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Quadrajet Donating Member (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 08:56 AM
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35 US soldiers captured in Fallujah: mosques
FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Mosques in Iraq's restive city of Fallujah announced on Monday that the fighters inside the city have captured 35 US soldiers.

Loud speakers of the mosques blared out the news as US forces were trying to penetrate the rebel-held city, but the news could not be independently confirmed.

US troops and Iraqi special forces stormed into the western districts of Fallujah early Monday and seized the main city hospital and two key bridges over the Euphrates River.

US officials said there may be more fierce fighting to come if US forces try to enter downtown Fallujah on the east bank of the river. Enditem

35 US soldiers captured in Fallujah: mosques
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 09:03 AM
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1. Deaths are incredibly horrible.
Captures are horrifyingly incomprehensible. Next come the video tapes.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 09:04 AM
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2. 1 is too many
this has to be a Lie/exaggeration
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 09:06 AM
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3. This has been out there for more than a day without confirmation
not LBN, believed to be a bogus story
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