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Titolo: Forze speciali Irakene prendono una scuola in ostaggio!

Oooops... errore di battitura.
Le forze speciali sono Americane.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/03/1048962880737.html
Anger as US forces take over schools
April 4 2003
By Russell Skelton
Northern Iraq
United States Special Forces have taken up positions in three secondary
schools in a densely populated residential area of a northern Iraq city -
seemingly in breach of US policy.
The schools, closed since the war started, are near a prominent Christian
church and less than 200 metres from a United Nations complex.
The decision to station the special forces in the residential area appears
to run counter to US policy. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld recently
criticised the regime of Saddam Hussein for placing key military units and
weaponry in and around mosques, hospitals and schools in Baghdad and
Basra.
The decision also appears to be a departure from US policy in northern
Iraq. Thousands of paratroops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been
deliberately located well away from population centres.
For security reasons The Age has decided not to publish the location of
the special force units. But this reporter yesterday observed men and
equipment being unloaded from four Humvees equipped with mortars, missiles
and .50-calibre machine-guns at a girls' secondary school. Soldiers
entered the school through a side entrance.
The soldiers had their faces covered and they appeared to be returning
from a mission. The vehicles were dusty and heavily laden with weaponry.
When I tried to approach the soldiers for an interview, local security
forces intervened, claiming the street was off limits to the media and
photography had been banned in the district.
Special forces are highly active behind the lines in the north, fighting
Ansar al-Islam militants, disrupting Iraqi communications and flagging
Iraqi positions for air strikes.
Residents are highly critical of the special forces' presence in their
suburb and fear they will come under Iraqi attack. The north has been
extensively infiltrated by Iraqi agents. In recent weeks there has been a
spate of incidents, including two suicide bombings, the explosion of an
unidentified bomb in Erbil and the detection of several car bombs. Rockets
have also been fired at Erbil, although none have exploded.
This week all major cities were placed on high security alert after Iraq
proclaimed that it had 4000 Arab volunteers ready to carry out suicide
bombings.
Kurdish residents, who confirmed the exact location of special force
units, are furious at the decision to locate them in their midst but are
afraid to speak out. They believe the special forces will be targeted by
suicide bombers and Iraqi armed forces just 100 kilometres away. The
schools are well within range of Iraqi Scud missiles that have until now
been fired only into Kuwait.
But residents told The Age they are too frightened to complain. It is
believed they have been warned by Kurdish Democratic Party officials - one
of two major Kurdish groups administering the autonomous northern zone -
to say nothing and not to protest against the presence of or draw
attention to the special forces.
But the special forces' presence at the schools is far from discreet. All
schools are heavily guarded by peshmerga and at one school a special
forces lookout is clearly visible on the roof. At another school sandbags
have been laid around the entrance and US forces, both uniformed and out
of uniform, can been seen entering and leaving the building.
It is believed that the special forces, said to number at least 60, took
up positions in the schools four days ago after local workmen renovated
the buildings.

 Le forze speciali sono Americane.
Come no! :))
*LOL*
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For security reasons The Age has decided not to publish the
location of the special force units. But this reporter yesterday
observed men and equipment being unloaded from four
Humvees equipped with mortars, missiles and .50-calibre
machine-guns at a girls' secondary school. Soldiers entered
the school through a side entrance. 
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*LOL*
Cioe' gli dobbiamo credere pure sulla fiducia :))
-Stefano

 Le forze speciali sono Americane.
E la scuola e' vuota (per quel che dice l'articolo) :)  Cioe' non ci
sono "ostaggi" come il solito Torrieri, per fare disinformazione, vuole
far credere :)
-Stefano