Iraqi forces put up unexpected resistance

Most commentators expected the badly equipped regular Iraqi army to surrender in droves, but it has put up unepexted hard resistance in the south. If these reports are correct, it may indicate a long and hard road to Baghdad. The elite republican forces are placed in the cities, hoping to engage the coaltion forces in costly and dangerous urban warfare. [Secular Blasphemy]

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