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Iraqi Insurgents Killed At Least 40 US Soldiers on Friday
2005-08-15
From Jihad Unspun
An American tank that was parked outside the as-Sajariyah mosque in western ar-Ramadi opened fire with its machine guns on worshippers as they emerged from the place of worship after the congregational prayers at midday Friday, cutting down more than 40 people. .... the soldier who was standing on the back of the tank continued firing the machine gun at the worshippers for about three minutes. .....

An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-packed tank truck into a US military column on the strategic road linking ar-Ramadi with points in western Iraq .... the bomber blasted into one American Zil troop transport vehicle, totally destroying it and killing 11 US soldiers. .... the US military had made no mention of the attack for fear of demoralizing the US troops. ....
"Oh I'm so demoralized. Hold me, Tyrone!"
Two Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded by US military column in the Abu Ghurayb area west of Baghdad at 2pm local time Friday afternoon. .... two bombs that were planted near each other not far from the Abu Munaysir Bridge blew up by a US column. The first blast struck a Humvee, the second a Zil American troop transport. .... the explosions killed seven American troops and severely wounded another three. ....
"Dammit, Tyrone, why'd ya bring the Zil? The Humvee I understand, but I loved that Zil!"
"Umm, sorry sir."
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US column in the northern Baghdad suburb of ar-Rashidiyah at 4pm local time Friday afternoon. ... the bomb destroyed one Humvee and disabled a second, killing four US troops and wounding three others. .....

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US column on the highway near the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah .... a bomb that was planted by the side of the highway blew up as a US column passed by. The explosion destroyed one Humvee, killing three US troops and wounding two more. ....

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the main road in the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji close to the at-Taji bridge and the Sab‘ ad-Duwar district .... a bomb that was planted by the main road in the town blew up as the US military column passed by. The explosion destroyed one Humvee, killing at least five US troops and wounding a sixth, witnesses said. ....

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol on the highway into Tikrit ... a bomb that had been hidden by the side of the road blew up as an American patrol went past on its way into town. The explosion destroyed a Humvee, killing four US troops. ....

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol in the ash-Shuhada’ neighborhood of al-Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad .... a bomb that was planted by the side of a road in the ash-Shuhada’ neighborhood blew up as a US patrol was passing, destroying one Humvee and killing three US troops.
Quite a string of bombings. Such brave jihadis.
Iraqi Resistance fighters shot down a US Apache helicopter over Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Friday morning. .... the Resistance fired a rocket that scored a direct hit on the Apache, causing it to crash, killing the crew. ....

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by US forces on the highway linking an-Nasiriyah with al-Basrah. ..... the attack severely damaged a US Humvee, killing two American soldiers and wounding three more US troops.
Posted by:Mike Sylwester

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