Posted on 03/23/2003 4:45:49 AM PST by Lessismore
American ground forces are using air power to destroy Iraqi positions in southern Iraq.
Marines have been searching a bombed compound in the port city of Umm Qasr that had been sheltering about 120 Iraqi soldiers.
They engaged in a heavy firefight, with the Iraqis using tanks that destroyed one building.
A US Marines Harrier jump jet from a ship in the Persian Gulf flew over and dropped two 500-pound bombs on the target.
The Marines were checking for survivors.
Elsewhere, Marines, trying to take the city of Nasiriya, say they are facing a force of about 500 Iraqi troops who are using tanks, artillery and mortars.
They have called in air strikes from American A-10 tank buster aircraft and helicopter gunships.
BTW...Old school mopar fan bump.
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