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THE BATTALION
Bomber
Continued from page 1
our land and we will follow the
enemy into its land.”
Thousands of Arab volun
teers ready for martyrdom have
been coming to Iraq since the
start of the war, Ramadan said.
A prolonged stay of U.S. and
British forces in Iraq could turn
the country into a magnet for
Muslim militants seeking a
new jihad.
“If there is an American occu
pation, then Iraq will definitely
move to the top of the list of jihad
for the international network of
Islamists,” John Voll, an Islamic
affairs from Georgetown
University, told The Associated
Press from Washington.
Thousands of foreign
Muslims joined the Afghan
mujahedeen in their fight
against the Soviet occupation
in the 1980s. After that, some
went on to continue the fight in
other trouble spots such as the
Balkans and Chechnya.
More recently, the U.S. mil
itary campaign against
Afghanistan’s Taliban govern
ment lured a ragtag army of
thousands, mainly from neigh
boring Pakistan, vowing jihad
against the Americans.
Magnus Ranstorp, a terror
ism expert at the University of
St. Andrews, Scotland, said the
main focal point of jihad fight
ers today is Chechnya, which he
called “today’s Afghanistan.”
“Iraq also can become
another Afghanistan, but with a
huge twist because of the differ
ent regional factors,” he said.
The bomber who killed the
Americans had posed as a taxi
driver, pulled up close to a
roadblock north of Najaf, and
waved to the troops for help.
He blew up his vehicle when
they approached. The names of
the four Americans were not
released, although they were
from the Army’s 1st Brigade,
3rd Infantry Division.
Coalition officials said it
would not change the way the
U.S.-led forces proceed —
except that they would be more
cautious in vulnerable loca
tions like checkpoints.
“It’s just a reminder that
there are some very desperate
people out there. We’ve got to be
on our toes,” Gen. Richard
Myers, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday.
Maj. Gen Buford Blount,
commander of the U.S. 3rd
Infantry Division, said troops
would probably have to restrict
the movements of Iraqis and
shut down roads while troops
move through.
“That’s unfortunate but it’s
going to be necessary to ensure
the safety of our soldiers,” he
said.
Defense Secretary Dc
Rumsfeld said Sunday he
n’t know anything a
Islamic militants “flooding
across the borders into Iraq,”
“There’s no question h
that a terrorist that’s willing to
die can kill other people. We've
seen that here in the l
States,” Rumsfeld said. “Is it
going to change the outcome?
Not a chance.”
Iraqi TV praised the Naj
attacker and said he wanted'?
teach the enemy a lesson in the
manner used by our Palestinian
brothers.”
Saddam is admired by
Palestinians in the West
and the Gaza Strip, in
because he has doled out more
than $35 million to the fan
of civilians, gunmen and sui
cide attackers killed since!
ing began in Israel about 31)
months ago.
Rally
Continued from page 1
“This is a just war, a defensive war being
fought to preserve our way of life,”
Stadelmann said.
The stiff opposition American forces are
encountering in Iraq has not dampened the
resolve of the protesters, who said they will
see the war through to victory.
“It’s our duty right now to support our pres
ident and our troops," said Jeff Graham, a soph
omore management major. "Freedom isn't
free, and (President George W. Bush) has told
us that there will be sacrifices.”
Kurdish fighters move toward
key oil city as Iraq repositions
By Brian Murphy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAQTAQ, Iraq — Kurdish fighters took
control Sunday of more territory left by
Iraqi forces withdrawing toward the major
oil center of Kirkuk, apparently to tighten
defenses around northern Iraq.
The nearly 10-mile advance by the U.S.-
backed Kurdish militia was unchallenged
but slowed by dense mine fields left by
Saddam Hussein's troops, said Ares
Abdullah, a Kurdish commander. It was
the third significant shift since Thursday in
the front line separating Iraqi forces from
the U.S.-backed Kurds. Each Iraqi move
since last week allowed Kurds to move clos
er to Kirkuk — the nation’s No. 2 oil-pro
ducing region and considered by Kurds as
an essential part of their ethnic lands.
