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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tsigprofit who wrote (858)	3/21/2003 1:08:13 PM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 21614

UMM QASR, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Marines briefly raised the Stars and Stripes flag over the new port area of Umm Qasr on Friday after facing tougher than expected resistance in and around the southern Iraq port. Reuters correspondent Adrian Croft, traveling with the Marines, saw troops lower an Iraqi flag soon after they arrived at the port complex, replacing it with the U.S. flag. Some time later, Marines returned and removed the Stars and Stripes. No reason was given for the decision, but Washington has consistently stressed that invading U.S. forces want to liberate Iraq, not occupy it. Meanwhile, back at the farm: Barry McCaffrey, the retired four-star general who led the left-hook attack across the Euphrates River valley during the 1991 Gulf War states: "There is no doubt in my mind that we will destroy the Iraqi armed forces, take down the regime, and occupy Iraq"