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      Mob cheers as 5 British bodies killed in wreckage

      Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from Scotsman

      British troops under Iraqi attack in Basra, Eye witnesses say a missile brought down a British military helicopter which crashed onto a house in Basra. "One of them belonged to a major, I could see his rank," said the man, Abu Zaid. "I saw the remains of the others." the chaos worsened, shooting broke out between the British soldiers and armed militiamen, and at least four people, including a child, were reported to have been killed in the mayhem. "It won't change a thing if the helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. It is a daily risk and sadly, one day, a few get hit."

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      3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Bombing

      Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from Yahoo News!

      IIraqi Shiite women carry pages of a newspapers as they take part in a rally... A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers south of Baghdad on Friday three Americans died in the attack shortly before noon in Babil province, the U.S. military said, giving few other details. However, Iraqi police said the blast targeted a military convoy near Mahaweel, 35 miles south of Baghdad.

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      Not All See Video Mockery of Zarqawi as Good Strategy

      Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from New York Times

      The weapon in question is complicated to master, and American soldiers and marines undergo many days of training to achieve the most basic competence with it. Moreover, the weapon in Mr. Zarqawi's hands was an older variant, which makes its malfunctioning unsurprising. The veterans said Mr. Zarqawi, who had spent his years as a terrorist surrounded by simpler weapons of Soviet design, could hardly have been expected to know how to handle it. "They are making a big deal out of nothing," said Mario Costagliola, an Army colonel serving as the operations officer for the 42nd Infantry Division in Tikrit, Iraq.

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      Iraqis Begin Duty With Refusal

      Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from Washington Post

      Members of a mostly Sunni Muslim class of Iraqi army recruits from restive Anbar province protested after their graduation Sunday, when they were told they would have to serve outside their home towns and province. Recruiting Sunnis into the army has been a key U.S. goal.

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