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I surfed MSNBC (just passing through) when I saw a news clip about a hospital in Naasariyah (sp?) that was captured by coalition forces. During the tour of the facility, a US marine showed what he thought was a "torture chamber" - a room with a cot and a car battery, wired up as if it were used to supply electrical shocks. As the camera panned down to the battery, there across its side in bright red letters was the word...FRENCHMy apologies if this has already been posted. See the story from pMSNBC hereBTW:pMSNBC site is nearly unusable because of...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Bloodied U.S. battle fatigues believed to be those of some of an ambushed Army maintenance unit were found in a hospital in Nasiriya, Iraq, according to a Pentagon official.</p> <p>The uniforms, found by U.S. troops who took over the hospital, appeared to have had their name tags and flag patches ripped off, perhaps to hide the identity of their owners, the official said.</p>

CNN.com - Bloodied U.S. battle fatigues discovered - Mar. 30, 2003WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Bloodied U.S. battle fatigues believed to be those of some of an ambushed Army maintenance unit were found in a hospital in Nasiriya, Iraq, according to a Pentagon official. The uniforms, found by U.S. troops who took over the hospital, appeared to have had their name tags and flag patches ripped off, perhaps to hide the identity of their owners, the official said. The troops also discovered what appeared to be a torture device made of a metal cot and a car battery. The uniforms appear to...

<p>This is terrible and barbaric news, but not unexpected. Pray for these fallen, whoever they may be.</p> <p>March 30, 2003 -- At least one of the bodies of the four American soldiers discovered in a shallow grave was "brutalized and mutilated," Pentagon sources revealed yesterday. The corpses were unearthed in the vicinity of the "hospital" at Nasiriyah where U.S. Marines found evidence that the Iraqis had operated a torture chamber.</p>

From: Press Service By Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 29, 2003 -- The remains of American troops have been discovered in southern Iraq near where paramilitary forces loyal to Saddam Hussein have been accused by the Pentagon of executing U.S. service members after they'd surrendered. U.S. Central Command spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Victor Renuart told reporters today in Qatar of the situation developing in the vicinity of Nasiriyah. He said a U.S. mortuary affairs team is en route to the site. He said he couldn't tell reporters whether the remains belonged to troops who'd been...

 March 29, 2003, 12:21AM Marines find bodies of four American soldiersNew York Times WITH V CORPS HEADQUARTERS NEAR THE KUWAIT BORDER -- The bodies of four American soldiers were found by Marines on Friday in a shallow grave in the battle-worn town of Nasiriyah, near the Euphrates River. U.S. Military officials said they believe the four were executed by Iraqi paramilitary forces after being seized in an ambush on Sunday. Military officials declined to speculate as to whether the four were among those who were shown alive by the Arab television network last weekend. The military had heard reports that...

If this is already posted I apologize. News 4 New York has reported that a battalion of 2nd Armored Cav is now deployed to protect the supply lines going past Nasariyah. They will replace Marine units that have been required to provide security and allow those units to rejoin their parent units near al Kut.

Here on the frontline this conflict is taking its toll on morale. I can see the signs in the US marines I am with outside Nasiriyah. Quite a few of the troops have said to me that this isn't what they were expecting. They have had a tiring week of guerrilla-style fighting and it continues. They are frustrated that their political masters gave the American public the impression that it would be easier than it's turned out to be. But, also that they should have given them more expectation about Iraqi resistance like this. They don't want to admit they...

9:36 AM Iraq Time FridayUS Marines Grab Iraqi GeneralUnited States Marines report they have captured an Iraqi General in Nasiriya on Thursday, BBC Correspondant Andrew North says.via BBC

<p>CAMP VIPER, Southern Iraq - On the southeastern outskirts of Nasiriyah on Wednesday, Gunnery Sgt. Tracy Hale led his Marines to relieve a unit guarding a bridge.</p> <p>But soon after arriving, Iraqi guerrillas launched a devastating attack on their position. A foot-long projectile spun through the air and detonated against an above-ground fuel tank. The explosion lit up the gathering dusk.</p>

TALLIL AIRFIELD, southern Iraq - Five days after a U.S. Army infantry division seized control of this long-dormant air base, the U.S. Air Force landed a C-130 transport plane Thursday on a runway freshly cleared of truck parts and concrete blocks. U.S.-led forces now can use Iraq's second-largest airport - smaller only than Saddam International Airport in Baghdad - to deliver materiel far up a supply line that stretches several hundred miles into Iraq from Kuwait. Pleased with their success, airmen posted a sign on a fence that said, "Bush International Airport." The airfield is about 5 miles from...

