Posted on 04/01/2003 9:16:55 AM PST by HAL9000
Units of Navy American took Tuesday a bridge on a channel in the south of the town of Al-Hillah (80 km in the south of Baghdad), afterwards of violent one combat carried out with the support of bombers B-52, indicated American officers on the spot.According to the director of the hospital of Al-Hillah, 33 civil, whose children, were killed and 310 others wounded in a bombardment américano-British Tuesday morning on the city.
The troops of the First task force of Navy (1MEF) received a support of artillery and of two heavy bombers B-52 during the engagements, a journalist of the AFP present paid with the American troops.
"At the beginning, there was a strong resistance. But completed we them (Iraqi combatants). We continue to advance in accordance with the plan ", declared the commander Cal Worth.
Tens of tanks and transport of troops armoured moved towards this channel.
An American officer of the information declared that about fifty Iraqis had been made prisoners and of the groups of prisoners were seen crossing a bridge on the channel under the monitoring of Navy.
According to this officer, from 300 to 400 Iraqi, military combatants of the regular army and members of the honest militia to president Saddam Hussein, took part in the engagements.
"the majority of the Iraqi combatants fled when the Navy retorted with artillery", it declared.
As opposed to the French? ;-)
Understood I eventually but long took it. Confusing was it.
Hey, we are gonna WIN this thing man, we got YODA on our side!
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