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Marines Push North Along 'Ambush Alley' By ELLEN KNICKMEYER .c The Associated Press SOUTH-CENTRAL IRAQ (AP) - Thousands of Marines pushed north toward Baghdad in ``seek and destroy'' missions Sunday, trying to open the route to the Iraqi capital and stop days of attacks along a stretch that has become known as ``Ambush Alley.'' Charging into previously unsecured areas, the Marines tried to provoke attacks in order to find Iraqi fighters and defeat them. A chaplain traveling with them handed out humanitarian packages to distrustful Iraqi civilians encountered along the way. Army supply trucks appeared on the Marine route north...

Fighting Continues in Nasiriya, Nicknamed 'Ambush Alley'Marines of Task Force Tarawa fighting today in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya. By MICHAEL WILSON MASIRIYA, Iraq, March 24 — Fighting continued today in and around what the marines have nicknamed "Ambush Alley," with Iraqi guerrillas jumping out of buses, pickups and taxis to join the battle. Heavy small-arms fire kept up as sundown approached on the second day of fighting in the city, key to American advances north because of its two bridges across the Euphrates. A second tank unit made it into Nasiriya, along with ammunition, food, fuel and water...