In the hill country south of Taqtaq —
about 35 miles southeast of the Kurdish
administrative capital Irbil — Kurdish
forces can clearly see the glow of Kirkuk
and its oil fields about 15 miles away.
“Our goal is now close!.” said Abdullah.
The two main northern cities under
Baghdad rule — Kirkuk and Mosul — have
come under relentless attack from U.S. war
planes. The reason for the Iraqi reposition
ing is unclear. But Kurdish commanders
believe Iraqi troops have been seriously bat
tered and need reinforcements.
Iraqi forces could also be rearranging
units since the Pentagon apparently does not
yet have enough strength in the Western-
protected Kurdish zone for a ground assault.
Plans for a northern offensive were crippled
after Turkey refused to allow U.S. troops to
cross the border.
The Kurdish advance in the Taqtaq
region came less than 24 hours after its
forces fell back along another front: con
ceding more than 12 miles along the main
road from Irbil to Kirkuk. Iraqi gunners
have now dug in just outside Altun Kupri
— also known as Perdeh — about 27 miles
from Kirkuk.
Iraqi troops also pulled back east of
Kirkuk on Thursday.
“We cannot move against them unless
American planes bomb the positions,”
said Farhad Yunus Ahmad, leader of a
front-line Kurdish unit near Altun Kupri,
where Iraqi gunners control access to an
important bridge.
Kurdish fighters spent Sunday clearing
mines and poking through abandoned Iraqi
posts. They carried away war souvenirs and
anything with possible value: insulated elec
trical cables, helmets, vintage gas masks,
casing from anti-aircraft artillery.
We would welcome
the Americans, but they
do not come.
We face this danger
alone.
— Abdullah Hamza Salim
Team leader, Kudish sapper
Kamal Aziz Mohammad sat on the
dried mud and smoked a cigarette sur
rounded by his haul. Crows picked at food
left by the soldiers. Some puppies — per
haps left by the soldiers — romped
through the deserted camp.
“They didn’t leave much, but we’ll take
what we can,” said Mohammad as he put on
an Iraqi helmet, grabbed two others and a
piece of camouflage netting.
The Iraqi outposts seemed little more
than rough camps. Small cinderblock and
mud shelters dotted a clearing — likely a
muddy quagmire in rain and a dustbowl in
the heat. Roofs were apparently tarps that
were removed in the withdrawal. Dozens of
positions were dug out apparently for tanks
or other vehicles.
At one site — less than 1.2 miles front
the new Iraqi line — the military jetsam
included lists of patrol schedules, times of
radio blackout periods and authorization to
fix communications equipment. Other
items were more intriguing: a mud-encrust-
ed dress shoe and a small wooden sign cov
ered with shiny red “Happy Birthday"
wrapping paper that could have been an
identification symbol.
A section from the March 10 issue of
the Iraqi military newspaper, featured a
patriotic poem that ended with the lines:
“The enemy will tire, and Saddam will
remain. You will satisfy all the Arabs with
your victory.”
A newspaper photo of Saddam, with
bright orange tape around the edges, blew
in the wind near a discarded bottle of
Pepsi. In what appeared to be the com
mander’s quarters — where the sink was
ripped from the wall and taken by the Iraqi
forces — a sign advised, “Forgiveness!:
the greatest revenge.”
Down the road, a team of Kurdish
pers pulled up about one mine every
In just five hours of work, they cleared
more than 230 anti-personnel mines and 77
anti-tank mines, said the team leader,
Abdullah Hamza Salim.
The smaller mines — black and about the
size of an ashtray — were piled in a
be exploded. The light olive anti-tank mines,
as big as a layer cake, would be destroyed in
remote trenches, Salim said.
The team worked with no protective
gear and used sticks to pry up the mines.
At least two sappers have been injured
since Saturday.
Salim said they had received some
clearance training but wondered why U.S,
experts have not offered help.
“We would welcome the Americans,
they do not come,” he said. “We face
danger alone.”
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