|
|
Article: U.S., Civilian Accounts Differ As to Number of Muslim Volunteers in Iraq.
- Article from:
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- April 22, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
By Juan O. Tamayo, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 22--BAGHDAD, Iraq--U.S. Marines have said they battled more than 200 fanatical foreign Muslims near Baghdad's Abu Hanifa mosque on the day that Saddam Hussein's regime fell. A neighbor says there were only eight foreign fighters.
The differing accounts underscore the mystery that surrounds the number of Muslim volunteers who rushed to Iraq last month to launch a new Afghanistan-like "holy war" on U.S. troops.
If they numbered 5,000, as Saddam's government asserted and one Marine intelligence officer believes, they could bedevil occupation forces for months with ...