Iraqi troops surrender to British forces
Posted on 03/21/2003 3:01:48 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
INSIDE SOUTHERN IRAQ (CNN) -- British troops used a combined air and ground assault Friday to take control of Iraq's Persian Gulf coast, the Faw Peninsula, according to the commander of the Royal Marines landing force, and U.S. Marines held the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr.
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