At Least 10 Iraqi Police Killed South of Baghdad

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=1&u=/nm/20050210/wl_nm/iraq_police_dead_dc

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"At least 10 Iraqi policemen were killed in a gun battle with insurgents south of Baghdad on Thursday, police sources said.

The battle, near the town of Salman Pak, about 65 km (40 miles) southeast of Baghdad, continued for several hours. Earlier police sources said at least 65 officers had been wounded.

The fighting was so fierce that police reinforcements were unable to reach many of the wounded or recover the dead, who were left lying in the road."

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"There have been a string of ambushes and gun fights in Salman Pak in the past several months. The city, which was home to weapons factories and a nuclear plant under Saddam Hussein, is at the eastern edge of an area dubbed the "Triangle of Death," a hotbed of insurgent activity."

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Meanwhile, they are back to selling the "a few dead enders" concept

Some army guy was interviewed on NPR on Tuesday night and was in full propaganda mode, as would be expected. Naturally, in interviewer didn't respond to any of the comments or blather, simply taking all in as if it were the truth sent from god. The guy was even able to get in the part about how all the dead solders "steels his resolve", a classic propaganda bromide if ever there was one.