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| Iraq |
| Volunteers resist US troops in Baghdad |
| 2003-04-10 |
| Twenty-one Iraqis were killed and one United States Marine was shot dead in separate firefights in Baghdad, only a day after invading US-led forces occupied the centre of the capital. Large numbers of non-Iraqi Arab fighters took to the streets resisting the US forces in several areas. The volunteer fighters were in control of several Baghdad streets in the Adhamiya district, where a mosque is located, and also in the nearby Waziriya district. Fighters said to be non-Iraqi Arabs were manning checkpoints and patrolling the area. They were also out in force on the streets of the Mansur district west of the Tigris river, close to the Iraqi intelligence service headquarters. US planes swooped overhead, hitting targets in areas under Arab control. But the invading troops were nowhere to be seen in Mansur. There was also no sign of Iraqi forces. Abandoned Iraqi artillery pieces and missile launchers littered the streets. Arab fighters appeared to be putting up the main resistance to the 15,000 US troops in the city. Thousands of volunteers from across the Muslim world are reported to be in Iraq. Ahead of the war, an audio tape from al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden exhorted Muslims to fight US forces. Hope our guys are killing large numbers of these anuses... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 These "alien fighters" are more accurately called "terrorists." Keep trampling out the vintage, GI's. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2003-04-10 15:34:20 |