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Late breaking news....
« on: Mar 26^th, 2003, 3:24pm »

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A column of about 1,000 military vehicles supposedthe Red Guard are heading towards U.S. troops....this could be a big one

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 Posted: 3:44 PM EST (2044 GMT)

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KARBALA, Iraq (CNN) -- A column of up to 1,000 Iraqi military vehicles was reported moving south Wednesday night toward Najaf, the scene of an earlier battle with U.S. forces, U.S. Army officers told CNN.

The column is believed to be made up of troops from Iraq's elite Republican Guard. The forces were moving from Baghdad at a rate of 18 mph to 36 mph, toward the lead elements of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, CNN's Walter Rodgers reports.

Coalition military officials said they expect the Iraqi forces are heading south to try to retake a key Euphrates River bridge, captured by U.S.-led troops after fierce fighting this week.

U.S. commanders were calling in airstrikes to slow the Iraqi advance.

A persistent sandstorm is limiting the coalition's ability to protect its ground troops with helicopters and planes, Rodgers said. Apache helicopters haven't been able to fly for two days. However, the weather conditions have improved enough for some planes to fly close air support if needed, Rodgers said.

At nearly the same time, a column of 70 to 120 Iraqi armored vehicles poured out of the southern city of Basra, heading southeast in what reconnaissance intelligence said appeared to be an offensive charge. Coalition fighter jets were scrambled to intercept them.

Meanwhile, U.S. war planners may have miscalculated the strength and capability of paramilitary fighters in Iraq, a Pentagon official said Wednesday, as the first week of fighting came to an end.

Fighters of the Fedayeen Saddam, one of Iraq's most feared paramilitary groups, along with members of the ruling Baath Party and other security forces, have launched several attacks against U.S. and British forces for a week.

"We may have underestimated that they were dispersed to so many places across Iraq to enforce regime discipline," the Pentagon official said. "It's clear now they dispersed sometime before the war began."

Members of the group have caused problems for coalition forces in some areas, where they have disguised themselves as civilians to ambush troops or pretended to surrender and opened fire -- acts the United States have called "serious violations of the laws of war."

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« Reply #2 on: Mar 27^th, 2003, 7:53am »

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Keeping all the forces in my prayers. Because Iraq has no air defences and the invading countries do have air defences a convoy such as this one is a target if it can be seen in the air. That was the first thing Gomez said yesterday when he heard of the convoy.

Here's the latest news from CNN - they believe the convoy was smaller than initially reported and they bombed the heck out of it last night - in to oblivion are the words used.

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Waves of B-52 bombers pounded a convoy of Iraqi military vehicles overnight before they could reach the lead elements of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division in Najaf, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, CNN's Walter Rodgers reported Thursday.

Air traffic controllers with the U.S. Air Force told Rodgers, embedded with the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry of the 3rd Infantry, that the bombers pounded the convoy "almost into oblivion."

Brooks at CentCom said that the Iraqi force was smaller than initial intelligence reports suggested and that "most of" the force was destroyed.

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