"Cut and Run" noises from some "Coalition" members

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4776156

Fierce Fighting Sweeps Iraqi Cities, Shi'ite Areas

Wed Apr 7, 2004 11:24 AM ET

By Akram Saleh

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Since Sunday, clashes across Iraq have killed 33 U.S. troops, a Ukrainian soldier and a Salvadoran soldier.

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Ukrainian troops pulled out of Kut on Wednesday after clashes there in recent days and regrouped in their base camp, the defense ministry in Kiev said. It said the move was "on the request of U.S. representatives in the civil administration and with the objective to save soldiers' lives."

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Bulgaria summoned ambassadors of the United States, Britain, Spain and Poland to the foreign ministry on Wednesday asking for back-up for 450 Bulgarian soldiers stationed in Kerbala.

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari, in London for talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, said thousands more foreign troops might be needed to maintain order.

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