BBC World Service is reporting dozens of US Marines have been injured in a Blue on Blue incident in Nasiriyah.

NASIRIYAH, Iraq - U.S. Marines, moving through this still-contested city, opened fire at anything that moved Tuesday, leaving dozens of dead in their wake, at least some of them civilians. Helicopter gunships circled overhead, unleashing Hellfire missiles into the squat mud-brick homes and firing their machine guns, raining spent cartridge cases into neighborhoods. Occasionally a tank blasted a hole in a house. Several bodies fell in alleys. It was impossible to know which casualties were civilians and which had been members of Iraqi loyalist militias. The militias have ambushed Marine convoys here for days as the Marines tried to...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/26/03 - STRIKE VIDEOS, Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf, Yousifiya, Nasiriyah, Basra BREAKING: STRIKE VIDEOS Iraqi GPS jammer destroyed Iraqi patrol boat destroyed R republican guard tank destroyed BREAKING: STRIKE IMAGES Palace guard facility Special Security facility Iraqi Intelligence facility BREAKING: IMAGES OF FREEDOM THE MEDIA MAY HAVE MISSED Baghdad - Saddam as Palace as Ozymandius Baghdad - War Crimes against Civilians Baghdad - War Crimes against the Iraqi people Baghdad - War Crimes against POWs Baghdad - Shuffle at the top Karbala - Incredible weather Najaf, Yousifiya Nasiriyah - Ambush of Heroes Southern...

Marines of Charlie Company carry out morbid business U.S. Marines from Task Force Tarawa attack the military garrison of the Iraqi 23 Infantry Brigade on Monday in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images. By DENNIS O'BRIEN, The Virginian-Pilot © March 25, 2003 Last updated 2:19 AM Mar. 25 SOUTHERN IRAQ -- For many of the Marines in this outfit, it was one of those profound, sobering moments -- a ``first'' that can never happen again. Most of the men in Charlie Company of the 2nd Light Armor Reconnaissance battalion had never been in...

The port of Umm-Qasr, the main Iraqi exit to the sea, has begun to evolve into some kind of symbol of resistance. For the past four days, continuous fighting has been taking place in the city. Every day has ended with an optimistic report that the city is in U.S. hands, only for it to emerge the following day that the battles there are still ongoing. Similar reports have started to come in about Nasiriyah and Basra - that "they are under control." These reports are not fictitious. Rather, they are partial. The cities are under external control but not...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/25/03 - Tikrit, Baghdad, Fayda,Al Faw,Najaf,Nasiriyah,HMAS Kinimbla,captured mines, Basra, Az Bayr, Az Zubayara, Umm Qasr BREAKING Tikrit - Mailbox for the Baath Party Baghdad - Mutisystem Organ Failure for Saddam? Tense and Post-surrender Errors in Speech Fayda, north of Mosul - new attacks on Iraq Southern Iraq - oil wells burn Southern Iraq - Iraqis freed by the USA Southern Iraq - headquarters of the 51st Iraqi Mechanized Infantry Division Al Faw -British Royal Marines bring justice to the Baath party Najaf - Weapons hot Nasiriyah - Battle at the Euphrates River...

CAIRO, Egypt, Mar 24, 2003 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Saddam Hussein's most trusted paramilitary militia, Saddam's Fedayeen, has assassinated the Iraqi leader's enemies, put down protests and ruthlessly cracked down on dissidents since its founding in 1995. Now, with U.S.-led coalition troops advancing toward Baghdad, the Fedayeen - whose name means "those ready to sacrifice themselves for Saddam" - are showing putting up stiff resistance and trying to prevent regular army soldiers from surrendering. Reports from the front suggest members of the Fedayeen may have organized battlefield ruses, like posing as civilians or faking surrender, to draw U.S. and...

Several U.S. Troops Die in Iraqi Ambushes By ELLEN KNICKMEYER .c The Associated Press NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AP) - The fiercest fighting yet in the battle for Iraq flared Sunday near this city on the Euphrates River. By ambush and faked surrender, Iraqi forces killed, wounded and captured Americans - and some of them, alive and dead, were exhibited on Iraqi television. The firefights at Nasiriyah drew some attention from the relentless advance of the U.S.-led forces, now less than 100 miles from Baghdad after four days of the ground war. Scores of American military personnel landed in Kurdish territory, as...