US Marines try to weed out resistance in Nassiriya NASSIRIYA, Iraq, March 31 (Reuters) - Hundreds of U.S. Marines began scouring the outskirts of the city of Nassiriya block by block on Monday to weed out pockets of Iraqi resistance in what military sources said was a change of tactic. Reuters correspondent Adrian Croft said new units brought in to reinforce the Marines left their camp before dawn on a first foot patrol through the southern outskirts of the strategically important city, 375 km (235 miles) southeast of Baghdad. They cautiously made their way through a complex of low, white...
