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| Guerrillas attack Fallujah Brigade |
| 2004-06-09 |
| Rebels killed 12 members of an Iraqi security force in a mortar attack in the flashpoint town of Falluja Wednesday, the force said. It was the first time guerrillas have attacked General Mohammed Latif’s Falluja Brigade since it set out to pacify Iraq’s most rebellious town west of Baghdad last month following fierce fighting between U.S. troops and insurgents. Officers in the force told Reuters 10 people were wounded in the attack. Witnesses said the mortar attack hit a camp housing security forces. They said Latif was not in the area at the time and no U.S. forces could be seen. The attack will put Latif’s security forces through their first major test and raise questions over whether the Americans will redeploy their positions closer to the town. U.S. troops are still within striking distance of Falluja but the American military has tried to keep a low profile to give attempts to calm Falluja an Iraqi face. Members of the force said a joint patrol with American troops had been scheduled to pass through Falluja at the time of the attack. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 I think this is gonna piss Latif off, and he strikes me as a guy you don't want to piss off. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-06-09 8:46:37 PM |
| #6 Preparations for June 30. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-09 3:07:46 PM |
| #5 Liberalhawk may be right. I just read that the Marine deployment in Iraq is being increased. It sounds like they are getting ready for something. |
| Posted by: Patrick 2004-06-09 2:24:30 PM |
| #4 "hunt down and kill the bad guys" No, no, smoke them out of their caves... Oh wait.. They don't have caves.. Very stupid of me. ;) |
| Posted by: Anonymous5172 2004-06-09 2:07:04 PM |
| #3 Let's see if the Fallujah Brigade can hunt down and kill the bad guys now that they've been openly challenged. If they can't, then by the "honor/shame" code that that part of the world claims to live by they will be terminally humiliated and should just slink away. Maybe the Marines will get to clean the place out after all. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-06-09 11:59:32 AM |
| #2 There are disputed reports of Marines closing roads into Fallujah. With continued sabotage and terror attacks, apparently based from Fallujah, and with a new govt and a UNSC res, and with the Sadrist insurgency largely burnt out, it seems the time may have arrived to deal with Fallujah. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-06-09 11:33:59 AM |
| #1 Sink or swim time, boys. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-09 11:07:55 AM |