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300 Tote innerhalb paar Tage - die U.S. Marines verstehn ihr Geschaeft....
Na amal schauen obs auf CNN Videoaufnahmen gibt und es tatsaechlich soviel esind...

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U.S. Says 300 Fighters Killed in Najaf Battle

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By Khaled Farhan

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Marines said Friday they had killed 300 fighters loyal to a firebrand Iraqi Shi'ite cleric in fierce clashes that pose a stern test for an interim government struggling to stamp its authority over the country.
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U.S. military officials said there were indications that foreign fighters had joined the militia.

The U.S.-appointed governor of Najaf put the militia death toll at 400, with 1,000 captured. He said he had information 80 Iranians were fighting alongside Sadr's militia, whom he ordered to leave the city in 24 hours.
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SHI'ITES DECLARE HOLY WAR

Militiamen loyal to Shi'ite Muslim radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr have declared holy war against British forces based in Iraq's main southern city of Basra.

The declaration came after four of their comrades were arrested.

"We will wage jihad and war against the foreign troops, not against police and Iraqi forces," said Sheikh Saad al-Basri, al-Sadr's representative in the largely Shi'ite city.
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