[r9etb]

A number of US wounded and a number of US casualties

Do you mean "casualties," (which includes dead and wounded) or do you mean "dead?"

And if at least 100 salamikazes have been sent to their white raisin surprise.... Good.

[kcvl]

Marines move further into Fallujah


(Fallujah, Iraq-AP) -- U-S military commanders say Marines have moved deep into the violent city of Fallujah (fuh-LOO'-juh).

Marines are engaged in a battle against insurgents in the city -- where four civilian U-S contractors were killed last week.

Commanders say several U-S helicopters have been hit by ground fire, but none has been brought down. They also report a number of injuries among U-S Marines.

Five other Marines died near Fallujah yesterday and today as U-S forces moved into the city.

Marines say they've killed about 20 insurgents -- and they've detained at least a dozen others, who are being interrogated.

Fierce urban combat is reported on the streets of Fallujah. Marines are holding positions in houses along the northern edge of the town.

A-P correspondent Lourdes Navarro, with a company of Marines on the edge of Fallujah, says they're moving a few city blocks at a time.

[Mo1]

Do you mean "casualties," (which includes dead and wounded) or do you mean "dead?"

The way I understood it .. casulaties ment dead .. because Bret said a number of wounded and a number of casulaties