Yup...things are just hunky-dorry in Iraq
Militiamen Control Two Iraqi Cities
By LEE KEATH
Associated Press Writers
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi insurgents fought U.S. troops at two mosques in Fallujah and held sway over all or part of three southern cities in the worst chaos and violence since Baghdad fell a year ago Friday. In an ominous turn, kidnappers seized a dozen foreign hostages and threatened to burn three Japanese captives alive if Tokyo did not withdraw its troops.
A Marine died Thursday in Fallujah, the Sunni stronghold west of Baghdad. That brought to U.S. death toll across Iraq this week to 40.
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