IRAQ: US 3RD ENGINEERS BATTALION SECURE AREA NORTH OF KUWAIT BORDER IN ADVANCE TOWARDS BAGHDAD

Record ID: 860399

  • Title: IRAQ: US 3RD ENGINEERS BATTALION SECURE AREA NORTH OF KUWAIT BORDER IN ADVANCE TOWARDS BAGHDAD
  • Date: 24th March 2003
  • Summary: (EU) 80 KM NORTH OF KUWAIT BORDER, IRAQ (MARCH 24, 2003)(REUTERS) WIDE OF MILITARY VEHICLES LINED UP VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS SECURING AREA/ENTERING MILITARY VEHICLE (5 SHOTS) SMV U.S SOLDIERS ON TOP OF TANKS SMV U.S SOLDIER ON LOOK OUT/ MILITARY VEHICLE IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF CONVOY PROGRESSING ALONG ROAD (2 SHOTS) SMV U.S SOLDIER ON LOOKOUT SLV MILITARY CONVOY DRIVING UNDERNEATH BRIDGE
  • Embargoed: 8th April 2003 13:00
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  • Location: 80 KM NORTH OF KUWAIT BORDER, IRAQ
  • City:
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA44TMRM420LPSSTS8GATTJ047F
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  • Story Text: The U.S. 3rd Engineer battalion say they have secured an Iraqi area 80 kilometres north of the Kuwait border and continue to progress towards Baghdad.
    The U.S. 3rd Engineer battalion continued along the road to the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday (March 24) pausing only to secure an area 80 kilometres north of the Kuwaiti border.
    The U.S. military were on the lookout for pockets of resistance but later continued along the main road towards Baghdad.
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that U.S. and British forces fighting in Iraq were nearing a crucial confrontation with Saddam Hussein's elite troops as they race to reach Baghdad.
    GULF WAR 3
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