Richard Natonski, who is in charge of the U.S. Marines here, had with a group from Amarah.
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We do know that there was some fighting in Amarah last night before we were permitted to go in.
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The standard view of British soldiers as smiley peacekeepers compared with America's trigger-happy killers is too simplistic as the expenditure of bullets in Amarah suggests.
ECONOMIST: British troops face fiercer fights in Iraq