US pounds Saddams elite troops, civilian uprising reported

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US warplanes continued their aerial assault o­n Republican Guard positions in Baghdad today while American troops reported killing up to 300 Iraqi soldiers in a firefight south of the capital.

A Reuters report said as dawn broke more than 30 large explosions rocked the southern outskirts of Baghdad where elite troops loyal to President Saddam Hussein are based. Another hit the city center.

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