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Iraqi counter-terrorist update:
Wedensday afternoon, Ukrainian troops retreat from southern Iraqi town of al Kut in face of Sadr militia offensive, serious coalition reverse that cuts highway to Basra. In Karbala, Polish troops kill Sadrâs main spokesman. US Marines take center of Sunni Triangle town of Fallujah, bomb mosque with 40 Sunni insurgents inside. Another 36 killed overnight. Fighting spreads north where US troops confronted near Kirkuk by unidentified insurgents possibly including al-Qaeda linked Ansar al Islam.Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-04-07 |
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