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Thu 04 Apr 2003In the 'Red Zone' of chemical attack vulnerability
Despite speculation of a "pause" in America's advance on Baghdad, dramatic US advances at the strategic towns of Kut and Karbala were reported yesterday, writes Tom Clonan.
On the eastern flank of the US advance on the capital, it was claimed that the US 1st Marine Expeditionary Force had seized a vital river crossing over the Tigris at Kut, north of Nasiriyah. On the western flank, it was reported that the US 3rd Division (Mechanised) had captured an important bridge over the Euphrates north of Karbala.
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