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Amid the fighting, residents waved white flags. Several eagerly pointed out enemy positions to the U.S. troops, who destroyed some caches of weapons and confiscated others. The haul included about 80 mortars, 90 rocket grenade launchers, scores of vehicles and six sophisticated Russian-made night-vision sighting scopes for mortars.

``They had Russian stuff, they had French stuff, they had Belgian stuff, and guess who's been the most vocal against this war?'' said an angry Lt. David Chen, executive officer of Cyclone Company of the 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment.


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A similar cache was taken from a police station, where soldiers also found maps showing U.S. troop positions. One of the prisoners was from the Nebuchadnezzar Division of the Republican Guard, based north of Baghdad, and his presence led to speculation that Saddam was shifting foot soldiers south to stall the U.S. advance.



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11 posted on 04/02/2003 12:08:57 AM PST by kcvl
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24 posted on 04/02/2003 12:29:32 AM PST by MEG33
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Amid the fighting, residents waved white flags.

That definitely proves they've been getting advice on military strategy from the French.

59 posted on 04/02/2003 5:37:05 AM PST by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, Zoolander)
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