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To: pezz who wrote (30866)	4/6/2003 12:36:52 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) of 74559

U.S. Tanks Head Back South After Entering Baghdad. OOPS! Perhaps was really Hollywood as Sddam is saying?? U.S. Tanks Head Back South After Entering Baghdad Sat April 5, 2003 10:38 AM ET By Luke Baker NEAR BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. tanks which pushed into southern Baghdad on Saturday rumbled back down the main southern highway from the city after linking up with U.S. forces at the airport and carrying out a reconnaissance mission. The task force of 25 Abrams battle tanks and 12 Bradley fighting vehicles had earlier in the day joined U.S. forces at the airport, 12 miles to the southwest of the center of Baghdad, after troops reinforced the airport overnight. The task force made a reconnaissance swing through Dawra suburb, some 7 to 8 miles from the city center, before returning south, military officials said. The international airport is the biggest prize in the 17-day-old war to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and rid Baghdad of alleged weapons of mass destruction. Iraq denies possessing such weapons. The United States says it controls the airport, with U.S. troops over 80 percent of the facility. Iraqi said on Saturday American forces had been expelled. A military official told this correspondent the tanks came under small arms fire but he did not describe it as heavy fighting. The tanks came up from the south until they reached a loop in the Tigris -- across the river from Baghdad University -- where the road swings to the west. There was no immediate report of any casualties from the mission. U.S. and British forces fear they could be sucked into bloody street-by-street fighting in the city of five million people. The tanks were a task force of two companies -- a company usually has about 14 tanks.

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