Posted on 10/17/2003 2:38:29 AM PDT by prisoner6
From MetroSource Newswire...
3 US Troops killed, 7 WOunded in Firece battle in Kerbala.
(Paraphrased for time)
3 US military police were killed, 7 wounded in iraq as a firece battle rages around a mosque in Kerbala. The US troops were trying to disarm a group that had set up a perimiter around the mosque. It's not know how many iraqis were killed or wounded. At last report the battle was still going on.
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Sympathies and prayers for the soldiers and their families.
prisoner6
DITTOS on that!
Personally I think Meca is a target.
prisoner6
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