
The most credible source about military accidents in Afghanistan is the CENTCOM site. The proper release is available here:
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/...se=20030353.txt
People the US operation in Afghanistan is not related to Iraqi war. Please do not spam the thread posting any news about US/UK military accidents around the globe. They have many but it is not Saddam who is responsible.
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