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| Northern Iraq: Coalition pounds Iraq positions |
| 2003-04-02 |
| The coalition aircraft heavily bombarded Iraqi army's positions on demarcation line in Garmian region north of Iraq in two phases for an hour early Wednesday, forcing Iraqis to flee. A Kurdish official Azad Jondiani told IRNA on Wednesday that the air raids, heaviest since the start of the war on Thursday, March 20, have inflicted great damage and casualty on the Iraqi side but no detailed report is yet available. The Iraqi positions had on Tuesday too been targeted by the coalition forces. FOLLOWUP, also from IRNA... US and British aircraft heavily bombarded Iraqi positions north of the country on Wednesday, compelling Iraqis to withdraw as well as enabling coalition forces to advance towards Kirkuk and Mosul. An IRNA correspondent north of Iraq says US B52s and British warplanes dropped bombs on positions of Iraqi forces between the cities of Dahuk and Mosul, forcing them to pull back and abandon positions. Peshmargas, affiliated to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), took the positions of Iraqis in the area as a result. Based on a related report, 25 trailers, loaded with equipment and munitions for US forces, headed for Harir, where the US forces are deployed, via Zakhu. Fierce battle has been underway between Kurdish and Iraqi forces in the region since the start of the Iraq war nearly two weeks ago. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 "Based on a related report, 25 trailers, loaded with equipment and munitions for US forces, headed for Harir, where the US forces are deployed, via Zakhu." Zakhu (Zakho) is a Kurdish controlled town on the border with Turkey. Looks like that deal with Turkey to supply our troops via a overland route may already be working. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-04-02 11:57:39 |