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(回答先: ナジャフ近郊で第3歩兵師団第7騎兵大隊がイラク軍と激しい交戦 [BBCニュース]【イラク側が各地で一斉大反攻!】 投稿者 あっしら 日時 2003 年 3 月 27 日 07:22:19)
CNNのweb続報ですが、双方の衝突に関してはまだ触れていません。
Republican Guard drives at U.S. troops
Wednesday, March 26, 2003 Posted: 5:34 PM EST (2234 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/26/sprj.irq.war.main/index.html
CENTRAL IRAQ (CNN) -- A large line of Republican Guard troops sped out of Baghdad Wednesday on an apparent collision course with the lead element of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army officers told CNN.
The Iraqi troops -- reportedly in more than 1,000 armored vehicles -- was reported to be moving rapidly toward Najaf, the scene of an earlier battle with U.S. forces, despite a heavy sandstorm, according to officers from the 3rd Squadron, 7th U.S. Cavalry, the reconnaissance unit of the 3rd Division.
U.S. commanders were calling in airstrikes to slow the Iraqi advance. But since bad weather was hindering air cover, Army sources said they said they expected to come under attack Wednesday night.
CNN's Walter Rodgers, accompanying the 3-7th Cavalry, said officers told him the column from Baghdad was likely heading south at a rate of 18 mph to 36 mph to try to retake a key bridge over the Euphrates River.
Cavalry troops fought a fierce battle with Iraqi troops Tuesday in the Euphrates Valley east of Najaf, a Shiite Muslim shrine city about 95 miles south of Baghdad. Pentagon officials said about 300 Iraqi soldiers were killed in that engagement.