"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Posted on Sat, Apr. 17, 2004

6 Marines, scores of Iraqis killed in fierce battle

BY RON HARRIS

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

HUSAYBAH, Iraq - (KRT) - Six Marines were killed and scores of insurgent
Iraqis slain in a fierce 14-hour battle Saturday between Marines and
mujahedeen fighters who slipped into this town near the Syrian border.

According to Marines, an estimated 300 Iraqis from Fallujah and Ramadi
launched an assault against the Americans in Husaybah around 8 a.m.
local time, beginning with a roadside bombing and a flurry of 24 mortars.

When Marines responded to the bombing, they were met with small-arms and
machine-gun fire as they neared a former Baath Party headquarters.

Marines responding to the call for help were mortared and strafed as
they made their way into the city. Additional Marines then joined in the
fight.

All of those Marines died so that your ****ing civilian ass could sleep
peacefully tonight. I hope you say a pray for them.