US troops battle cleric's militia in Iraqi holy city

[Eye and Monkey]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LOG216270.htm

12 May 2004 06:22:47 GMT
KERBALA, Iraq, May 12 (Reuters) - U.S. troops backed by tanks and armoured vehicles fought fierce battles on Wednesday against supporters of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, local officials and witnesses said.

They said the fighting erupted on Tuesday evening and was still going on as dawn broke, with members of Sadr's Mehdi Army militia holed up in a mosque and surrounded by U.S. forces.

"Five Iraqis were killed in the clashes, two of them fighters from the Mehdi Army," said Faleh al-Hasnawi, Kerbala's director of health. "Twelve people were wounded, and a hotel and several houses near the Mehdi Army compound were destroyed."

Witnesses said U.S. forces using loudspeakers were ordering the militiamen to surrender their weapons and to leave the mosque compound.

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[pfitz59]

1. Sure, after the prison images?

Surrender their pride to dogs and women? Never... We will be fighting one war lord after another to the end of our days. Thanks George!

[saigon68]

2. after seeing the images of the dogs ripping their testicles off

and the bitch of buchenwald dragging them around naked wearing a dog collar----I seriously doubt the Iraqi resistance is going to "SURRENDER" they now have visual proof it's a fight to the finish. god help billy from toledo or sam from kansas city if the "ragheads" capture them