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2003-04-12 Iraq

US Troops Detain 59 Men Traveling West from Iraq

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Posted by Spot 2003-04-12 08:08 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Paleo influence is felt:
In Baghdad, where U.S. troops have been wary of suicide attacks, Marines showed reporters a cache of about 50 explosives-laden suicide-bomb vests in an elementary school less than 20 feet from the nearest home.
At a nearby junior high school, seven classrooms were filled with hundreds of crates of grenade launchers, surface-to-air missiles and ammunition. Residents said Iraqi soldiers and militiamen had positioned weaponry throughout the neighborhood before U.S. forces moved in.

"We didn't imagine this much stuff here," said Lt. David Wright, of Goldsboro, N.C. "Every 200 meters we find something."

Searching for weapons, and for holdout pro-Saddam fighters, has been the primary task of American troops in Baghdad. But U.S. officials, criticized for doing too little to curtail the looting, say restoration of law and order will become a higher priority.

The State Department said it is sending 26 police and judicial officers to Iraq, the first component of a team that will eventually number about 1,200.

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-12 08:54:44|| 2003-04-12 08:54:44|| Front Page Top

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