Iraqi 5th Corps [30,000 Soldiers] About to Surrender

ic Croydon Newswire ^ | April 10, 2003 | wire staff

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The Iraqi 5th Corps charged with defending Mosul, Iraq third biggest city still in the hands of Saddam Hussein, has been reported to be negoiating surrender.

Cable News Network said the corps, originally 30,000 strong and the Governor General of the Mosul Region in Northern Iraq were prepared to surrender to United States forces Thursday night but decided it would be safer to wait until daylight.

Before the war the Iraqi 5th Corps comprised a mechanized division and two light infantry divisions but it is not known how many of its soldiers survived Allied bombing raids around Mosul.

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Cleaning them out..

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[SirAllen]

FNC reporting Mosul is an uprising.

[PoisedWoman]

MOTHEROFSURRENDERS is right.

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better link http://iccroydon.icnetwork.co.uk/war

[MEG33]

I fear a blood bath unless this surrender is imminent.(insurrection)

[Blood of Tyrants]

This would suggest that Saddam is dead or no longer in charge of very much if the general feels that his life (or perhaps his family's lives) will not be forfeit if he surrenders.

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Iraqi 5th Corps [30,000 Soldiers] About to Surrender

And everyone's been complaining that France hasn't participated in the war.....

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Or Saddam and his family (with leaders) are in Syria

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[isrul]

This sounds too much like some the "surrenders" that happened in Afghanastan. We will surrender.....tomorrow, Then they sneak away. Don't trust 'em.

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I think that is why we waited until dawn.

[isrul]

It's 1:30AM in Iraq. Dawn is still quite a few hours away. I don't trust 'em.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

You forgot to add that this is the ELITE Iraqi 5th Corps.

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Our Coalition commander says he is going to work around the clock to make sure we have safe zones in Mosul to work around..(to see if this is really true)

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Does France even have 30,000 soldiers that will get on the battlefield before surrendering?

[isrul]

Glad to hear that. THey don't trust 'em either.

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I wonder if this will be a fierce surrender?

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Not the Extra Special Crispy 5th Corps?

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Not after we were getting shot under flags of truce..