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SLUG: 2-301755 Iraq / Prisoners (S)
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DATE=4/4/03 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=IRAQ / PRISONERS (S) NUMBER=2-301755 BYLINE=SCOTT BOBB DATELINE=AS-SAYLIYAH, QATAR CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Officials at the coalition command center in Qatar say more than two-thousand soldiers of Iraq's Republican Guard have surrendered to U-S forces. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Camp as-Sayliyah near Doha, Qatar. TEXT: Coalition spokesman Captain Frank Upton says the Iraqi soldiers surrendered during a battle in the region of al-Kut, 80 kilometers south of the capital. ///UPTON ACT /// We have reports of approximately 25-hundred soldiers of the Iraqi Republican Guard laying down their arms in their confrontation with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. /// END ACT /// Captain Upton also confirmed U-S forces are at Baghdad's international airport ///2nd UPTON ACT /// We have troops on the ground at the airport. They were met with some light resistance. /// END ACT /// However, the coalition spokesman would not confirm reports by military commanders at the airport that most of the facility is under coalition control. Iraq's information minister Friday indicated U-S forces were near the capital. (Signed) NEB/SB/KL/FC/RH |
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