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| Iraqi Resistance Killed 18 US Troops on Tuesday |
| 2004-09-29 |
| From Jihad Unspun Beginning at dawn yesterday, the Iraqi Resistance used a C5K to strike a US Humvee near the governorate building in al-Qa'im city on the border with Syria. The vehicle was totally destroyed in the blast. Three US soldiers were killed and two others wounded. Immediately after the attack a US Black Hawk helicopter began shooting at anything that moved in the vicinity of the attack, wounding three civilians. .... Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US column on the Iraqi-Syrian border Tuesday morning, destroying several US military vehicles and probably inflicting casualties. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a column of six US Bradley armored vehicles was attacked by Resistance fighters firing SPJ9s and rocket-propelled grenades in al-Qa'im, destroying three Bradleys and killing all aboard. (Bradleys usually have a crew of four.) The other vehicles managed to flee. .... US aggressor forces seized control of one of the Iraqi houses in the Makr adh-Dhib area of al-Qa'im on the border with Syria and turned the home into a barracks for themselves, according to the al-Qa'im correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. At 5:30am local time, Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the house with about fourteen 82mm mortar rounds, then they opened up with rocket-propelled grenades and BKC automatic weapons fire. The attack totally demolished the structure, setting the wreckage ablaze. Seven US troops were killed inside the house and two Humvees were also destroyed in the attack. The Resistance fighters also managed to take away the Americans' weapons before the house completely caught fire. ... At 5:00 pm Tuesday afternoon Iraqi Resistance forces fired rocket-propelled grenades at a US military fuel tank truck and a Humvee on the road between al-Qa'im and Hanah, killing at least four US troops, according to the al-Qa'im correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |