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British marines start battle with assaults
Washington Times ^
| Monday, March 31, 2003
| By Tim Butcher
Posted on 03/30/2003 10:47:09 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:02:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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BASRA, Iraq
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: basra; casualties; deadiraqisoldiers; embeddedreport; friendlyfire; iraqicivilians; iraqifreedom; operationjames; pows; royalmarines; sniperattacks
To: JohnHuang2
Thank you Britain- "Lt. Col. Gordon Messenger, the commanding officer of 40 Commando, reported that the 30,000 civilian population of Abu al Khasib was "generally welcoming."
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03/31/2003 12:05:18 AM PST
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Kay Soze
(France is a terrorist nation - "The country where the worms live above ground")
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