Monday, April 07, 2003

Look who's checked in at the roach motel
Jane Perlez at the NY Times in U.S. Commanders Say 3 Battalions Will Stay in Iraqi Capital:
At one of the palaces, half a dozen Syrian soldiers were found, one of them hiding in a refrigerator, military officials said. The Republican Guards responsible for the security of the palace had fled.
And Caroline Glick in the Jerusalem Post - Palestinian, Jordanian gunmen fighting in Baghdad:
The US Army's 3rd infantry division, 2-7 Mechanized Infantry Brigade, is involved in a fierce battle with Palestinian and Jordanian gunmen in the industrial area of southern Baghdad.
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Military sources are saying that they know from prisoners of war that the Palestinian and Jordanian fighters are attempting to reorganize Iraqi resistance in Baghdad.