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VIOLENCE BURNS ON IN IRAQ
US forces have faced fierce fighting with rebels near Baghdad airport following a day of attacks in the Iraqi capital. Earlier, the US military found the bodies of nine Iraqi soldiers in northern Mosul. All nine had been shot in the back of the head and seven of them were decapitated, said Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hastings. He said the bodies were found in south-central Mosul off a major road about a mile from the Tigris River. US troops made the discovery after getting a tip from the Iraqi National Guard. The men, who were not in uniform, have been identified as part of the Iraqi regular army based at the al-Kisik military base. US-led forces have attempted to expel insurgents from Mosul this week after a recent uprising in support of guerrillas in Fallujah. Some 30 suspected guerrillas were detained during multiple raids on Friday. Meanwhile, rebels have killed three policemen in a dawn strike on their station in Baghdad's Sunni Aadhamiya district. An American soldier was killed and nine wounded when a patrol was caught in an ambush in the Iraqi capital. The attacks came as a US general acknowledged it was hasty to claim this month's offensive on Fallujah had broken the back of the insurgency. Posted by: tipper 2004-11-20 |
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