Posted on 04/09/2004 7:12:27 AM PDT by konijn
General: U.S. forces still fighting to retake Kut
U.S. forces are engaging in heavy fighting to retake the southern Iraqi city of Kut and are still in the process of securing the town, a U.S. general returning from the city told CNN today. Brig. Gen. Mark Hertling said units from the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad have been deployed south to battle the Mehdi Army -- the banned militia loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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