Iraq Broadcasts Images of Prisoners — U.S. Assails Ruses
Over all, the Iraqi tactics, while showing little coherent military organization, appeared to expose a potential weakness in the dash the American forces were making to Baghdad.

By skipping over cities, American forces appeared to have left their flanks and rear areas exposed to counterattacks by "martyrs of Saddam," irregulars under the command of Republican Guard officers dispatched by Baghdad to galvanize resistance and slow the advance of the American forces.

Military officials tonight played down the significance of these tactics, while lamenting their cost.
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