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US: 2,500 REPUBLICAN GUARDS SURRENDER
Sky News ^
| 4-4-03
Posted on 04/04/2003 2:33:38 AM PST by Prince Charles
US: 2,500 REPUBLICAN GUARDS SURRENDER
Around 2,500 of Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard soldiers have surrendered, US officials say.
The officials say US Marines are now advancing on Baghdad from Kut.
They said the Iraqi soldiers who surrendered were from the Baghdad division the Republican Guard.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraqifreedom; kut; pows; roadtobaghdad; surrender
To: Prince Charles
Quagmire all right!
CNN saves Iraqi Officer left for dead. We even have time to show a little compasion. This is an amasing war.
To: Prince Charles
Good news, but I hate these two sentence threads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Details!!! I WANT DETAILS!!!
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posted on
04/04/2003 2:45:51 AM PST
by
sit-rep
To: sit-rep
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"Just last night there was a (military field) report of about 2,500 soldiers of the Baghdad division surrendering, stripping off their uniforms," Captain Frank Thorp told Reuters at Central Command war headquarters in Qatar.
He also said that Marines advancing on Baghdad from the city of Kut, about 105 miles southeast of the capital, were close to the city.
"The Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force...are in the vicinity of Baghdad now," Thorp said.
Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division meanwhile say they are in control of the Saddam International airport, 12 miles from the city centre. Last Updated: 12:55 UK, Friday April 04, 2003
To: Prince Charles
This is the division that had a couple of Daisy Cutters dropped on them. I guess the other 75% of the division are enjoying their 72 virgins.
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posted on
04/04/2003 3:05:47 AM PST
by
laz17
(Socialism is the religion of the atheist.)
To: Prince Charles
They need to stop surrendering and give our Generals time to recalibrate our failed military strategy.
Maureen Dowd needs to sign off on the next plan to make sure the Generals get it right this time.
To: Bluntpoint
LOL. Good one.
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posted on
04/04/2003 3:15:12 AM PST
by
Skooz
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To: Prince Charles
I'm actually deeply saddened to see this war is going so badly for us.
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posted on
04/04/2003 3:15:28 AM PST
by
Mihalis
To: Mihalis
Dashle and Hillary:
What did the President know about the possibility of 2,500 surrendering Republican Guards and when did he know it?
Notice only "Republican" Guards are surrendering. Thank God for the "Democratic" Guards who keep fighting this war against the "Selected" President of this evil regime.
To: Bluntpoint
I am deeply saddened about our own evil regime. But I'm delighted that Kerry will change all that.
...............................Tommy D' Asshole
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posted on
04/04/2003 3:36:44 AM PST
by
Mihalis
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