Saturday, March 29, 2003

Monica alert!
Kieran Murray's report for Reuters that Hundreds of Iraqis killed in four-day battle for Kifl has one particularly astonishing sentence:
The officers said the tank unit fired two 120 mm high velocity depleted uranium rounds straight down the main road, creating a powerful vacuum that literally sucked guerrillas out from their hideaways into the street, where they were shot down by small arms fire or run over by the tanks.
Sounds like the troops were having Kieran on, but I enjoy a heartwarming tale. Read the whole article for a snapshot of fighting Saddam's "guerrillas".