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The soldier added that the United States and Britain would put 4,000-5,000 troops into battle. Earlier troops had evacuated the dead and wounded from the overnight fighting, which one medical corpsman said took a heavy toll on allied forces.
He continued: "They (US and British troops) are taking a lot more casualties than they (senior officers) are telling the press. This morning troops are still meeting pockets of resistance - cells of snipers - and they're causing a lot of problems. It is a hairy scene and the Iraqis have put up a good fight."