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Iraqi Insurgents Killed More Than 20 US Troops on Friday
From Jihad Unspun An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-packed car into a US military column on 20 Street in the middle of ar-Ramadi .... destroying two Humvees and killing seven US troops and wounding three more.An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the at-Taâmim area in the south of ar-Ramadi .... The explosion destroyed a Humvee, killing two US troops and wounding two more American soldiers. .... Iraqi Resistance forces twice attacked a US column on the main road in the az-Zaydan area in western Abu Ghurayb (which is 30km west of Baghdad) .... the first attack took place at 2pm local time when two Resistance bombs that had been planted on a farm road at the eastern entrance to the az-Zaydan area exploded. The first bomb blew up as the US column was passing, destroying one Humvee. After that explosion had brought the column to a halt, the second bomb went off, witnesses said, some five meters from the place where the first device had detonated. The second bomb set another American vehicle on fire. After the second explosion, Iraqi Resistance forces fired four 82mm mortar rounds into the Americans. The witnesses reported that the multiple attack left nine Americans dead or wounded. An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US armored column on the main road leading to the ash-Shurtah al-Khamisah area in the city of ar-Ridwaniyah southwest of Baghdad .... blew up as a column of four US armored vehicles and three Humvees passed by. The explosion set one of the American armored vehicles on fire, killing or wounding all the members of the six-man crew. An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US column on the highway in the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji .... as a column of two US armored vehicles and six Humvees passed by. The blast set one Humvee on fire, killing three US troops and wounding one other American soldier. .... Resistance forces bombarded the joint US-Iraqi puppet camp in Khan Bani Saâd with six mortar rounds, totally destroying the camp and killing or injuring nine US and Iraqi troops. The Resistance also bombarded the joint camp set up at the western entrance to the city of Diyala with four medium-range Katyusha rockets ... Fierce battles erupted between the Resistance armed with light and medium weapons, including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades and BKC machine guns, and US forces together with their Iraqi stooges in several neighborhoods of Baâqubah, leaving more than 20 US and Iraqi troops dead and wounded. An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US column on the main road near the northern entrance to Tall âAfar .... .... as a column of six US armored vehicles passed near the entrance to the city. ... the explosion set one American armored vehicle on fire, killing two US troops and wounding three more. These casualties have not been confirmed by the US Government. Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2005-07-31 |
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