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Marines waged a six-hour battle around the Abdul-Aziz al-Samarrai mosque with the militants holed up inside. A Cobra helicopter fired a Hellfire missile at the base of its minaret, and an F-16 dropped a 225-kilogram, laser-guided bomb, said marine Lt.-Col. Brennan Byrne.
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Witnesses said the strike came as worshippers had gathered for afternoon prayers.
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The attack was launched after a marine vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired from the mosque, wounding five marines, Byrne said.
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Personally I think that dropping a huge bomb on a mosque was a very bad idea. No matter if it was an act of 'self defence' or not, it's going to raise a firestorm in the area.
Things are going to rapidly get a _lot worse_ there after news of this spreads.
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Last edited by Daval; 04-07-2004 at 01:12 PM..
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