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04-04-04, 10:36 AM
Apr 4, 10:19 AM (ET)
By KHALID MOHAMMED
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on the Spanish garrison in the holy city of Najaf on Sunday during a huge demonstration by followers of an anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric. Four Salvadoran soldiers and at least 14 Iraqis died, and more than 130 people were wounded. Two U.S. Marines died in violence in Anbar province, bringing to 600 the number of Americans killed in the war. Anbar is an enormous stretch of land reaching to the Jordanian and Syrian borders west of Baghdad that includes Fallujah, a city where four American civilians were slain on Wednesday. North of the capital, a bomb killed three members of the Iraqi security forces. And in Kirkuk, also in the north, a car bomb exploded, killing three civilians and wounding two others, police said. Later in Baghdad gunfire was heard in the center of the capital during a similar protest called by backers of the charismatic young cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr. There was no immediate word on casualties.In Najaf, the shooting broke out after thousands of al-Sadr supporters gathered outside the Spanish garrison. A spokesman for the Spanish headquarters in nearby Diwaniyah, Commander Carlos Herradon, said attackers opened fire about noon. The Spanish and Salvadoran soldiers fired back, and assailants later regrouped in three clusters outside the base. Shooting continued into the afternoon, he said. Along with the four soldiers killed, nine Salvadoran soldiers were wounded, the Spanish defense ministry said in the Spanish capital, Madrid. The Salvadorans are under Spanish command as part of an international brigade that includes troops from Central America. No Spaniards were injured.
It's time to regroup and sizes up the situation, make a plan of attack, take no enemy show no mercy, play by their rules. Tell the Iraqis people if you are with us them point out the terrorists or you can die with them, we have played with you long enough, we are going to come after you with the power that you have never seen, we will level your cities and turn them into one large sand box, keep one thing in mind we aim to rid this country "Iraq" of those who do not want peace. So it's up to you how you play this game, we will not hesitate to shoot anyone who gets in our line of fire, our American young men and women have shed their blood for your freedom. We will not back down from the cowards who hides behind women and children. This will be your last warning.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040404/D81O1IN80.html
Shiite demonstrators cheer a sword-waving man, in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, during an anti-American...
By KHALID MOHAMMED
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on the Spanish garrison in the holy city of Najaf on Sunday during a huge demonstration by followers of an anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric. Four Salvadoran soldiers and at least 14 Iraqis died, and more than 130 people were wounded. Two U.S. Marines died in violence in Anbar province, bringing to 600 the number of Americans killed in the war. Anbar is an enormous stretch of land reaching to the Jordanian and Syrian borders west of Baghdad that includes Fallujah, a city where four American civilians were slain on Wednesday. North of the capital, a bomb killed three members of the Iraqi security forces. And in Kirkuk, also in the north, a car bomb exploded, killing three civilians and wounding two others, police said. Later in Baghdad gunfire was heard in the center of the capital during a similar protest called by backers of the charismatic young cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr. There was no immediate word on casualties.In Najaf, the shooting broke out after thousands of al-Sadr supporters gathered outside the Spanish garrison. A spokesman for the Spanish headquarters in nearby Diwaniyah, Commander Carlos Herradon, said attackers opened fire about noon. The Spanish and Salvadoran soldiers fired back, and assailants later regrouped in three clusters outside the base. Shooting continued into the afternoon, he said. Along with the four soldiers killed, nine Salvadoran soldiers were wounded, the Spanish defense ministry said in the Spanish capital, Madrid. The Salvadorans are under Spanish command as part of an international brigade that includes troops from Central America. No Spaniards were injured.
It's time to regroup and sizes up the situation, make a plan of attack, take no enemy show no mercy, play by their rules. Tell the Iraqis people if you are with us them point out the terrorists or you can die with them, we have played with you long enough, we are going to come after you with the power that you have never seen, we will level your cities and turn them into one large sand box, keep one thing in mind we aim to rid this country "Iraq" of those who do not want peace. So it's up to you how you play this game, we will not hesitate to shoot anyone who gets in our line of fire, our American young men and women have shed their blood for your freedom. We will not back down from the cowards who hides behind women and children. This will be your last warning.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040404/D81O1IN80.html
Shiite demonstrators cheer a sword-waving man, in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, during an anti-American...