Excuse me Iraqi Forces take hospital?????

[kori]

Iraqi commandos seize Falluja hospital
Allawi declares state of emergency before expected assault
Monday, November 8, 2004 Posted: 1:39 AM EST (0639 GMT)



BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi troops backed by U.S. Marines have seized Falluja's main hospital, the first step in what is expected to be a major push to retake the city from insurgents, hours after a 60-day state of emergency is imposed across most of the nation.

Gunfire and artillery echoed across the town overnight Sunday, but it remained unclear when the bulk of the U.S.-led force outside Falluja would begin moving.

The hospital -- on the western edge of the city -- was taken by the 36th Iraqi Commando Battalion with only minor resistance late Sunday, according to a pool reporter.

U.S. military officials said the hospital needed to be secured so hospital workers could attend to casualties without facing intimidation by insurgents, and to end its use as a source of anti-American.

In the past, hospital officials have said U.S. airstrikes killed only innocent civilians, a claim the American military disputed.

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/08/iraq.main/

I am so sick of this crap. We took that hospital not Iraqi commandos. I am so sick of this blatant crap......

[alittlelark]

1. The hospital was taken yesterday....

...can't allow the wounded in Falluja to receive help.....

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2. kori

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