Recruitment drive goes ahead for insurgents in Iraq

[Donut]

Forces mass for attack on holy city

A 2,500-strong US force, backed by tanks and artillery, are massed on the outskirts of the Iraqi city of Najaf for a showdown with a radical cleric, raising fears of an assault on the holiest Shiite city. In besieged Fallujah, two intense battles killed a US Marine, forced down an American helicopter and severely strained a truce. Meanwhile, a US State Department official said four bodies had been found in Iraq. The bodies may be those of private contractors missing since an assault on their convoy outside Baghdad amid a wave of kidnappings of at least 22 foreigners.

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Hopefully a show of strength will be enough in this case.

[ 04-14-2004, 12:04 PM: Message edited by: Donut ]