By MICHAEL WILSON
NASIRIYA, Iraq, March 24 — Fighting continued today in and around what the marines have nicknamed "Ambush Alley," with Iraqi guerrillas jumping out of buses, pickups and taxis to join the battle. ...
Iraqi fighters pushed women and children into the streets to serve as human shields and drive up the civilian death toll, officers said. Civilian casualty numbers were unknown.
"It's not pretty," [Chief Warrant Officer] Officer [Pat] Woellhof said. "It's not surgical. You want surgical, you should have left the place alone. You try to limit collateral damage, but they want to fight. Now it's just smash mouth football." ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/international/worldspecial/24CND-BATT.html>
Carl
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