12 Marines, 66 Iraqis Killed in Battleshttp://www.kolotv.com/news/headlines/668037.htmlBritish soldiers head for Iraqhttp://www.five.tv/home/frameset/?content=97666&id=story2100107<snip>
Almost 5,000 British soldiers are going out to the Gulf to take over from four or five brigades which will return home.
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Saddam being held in Qatarhttp://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040406/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_britain_saddam_040406231955Occupation tightens siege on Fallujahttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A73529F1-1554-4C68-8774-BA478D565B02.htm<snip>
"They are attacking residential neighbourhoods," he said as US warplanes swooped over the area and fired rockets. Intense gunfire could be heard from the streets.
"The residents of Falluja are asking where is the (US-appointed) Iraqi Governing Council," said an obviously shaken Mansur. "They are asking why the Iraqis are not protecting them."
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US marines tried for a third time to take control of the town but were forced to retreat.
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Dozen marines killed, Iraqi toll mountinghttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/660FF109-9E21-4AF8-BCA3-C39E0FE67917.htmAl-Sadr supporters have taken to the streets for the third day
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Al-Sadr ordered his loyalists to join the resistance after Spanish forces opened fire on demonstrators in Najaf, killing at least 20 Iraqis and wounding scores.
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Al-Sadr City has been the scene
of deadly clashes in recent days
There seems to be no let up to
the suffering of Iraqis
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Mansur reported on Monday that unconfirmed reports suggested that 20,000 US marines were besieging the town, trying to enter it from different points.
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"Golan inhabitants say US forces used cluster bombs and missiles against them," he said. "Citizens of the city are completely enraged - but not afraid - waiting for the coming events," the correspondent said.
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US marines seal off the restive town 65km west of Baghdad