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To: Just_Observing who wrote (1461)	3/22/2003 10:51:20 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21614

News from the Front: Basrah under siege; civilian casualties reported Printed on Saturday, March 22, 2003 @ 16:53:34 EST Report by YellowTimes.org NewsFromtheFront.org (YellowTimes.org) -- The city of Basrah has been under an intense U.S. and U.K. air bombardment. According to an Al Jazeerah reporter in Basrah, the city is under heavy attack by F-16s. Water and electricity lines were cut off early this morning and civilian casualties are estimated to be high. The reporter has stated that one family of four, including a two-year-old, was killed in the bombing. According to CNN, U.S. commanders are in "talks" with Iraqi commanders in an attempt to get them to surrender Basrah. Britain's SKY News has reported that 4 U.S. Marines were shot and killed today in central Iraq, bringing the number to six U.S. battlefield casualties. YellowTimes.org correspondent Firas Al-Atraqchi contributed to this report. yellowtimes.org

To: Just_Observing who wrote (1461)	3/22/2003 10:52:38 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Refugees don't want to leave Iraq...Refugees say they didn't want to leave Iraq Nine year old Ramaza says: "I like Iraq, she said. "I like school. I like reading. I like my friends." Last Updated Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:22:30 cbc.ca JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER - Among the first people to leave Iraq for the safety of Jordan are hundreds of Sudanese nationals who were bussed out of Baghdad by their embassy and are now awaiting hastily arranged rides out of the country. INDEPTH: Iraq: Maps and Interactives Most of the Sudanese arrived in the middle of the night. Many wouldn't get out of the buses when they arrived at a desert refugee camp. They were afraid if they moved into the tents they would be forced to stay in the desert for good. But the children left the buses first to play. They eventually drew out their parents who are labourers, doctors, taxi drivers and mothers, forced from their homes because of the war. "I thank God (the children) pretty much don't know politics, and they just see this as a big playground," said Sami Diglass, a volunteer for the Arab Red Crescent Society. "I don't have to explain war to them," Rehab Adveb says of her children. "They know war, they understand." Nine-year-old Ramaza But nine-year-old Ramaza and her younger sisters are convinced this is just an adventure, that they'll go home to Iraq soon. "I like Iraq, she said. "I like school. I like reading. I like my friends." In front of the TV cameras, these people say they didn't ask to be saved from Saddam Hussein and they didn't want to leave Iraq. "Americans are the ones trying to hurt us," said Ramaza. Soon after they arrive at the refugee camp, they are loaded back on the buses and sent to the airport and then back to Sudan. Aid workers in Jordan say not a single Iraqi citizen has turned up at the camps and no one is quite sure why. Written by CBC News Online staff

To: Just_Observing who wrote (1461)	3/22/2003 10:55:42 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

>>"Immediately the allied tanks started heavy firing directly at us. Rounds were coming straight at the Jeep, smashing the windows and puncturing holes in the bodywork," he was quoted as saying. "Then the whole car was on fire. We were enveloped in flames. It was terrifying. "I'm so angry that we were fired on by the allies. The Iraqis must have been their real target but *I'm sure they were surrendering* - and anyway they were all dead within minutes."** more "liberated" Iraqis.