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More Fighting in Iraqi City of Kerbala
Yahoo! News ^
| May 13th
| Reuters
Posted on 05/13/2004 5:37:54 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Fresh fighting erupted between U.S. troops and militiamen loyal to rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy Iraqi city of Kerbala on Thursday, residents said.
Gunfire echoed from narrow streets just a few hundred meters (yards) from the Imam Hussein mosque, one of Shi'ite Islam's most revered shrines which sits in the center of the city. A column of black smoke rose from behind the mosque.
The clashes followed a lull in fighting for several hours after fierce fighting on Wednesday, when the U.S. military said up to 20 militiamen might have been killed.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; kerbala; military; us; war
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posted on
05/13/2004 5:37:54 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
To: F14 Pilot
The troops should look for a little fat man with a big mouth, open -- always open -- and panties on his head. If he makes a run for it, he should be a candidate to go on parade like "Chinese" Gordon in Khartoum.
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posted on
05/13/2004 5:44:43 AM PDT
by
T'wit
("To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society" - Theodore Roosevelt)
To: F14 Pilot
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posted on
05/13/2004 5:45:34 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(John ''Fedayeen" sKerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)
To: F14 Pilot
The is nothing more sacred than the life of an American soldier, the buildings and lives of the inhabitants are forfeit.
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posted on
05/13/2004 5:47:40 AM PDT
by
olde north church
(We remained civilized - Epitaph, United States of America)
To: T'wit
I like your thinking.
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posted on
05/13/2004 5:49:23 AM PDT
by
DeuceTraveler
((fight terrorism, give your local democrat a wedgie))
To: F14 Pilot
"holy Iraqi city of Kerbala"
Are all the cities in the Middle East "holy"? Just wondering.
To: proud American in Canada
Some Are, Some Not.
Mecca, Medina, are holy for all Muslims.
Kerbala, Najaf, Samara, Mashad and Damascus are holy cities for Shiites!
Sunnis don't have holy sites or things like that!
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posted on
05/13/2004 6:02:35 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(John ''Fedayeen" sKerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)
To: proud American in Canada
I was wondering the same thing. They could have saved much time in calling their country the Holy Country of Iraq. I mean, with all these Holy Cities, those who live in the country must really feel jealous.
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