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NEAR ISKANDARIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Twenty months after toppling Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), U.S. troops still battling his followers in the heart of Iraq (news - web sites)'s old arms industry are hitting back with a new weapon -- ex-members of Saddam's special forces. For five months, Iraqi police commandos have been based with U.S. Marines in charge of the region along the Euphrates river immediately south of Baghdad, which roadside bombs, ambushes and kidnaps have turned into a no-go area for outsiders and earned it the melodramatic description "triangle of death." The performance of these police is...

DEATH TOLL APPROACHES 50 A car bomb near a police station south of Baghdad is reported to have killed 50 people. The explosion tore apart the station in the small town of Iskandariya, 25 miles south of the Iraqi capital. "There are around 50 martyrs, 30 of whom have been identified, and dozens wounded," Dr Tahsim Ahmad said at a hospital near the site of the attack. The hospital's director, Razak Jabbar, said: "Thirty dead have been brought here, I believe that number is rising. I believe it's at 49." Police confirmed that at least 45 people had been killed...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/8/02 - Baghdad, Hatra, Irbil, Iskandariya, NY, Samara'a BREAKING: Baghdad, Iraq, - THE spurious document release BREAKING: Irbil, Iraq - US Congress visits BREAKING: Iskandariya - Inspection BREAKING: New York - Aldouri Blix Annan deal violates Security Countil Resolution 1441 Declaration #3 Hatra, Samara'a ========= Baghdad ========= BREAKING: In Baghdad, at the Iraqi spurious document release. =========== al-Muthanna complex =========== BREAKING: At al-Muthanna complex, 40 miles northwest of Baghdad, mustard gas remains. ========= Hatra ========= In Hatra, ~350 klicks north of Baghdad. ========= Irbil ========= BREAKING: In Irbil, Iraq, controlled by the...