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Iraq-Jordan
Iraqi Resistance Forces Killed More Than 50 US Soldiers on Thursday
2005-01-22
From Jihad Unspun
.... Bombs exploded under a US column in the al-Qatta' area of ar-Ridwaniyah, southwest of Baghdad at 7am Thursday, striking a Bradley armored vehicle and a Humvee and reportedly killing eight US troops. .... Two roadside bombs exploded in the az-Zaydan village area near Abu Ghurayb at 8:30am Thursday, destroying a US Abrams tank. Witnesses said that the blast sent the turret flying through the air. Five US troops were reportedly killed in the attack. .... A bomb exploded as a US Humvee was passing along the highway in the Sadr al-Qanat area north of Baghdad at 9:30am Thursday. The blast flipped the Humvee over, reportedly leaving one soldier dead on the road and three others seriously wounded. ....

A heavy Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded on the highway in as-Sayyidiyah at 1pm Thursday, destroying a Humvee and reportedly killing four US troops, one of them believed to be an officer. .... An Iraqi Resistance roadside bomb exploded on al-Mudakhkhat Street in the as-Suwayrah area at 2:45pm Thursday, destroying a US Humvee and reportedly killing two US troops. ..... An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in Hur Rajab, south of Baghdad at 4:15pm Thursday, destroying a US armored vehicle and reportedly killing five American troops. .... About 30 fighters armed with rocket launchers and machine guns, according to eye witnesses, ambushed a joint force of American troops and Allawi "national guards" in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah at 3:30pm Thursday. The attack destroyed five pickups belonging to the Allawi guards and reportedly reportedly killed 21 guardsmen. Fighters destroyed two US Bradley armored vehicles and two Humvees in the attack, reportedly killing thirteen US troops. .... Two bombs planted next to each other in the middle of a dirt road exploded in the al-Mushahadah area at 4:35pm Thursday, blasting an Abrams tank apart. All those aboard the vehicle were reportedly reportedly killed, their body parts scattered around the area. US forces opened fire indiscriminately around the area but inflicted no significant damage.

Fighters armed with rockets, machine guns, and explosive devices attacked US forces in the area of the pumps in al-Mushahadah at 7:30am Thursday, reportedly killing seven US troops and wounding five more. .... Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with hand grenades attacked an American foot patrol in Baghdad's al-Karakh District at about 3pm Thursday, reportedly killing two US troops and wounding five more. Witnesses said that one of the Americans who was wounded had his leg blown off. .... A heavy Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the middle of Airport Road in Baghdad's al-'Amil district, at about 5:15pm Thursday, destroying a Humvee and reportedly killing three US troops. ....
Posted by:Mike Sylwester

#3  ...I keep thinking of Imperial Japanese propaganda from, say, about late spring of 1945. They routinely announced the destruction of more ships than the US Navy actually had - and that's truly saying something - and when battleships appeared within sight of people on the beach and started shelling factories, the official answer was that the military, in its infinite wisdom, was allwoing them to get that close so they could lull them into a false sense of security before being destroyed.
These guys really need to start printing something plausible.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-01-22 8:59:48 AM  

#2  Apart from intentional exaggeration, these reports may be influenced by a misunderstanding. Battlefield medicine is orders of magnitude better than in Gulf 1 and many wounded soldiers who might have died a decade ago are being saved and healed today.

That said, this sort of claim just causes amused disgust: "All those aboard the vehicle were reportedly reportedly killed, their body parts scattered around the area. US forces opened fire indiscriminately around the area but inflicted no significant damage. "

If that were happening, there would be video all over the Internet.

Posted by: rkb   2005-01-22 7:54:49 AM  

#1  This stuff is almost comical except the Jihadis are intentional in their killing women and children and that isn't funny.

The brave islamic resistance is killing kids and their mom's no matter how you spin that your still scum that must be wiped off the face of the planet.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-01-22 1:40:34 AM  

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