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To: Just_Observing who wrote (2520)	3/24/2003 4:52:03 PM
From: Mao II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

A Kirkuk resident contacted by telephone said the long morning air raid, the third on the city since war broke out last Thursday, was "unrelenting". "Nobody is on the streets. There are many dead and injured in the hospital -- mostly soldiers but some civilians. A lot of the bombs are landing around the city, but it's terrifying," said the source, who can not be identified. Massive booms from the direction of Kirkuk could still be heard several hours later. story.news.yahoo.com

To: Just_Observing who wrote (2520)	3/24/2003 4:52:03 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Iranians take pot shots at US-British forces in Iraq FAO, Southern Iraq (AFP) Mar 23, 2003 Coalition forces have come under fire from Iranian military units across the border from Iraq, British commandos said. Iranian anti-aircraft gun emplacements and fixed machine-gun posts have opened fire sporadically at British Royal Marine commandos and low-flying US aircraft. The 40 Commando marines were in the far southern town of Fao locked in a fire fight with Iraqi Baath party fighters just a few hundred metres (yards) from the border between the two countries, the Shatt al-Arab waterway. A Royal Marines spokesman said: "We are content that the fire from Iran was inaccurate and ineffective, but none the less puzzling". more at spacewar.com This war may spread faster than most imagine.