Kuwaitis living in the area said many Iraqis attempted to flee but those who escaped the aerial assault became the targets of coalition ground forces. Speaking of a quarter mile traffic jam that trapped several hundred retreating vehicles, A U.S. officer told Press Association (UK) reporter Gordon Airs, “we have taken out about 80 bodies from this tangled mess so far- but God knows how many are still in there.” Airs described his impressions of the scene, writing, “The few who managed to get north of the bottle neck trap did not last long either. All along the highway lay wrecked and burned
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