対イラク武力行使

アメリカ軍がスンニトライアングルの都市サマラ市を掃討したと言うニュース。

ニュースそのものは、普通なのだが、テレビのCNNの画面を見ると、イラクガードの若い軍人がちらほら見えた。

新生イラク軍も、だんだん育ちつつあるのが見て取れた。

早く一人前になってほしいものだ。


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”U.S., Iraqi troops go after Samarra insurgents”

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. and Iraqi forces moved into the Sunni Triangle city of Samarra late Thursday in one of the largest offensives in several months.


A brigade-size force of U.S. and Iraqi national guard troops had reached the center of Samarra by early Friday morning, according to CNN correspondent Jane Arraf, embedded with a unit of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division.

Supported by tanks and aircraft, troops were going through the city sector by sector, clearing buildings and mosques. Electricity was being cut to some sections.

Gunfire, explosions and rocket-propelled grenades could be heard as Arraf reported from the scene.

U.S. military officials estimated that more than 2,000 Iraqi insurgents and 250 foreign fighters were in the city, which is 70 miles north of Baghdad.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/30/iraq.main/index.html