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— WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A number of Iraqi troops surrendered to U.S. Marines who had just crossed into Iraq from Kuwait, a CBS radio correspondent said on Thursday.

The correspondent, who was traveling with the Marines, said the Iraqi troops had been laying a mine field when they were intercepted by the U.S. forces.

The network did not say how many Iraqi troops had surrendered.

An ABC correspondent with the U.S. Marines in southern Iraq also said an unspecified number of Iraqis had surrendered to Marines there.

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