Post Latest Iraq War News Here - Part II

[GRU]

http://www.strana.ru/stories/03/03/19/3302/176046.html

Iraq: Al-Faw peninsula is still under our control.
The last missile, which hits Kuwait, was sent from that peninsula.

P.S. Note that quite all world sources reported that coalition anit-missile defense failed to detect that attack.

[Eli]

The Islamic Jihad(Palestinian) announced that it has tens of suicide bombers in Baghad ready to attack American forces.

Israeli Channel 2.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: We're Not Making This Up Dept.

Originally posted by uh Clem
US soldiers in Iraq asked to pray for Bush

By a private group of nutbags. Last war, one group printed a bunch of Bibles in Arabic and English, sent them to US troops, with a letter suggesting that the US troops could improve their ability to communicate with the Arabian people by "getting one of your Arab friends to read the Bible with you"

Update on the RMC's - one Iraqi colonel KIA, one general captured, four other other officers captured.

Also, US Army has one Iraqi general captured who lead troops to a cache of shoulder-fired SAMs and six light AAA guns.

Both on cnn.com

[Ned]

FOX: US special forces and Kurdish fighters take Ansar al-Islam terrorist training base associated with Al Qaeda in Eastern Kurdistan. The terrorists fled to Iran. Negotiations are currently underway with Iranian authorities concerning the fugitives.

[Ned]

Live on CNN: To fedayeen suicide fighters surrendered to US/British authorities near Basra. They said that they had been sent from Baghdad to engage in suicide attacks against the Americans. Instead, they surrendered voluntarily.

[CrONoS]

Truck hits US soldiers in Kuwait
A truck has rammed into a group of United States soldiers at a camp in northern Kuwait but none have been killed, according to US central command.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2900535.stm

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MichaeltheGreat : Ipost the text from GRU (intelligence russian service) since they're was right for some times, and one and two day before any Occidental mass-media... ...

[CrONoS]

UK forces continue Basra assault
A British attack on the south eastern outskirts of Basra is continuing.
British Royal Marines say they have captured at least 30 prisoners of war, but are now facing strong resistance from Iraqi forces closer to the edge of Iraq's second biggest city.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2899829.stm

[Chemical Ollie]

About 4000 Arab volonteers have come to Baghdad the last 3 weeks to join the Jihad against the "infidels". Some of them are veterans from Afghanistan. All of them are prepared to die and many of them are prepared to do suicidal attacks.

Source: Swedish TV News / Norwegian freelance reporter Åsne Seierstad on location in Bagdhad.

[CrONoS]

Ice Cream Time! Rumors Sow Uncertainty in Ranks
Sun March 30, 2003 11:42 AM ET
By Matthew Green
NORTHWEST OF NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - They say an ice cream machine is on its way.

"I hope it's true," said U.S. Marine Corporal Jason St. Pierre, resting on a crate at a roadside ammunition dump in southern Iraq.
The story is a fantasy, but like many of the rumors circulating among U.S. troops in Iraq, it does say something about what's on many soldiers' minds.
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=focusIraqNews&storyID=2473689

[Gibsie]

Originally posted by Eli
The Islamic Jihad(Palestinian) announced that it has tens of suicide bombers in Baghad ready to attack American forces.

...just "tens", or tens of another numerical unit?

[Chemical Ollie]

40 journalists are currently missing in Baghdad. Most of them have been arrested and abused by Iraqi security forces. Numerous others have been expelled from Iraq.

Source: Aftonbladet/Swedish Radio News/Red Cross

[C0ckney]

1 royal marine killed, several others injured in an ambush on a river patrol on the al-faw peninsular.

source: bbc

[CrONoS]

22:51
British Ministry of Defense spokeswoman says British soldier killed in action near southern Iraqi city of Basra (Reuters)

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/

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Where is the Al-Faw Peninsular? Is it near Basra?

[CrONoS]

Iraq would have acquired redoubtable missiles anti-tanks
Agence France-Presse
New York

Iraq bought during the last months up to thousand missiles Russian anti-tanks " Kornet », an acquisition which worries the American military responsibles after the destruction of two heavy tanks M1 Abrams near Samawah in the northwest of Bassorah, reveal the weekly Newsweek appeared on Sunday.

It is the first time which the United States lose in the fight two of these heavy tanks, which are nevertheless considered as "quasi(near of)"- invincible. According to Newsweek, in both cases they were destroyed by a missile Kornet, fired since an Iraqi jeep which had been able to approach armored cars during the sandstorm arisen some days ago.

The weekly clarifies, by quoting responsibles for the Pentagon, that about 500 missile Kornet would have last January been delivered to the regime of Bagdad by Ukrainian traders of weapons.

Others would have been able to be supplied, maybe by Syrian generals having the business acumen or even by the government of Damascus, according to Newsweek
(translated with http://translation.paralink.com, french to english)
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http://www.cyberpresse.ca/irak/article/1,3727,0,032003,247866.shtml

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[CrONoS]

British soldier killed in south Iraq
20.48PM BST, 30 Mar 2003
A British soldier has been killed in action in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

Several other troops were injured in what was reported to be an ambush on a Royal Marines river patrol on the Al Faw Peninsula
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