- NEAR NASSIRIYA (Reuters)
- The death toll among U.S. forces involved in fierce fighting in the southern
Iraqi town of Nassiriya has risen to 10 and could rise further, a CNN correspondent
reported from the scene on Monday.
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- Citing U.S. commanders, he said the number of wounded
stood at 12 and 16 more were still missing.
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- Nassiriya, where two strategic bridges span the Euphrates
River, has seen the sharpest fighting so far in the five-day U.S.-led military
campaign to oust President Saddam Hussein.
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