- KUWAIT (Reuters) - A huge
column of elite Republican Guard units streamed out of Baghdad on Wednesday
evening heading toward U.S. forces massed near the southern Iraqi city
of Najaf, CNN television reported.
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- "A major column including about 1,000 Iraqi mobile
units that might include tanks, might include armored personnel carriers,
trucks and other things are on their way down from Baghdad toward Najaf,"
CNN said, quoting one of its reporters who is traveling with the U.S. 7th
Cavalry.
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- CNN said the Republican Guard were moving under cover
of a sandstorm which has buffeted Iraq for the past day. It said U.S. troops
were preparing for a possible confrontation within hours.
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- A U.S. military spokesman in Central Command war headquarters
in Qatar said he could not confirm the report.
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