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  • US loses hearts and minds amid suburban hell

    03/27/2003 6:15:15 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 19 replies · 250+ views
    Sydney Morning Herald, Australia ^ | 3-28-03 | By Paul McGeough, Herald Correspondent in Baghdad
    The six cars that are bumper-to-bumper against the kerb in Al Sha'ab are carbonised - charred metal now devoid of all colour and fabric. The power of the blasts flipped another - all that is left of its tyres are the wire coils that ran through the rubber. Yes, we're in a war zone. But Al Sha'ab is a civilian quarter, a maze of hard-working, hole-in-the-wall mechanics and electricians. And the attacking United States-led force promised to spare civilians. The Pentagon says that it did not target the marketplace and it has left open the possibility that the two bombs...
  • Explosion in Market left crater 2ft deep: US bombs are much more powerful, it was probably Iraqi AAA

    03/26/2003 2:49:23 PM PST · by xm177e2 · 60 replies · 249+ views
    The Agonist ^ | 3/26/03 | Agonist
    5:07 EST Developing story right now is that the 'bomb' that went off in the market earlier is left too small a crater for coalition weapon. It was only 2 feet deep. Suspected to be an Iraqi air defense weapon. The weapon, repeat, does not resemble any coalition 'penetration weapon'.