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2003-03-25 Iraq

Battle for Nassiriya turns into vicious urban warfare

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Posted by Kerry 2003-03-25 07:56 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 SkyNews reports that these bridges have now been crossed by the armored column and are heading toward Baghdad.

Posted by Kerry 2003-03-25 02:52:14|| 2003-03-25 02:52:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Ugh. From the NYT to the Strib. Best of the Left, here.

Look at the last sentence: "coveted by American commanders". Coveted! By commanders! GAH

Posted by matt 2003-03-25 08:52:54|| 2003-03-25 08:52:54|| Front Page Top

#3 More on Nasiriyah:

"The BBC's Andrew North in Nasiriya says he found Iraqi weapons, uniforms and chemical protection suits in a hospital in Nasiriya. US marines who took control of the complex said they had also come under fire from soldiers at the hospital."

I hope we are spreading the word on this sort of thing around the world.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-03-25 11:18:40|| 2003-03-25 11:18:40|| Front Page Top

#4 I hear the hold-up on the Northern front is that we are trying to link up a division of Armenians with the Kurds. They will be serving as a rear guard, watching for backstabbing poultry.

Posted by Hodadenon 2003-03-25 12:10:45|| 2003-03-25 12:10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Comment above my bad, was meant to be placed in post below, in response to a murat comment.

Posted by Hodadenon 2003-03-25 12:13:34|| 2003-03-25 12:13:34|| Front Page Top

#6 They need to protect themselves from our illegal pepper spray.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-25 12:50:35|| 2003-03-25 12:50:35|| Front Page Top

#7 My logic:

1. Any civilian who sees an Iraqi soldier or illegular enter a building with a gun, will flee because it is obvious that the combatant is taking up a snipe position.

2. Any soldier who is under attack from a building can assume that civilians have fled, and fire at will.

Posted by Anonon 2003-03-25 15:59:00|| 2003-03-25 15:59:00|| Front Page Top

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