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To: NickSE who wrote (84918)	3/22/2003 11:56:48 AM
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U.S. Strikes Alleged Al Qaeda Allies washingtonpost.com GRDA DROZENA, Iraq, March 22 -- A barrage of 40 to 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles slammed into mountainside positions held by a radical Islamic militia force early this morning, killing and injuring an estimated 100 fighters, according to Kurdish commanders working with U.S. Special Forces who directed the attack. The two-hour missile attack on Ansar al-Islam, a militant group U.S. officials said is linked to al Qaeda, began at 12:30 a.m. and was followed by a bombing raid by a single warplane shortly after 8 a.m. "Ansar took a very big hit," said Fakhradeen Abdullah Hamasaid, a Kurdish militia intelligence official who visited this hillock at midday. "If God wills it, in the next few days the influence of the [Patriotic Union of Kurdistan] and Kurdish regional government will reach all the areas controlled by Ansar al Islam.".......

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