[Pro-Bush]

Breaking at SKY NEWS

KARBALA BATTLE LARGEST YET

The largest battle of the ground war in Iraq has broken out just south of Baghdad reports say.

Between 300 and 500 Iraqi troops have died in fierce fighting around the cities of Najaf and Karbala without the loss of a single Allied troop, according to the Pentagon.


The battle began when Iraqi troops launched a huge night time attack on US forces, possibly trying to take advantage of poor visibility due to sandstorms.

Sky's Washington correspondent Keith Graves said: "From what the Pentagon is saying this was a major encounter, possibly the biggest ground battle of the war so far."

Najaf and Karbala, 100 and 50 miles from Baghdad respectively, are some of the last obstacles Coalition forces must overcome before beginning an all out strike on the capital.

[Carolina]

KARBALA BATTLE LARGEST YET

Sky also reported that the Iraqis attacked on foot.

[CasearianDaoist]

I still belive that the embeddeds are not anywhere near the real battles. I think that there is something going on out there that will take a while to come out.