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バグダッド北部の掃討戦で海兵隊員１人死亡、１３人負傷。
北部のモスクにサダムと２人の息子が隠れているとの情報があり、モスクを攻撃。
他、気になる情報としては
MOAB爆弾数発が湾岸に向けて移動中。キルクークにでも使う気か？
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http://www.islamonline.net/english/news/2003-04/10/article03.shtml
Resistance Continues In Baghdad, 1 U.S. Marine Killed
BAGHDAD, April 10 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) –
U.S. marines came under heavy fire Thursday, April 10, from Iraqi fighters along the northern banks of the Tigris river, with one marine reported killed and 13 wounded, a U.S. officer said.
"There were at least 13 casualties and one soldier killed in action," First Sergeant Jeff Treiber said one day after U.S. forces seized control of most of Baghdad amid surprisingly little resistance.
The marines 1st Division, 5th Regiment have captured one of Saddam's main palace complexes on the northern side of the Tigris, said Treiber, of the regiment's 1st battalion.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Battles still raged in and around Baghdad and other cities were hotly contested.
"The regime has been dealt a serious blow. But the coalition forces will not stop until they have finished the job."
Vice President Dick Cheney touted the scenes of celebration throughout Baghdad as "evidence of the collapse of any central regime authority" and vindication for the U.S. war plan, but warned "hard fighting" may yet lie ahead.
The marines were under fire since 2.00 am (2200 GMT on Wednesday) from fighters hiding in buildings, in cars, on rooftops and beneath bridges, an Agence France- Presse (AFP) correspondent on the ground said.
Heavy fighting was still raging with Iraqi fighters using AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades, the correspondent said.
"It's a show of force, we can go where we want," said Treiber, adding that artillery fire could be heard outside the walls of Saddam Hussein's Azmiyah palace.
Major Pete Farnum also said a nearby mosque had been “secured”.
"There were intelligence reports the mosque was a Saddam stronghold," Farnum said, describing the mosque as being close to the northern banks of the Tigris.
"We displayed our ability to impose our will," he said, in reference to the marines capturing the mosque and palace.
A BBC correspondent said U.S. troops had searched the mosque, where Saddam Hussein was rumored to be hiding.
‘Explosions’
A series of loud blasts woke Baghdadis on Thursday in a sharp reminder of the dangers still lurking in Iraq after the euphoria of the fall of the capital to U.S. forces.
The booms from the outskirts were heard clearly from 7:30 am (0330 GMT) while planes could be heard flying overhead.
The city centre was calm in the morning as it had been throughout the night for the first time since the war began on March 20.
But the uncertainty of the situation was reflected by the explosions which could not be immediately located and it was unclear if they were the result of air strikes.
The world watched live the chaotic scenes dozens of Iraqis waged a symbolic struggle to topple a huge statue of Saddam in a central square.
In the end U.S. Marines brought up a tank recovery vehicle to bring down the bronze of Saddam over Al-Fardus (Paradise) Square.
But as military and political leaders warned that war is still raging in Iraq, there was concern about the humanitarian situation after the International Committee of the Red Cross suspended aid deliveries in Baghdad, following the death of a Canadian staff member in crossfire Tuesday, April 8.
However, Rumsfeld dismissed talk of a humanitarian crisis and said aircraft delivering aid supplies had already landed at Baghdad airport.
Meanwhile, a sniper shot dead a U.S. marine in southeastern Baghdad on Wednesday, U.S. Central Command said.
A series of massive explosions had lit up the sky during the evening on Baghdad's southwestern rim.
In central Baghdad, a Belgian doctor, Geert Van Moorter, said two Iraqis were killed and three others wounded when U.S. forces opened fire on an ambulance carrying away people injured in exchanges of fire.
Saddam's hometown of Tikirt in the north was still under bombardment and cited widely as a likely last refuge for the ousted rulers.
And the major northern cities of Kirkuk and Mosul are still in the hands of the regime. But U.S. and Kurdish forces reportedly pushed further towards the two cities.
"We are still in the midst of a shooting war and men and women are still in harm's way ... There remain a lot of dangers ahead," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer.
"This conflict is not, however, over yet," added British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
"We control the vast majority of the city but there's still fighting going on," cautioned Lieutenant General Buford Blount, commander of the Third Infantry Division, said at the airport where U.S. forces are based.
MOABs Moved
Meanwhile, the U.S. Air Force is moving several 21,000-pound MOAB bombs, the largest U.S. conventional bomb, to the Gulf region, a U.S. defense official said.
It was not clear what the air force intends to do with the bombs, which are most effective against troops or tanks in open areas.
"What we were told today is that they are on the way," said the defense official, who asked not to be identified.
The Pentagon said 101 U.S. military personnel have been killed and 399 wounded since the war on Iraq began March 20.
The big jump in wounded from 155 on Tuesday was due to improved procedures for reporting those casualties, said Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Cynthia Colin, a Pentagon spokeswoman said.
She said 86 military personnel have been killed in combat and 15 in accidents.
The number of missing U.S. forces rose to 11 with the addition to the list of a Marine who disappeared near An Nasiriyah on March 23. Seven U.S. military personnel are being held as prisoners of war.
Game Is Over
With the fall of Baghdad, Iraq 's U.N. ambassador declared "the game is over" — and became the first Iraqi official to concede defeat in the U.S.-led war.
"My work now is peace, …the game is over, and I hope the peace will prevail. I hope the Iraqi people will have a happy life," Mohamed Al-Douri told reporters outside his New York residence.
Al-Douri was asked what he meant when he said "the game is over."
"The war," he responded.
His comments were the first admission by an Iraqi official that invadors forces had overwhelmed Iraqi troops after a three-week campaign.
Two weeks ago, during a heated U.N. debate, Al-Douri accused the United States of criminal aggression against Iraq and warned the U.S.-led troops was "about to start a real war of extermination that will kill everything and destroy everything."
The outburst caused U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte to walk out of the open Security Council meeting, saying he'd "heard enough."
Questioned about Al-Douri's comments, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said: "Well, I would say it wasn't a game, first."
Rumsfeld added that there was still lots of "difficult, dangerous" work ahead in Iraq.
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