December 16, 2003

U.S. Troops Kill 11 Insurgents in Firefight

This won't be easy. It's never easy dealing with irrational fanatics.

"In Tikrit, about 700 people rallied in the center of town Monday chanting ``Saddam is in our hearts, Saddam is in our blood.'' U.S. soldiers and Iraqi policemen yelled back: ``Saddam is in our jail.''

In Fallujah, another hotspot of anti-American resistance west of Baghdad, crowds roamed the streets shouting pro-Saddam slogans such as ``We defend Saddam with our souls,'' after the Iraqi police withdrew from the streets, the crowd overran the mayor's office, a military statement said."

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