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...They have always operated outside the law, so they don't flinch at adopting guerrilla ruses damned by the Geneva Convention. They're willing to turn their AK-47s on Iraqis to keep them from surrendering. British officers say the Fedayeen are forcing the unwilling remnants of Iraq's 51st Infantry Division to continue the fight at Basra...
...country with a barrage of bombs dropped from hundreds of planes, as well as Tomahawks fired from 30 warships. By then, the Iraqi will to fight was weakening across southern Iraq. Close to 10,000 Iraqi troops surrendered in the first three days of conflict; on Saturday, Iraq's 51st Infantry Division, a 200-tank-strong corps charged with defending Basra, told U.S. commanders it was giving up. On Friday, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said surrender discussions between U.S. officials and some Iraqi military leaders had intensified. "They're beginning to realize the regime is history," Rumsfeld said...
...Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. Packed tightly into an amphibious assault vehicle--Marines call it an Amtrak--we head toward our destination, just outside the strategic city of Basra in southern Iraq. The mission will be to cut off troops of the Iraqi army's 51st Division. But first we found ourselves in an old stone quarry miles from Basra that had become a refuge for Iraqi soldiers. Not long after we arrived, two appeared in the open and headed on foot toward one of the Amtraks...
...mostly waiting for something to happen. After the first heavy 36 hours of this war, when Marines rolled through southeastern Iraq destroying Saddam's 51st division and the U.S. Army powered up the western flank, the last two days have been less dramatic. A supply column now runs from Kuwait north of Nasiriyah where fighting still continues. Much of the American military force is now heading toward Baghdad for what is expected to be Saddam's last stand...
...Crimson will return to action in the FleetCenter tonight against No. 14 Boston University (15-7-2), who beat Merrimack 5-0 this weekend, in the 51st annual Beanpot...