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130 KILLED IN IRAQ - REPORTS (Not confirmed by other sources- report seems incorrect)
Sky News ^ | Tuesday, April 6, 2004

Posted on 04/06/2004 2:35:39 PM PDT by kristinn

A Pentagon source has said up to 130 US troops have been killed in fierce fighting in Iraq.

The large scale battle, described as "intense", has taken place in the town of Ar Ramadi, 20 miles west of Fallujah.

Sky News' David Chater said: "None of this is official yet - none of it is confirmed."

But he added: "It sounds very much like this is being carried out by men who are militarily trained."

Chater described the attack as "highly sophisticated".

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; muslims
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To: F.J. Mitchell
Air Support FJ - THAT's what I am looking for also. Screw collateral damage when Marines start getting killed. And screw going from door to door for the perps of last week. They are all either perps now or potential perps.

Rant Down

61 posted on 04/06/2004 2:56:26 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (ATTENTION FALLUJAH: "you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.")
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To: kristinn
John Gibson on Foxnews said a few minutes ago that commanders were pulling administrative soldiers out of a command post to fight. Yikes.

I think the bad guys must have attacked a command post.
62 posted on 04/06/2004 2:56:37 PM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: scannell
USA needs to show overwhelming force now, they need to show just who is in control in Iraq.
63 posted on 04/06/2004 2:57:30 PM PDT by tessalu
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To: Dead Dog
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1112602/posts?page=63#63
64 posted on 04/06/2004 2:57:52 PM PDT by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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To: Lancey Howard
intelligence, Lancey, intelligence. One prisoner leads to 10 more guys, each of them to.......
65 posted on 04/06/2004 2:58:06 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: madison10
Thanks. I'm going to try and call into the radio station, this needs to be defused. It's tragic enough that 12 of our boys got killed today.
66 posted on 04/06/2004 2:58:45 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (We live, my dear soul, in an age of trial. What will be the consequence, I know not. - John Adams)
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To: kristinn
My prayers for the troops.
67 posted on 04/06/2004 2:59:46 PM PDT by syriacus (2001: The Daschle-Schumer Gang obstructed Bush's attempts to organize his administration -->9/11)
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To: kristinn
This is a major battle. If we have high casulaties, the scum must be being hit big time. This could be their death rattle.

No one can stand and fight against our military. After this battle, the resistance will be decimated.

Even though we are taking higher casualties, it indicates that we have all the snakes in one hole. This will be for the best.

68 posted on 04/06/2004 3:00:34 PM PDT by telebob
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To: A CA Guy
Exactly! Use their uncontrollable anger against them.
69 posted on 04/06/2004 3:01:39 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: yonif
As bad as this is, it is now the perfect oppurtunity to wipe out both the Sunni's in the triangle and the radical Shi't clerics. This country is never going to be stable when you have leaders from these two factions, not only killing US soldiers, but each other. Take this oppurtunity and do what's needed to be done...they've opened the door.
70 posted on 04/06/2004 3:01:45 PM PDT by cwb (Kerry on terrorism "after" 9/11: "I think there has been an exaggeration")
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To: ambrose
Nothing DUer's do would surprise me.

Are you saying that the celebrations over at the DU were premature?

71 posted on 04/06/2004 3:02:29 PM PDT by GOPJ (NFL Owners: Grown men don't watch hollywood peep shows with wives and children.)
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To: telebob
The libs will love this,no matter who is dead.

God help the poor kids over there doing the dirty work for the rest of us.
72 posted on 04/06/2004 3:02:41 PM PDT by Mears (The Killer Queen--caviar and cigarettes)
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To: cwb
Right on. Hang up that purple bug zapper light, and use their jihadi rage to make them fly right into it.
73 posted on 04/06/2004 3:03:19 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: kristinn; ALOHA RONNIE
The presstitutes "lost" the Tet offensive in 1968 ... even though by the time the shooting slowed down again, VC had more or less ceased to exist.

Never forget.

74 posted on 04/06/2004 3:04:07 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Chief Engineer, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemens' Club)
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To: Mears
Nuke'em and be done with it.
75 posted on 04/06/2004 3:04:09 PM PDT by The PeteMan (Go to H*ll Dan Rather!)
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To: MinuteGal; Travis McGee
Our commanders were pulling people who normally don't go into combat because the battle was so hot......

Stresses the importance of taking the drills seriously, even if you're normally just a "desk jockey"

76 posted on 04/06/2004 3:04:31 PM PDT by ambrose ("I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it" - John F. al-Query)
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To: daybreakcoming
Agreed. I guess we hollered a little prematurely though. I just heard the news on the TV in the other room saying that our troops were going in under heavy air cover
77 posted on 04/06/2004 3:05:00 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (What went wrong? Bush couldn't fix 8 years of Clinton bumbling in 8 months. Next question please.)
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To: ambrose; Poohbah; RaceBannon; river rat
Every Marine is a rifleman: they take that very seriously. You wouldn't want to let your USMC clerk/riflemen miss their chance on the firing line, would you?
78 posted on 04/06/2004 3:06:24 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: GOPJ
bunch of communist traitors over at DU
They are sick

Just like Osama, their time will come
79 posted on 04/06/2004 3:07:13 PM PDT by JebRudy2008
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To: PISANO
A high body count is exactly what the Democrats are begging for. I can see them now - - in their minds they are pumping their fists and snarling, "Yessss...!"
80 posted on 04/06/2004 3:07:32 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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