IRAQ: OVERNIGHT FIGHTING BETWEEN UNITED STATES FORCES AND GUERRILLAS CLAIM AT LEAST TEN LIVES AND LEAVE 36 INJURED

Record ID: 338042

  • Title: IRAQ: OVERNIGHT FIGHTING BETWEEN UNITED STATES FORCES AND GUERRILLAS CLAIM AT LEAST TEN LIVES AND LEAVE 36 INJURED
  • Date: 2nd August 2004
  • Summary: (W2) FALLUJA, IRAQ (AUGUST 1, 2004)(REUTERS) 1. SIGN READING FALLUJA HOSPITAL TILT DOWN HOSPITAL ENTRANCE 0.11 2. PEOPLE AND DOCTORS CROWDING HOSPITAL WARD; MV WOUNDED MAN TREATED BY DOCTORS; MV DOCTORS TENDING TO WOUNDED MAN (9 SHOTS) 1.20 (W3)FALLUJA, IRAQ (AUGUST 1, 2004)(REUTERS) 3. WIDE OF MAIN STREET IN FALLUJA 1.25 4.
  • Embargoed: 17th August 2004 13:00
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  • Location: FALLUJA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAEIFRO26J8UX8YVX1G3OKIWYMD
  • Story Text: Overnight fighting between U.S. forces and
    guerrillas in the rebellious city of Falluja killed at
    least 10 Iraqis and wounded 36, a doctor at the city's main
    hospital said on Sunday (August 1, 2004).

    Residents said there had been heavy clashes in some
    parts of the city, with U.S. marines backed by tanks and
    aircraft.

    After weeks of fighting in Falluja in April in which
    hundreds of Iraqis were killed, U.S. marines pulled out of
    the city, handing over responsibility for security to an
    Iraqi force. Critics say the city has become a safe haven
    for guerrillas and kidnappers.

    Witnesses said that insurgents fired several mortar
    shells on the U.S. troops.

    Insurgents also set two trucks carrying portable
    housing for U.S. troops on fire .

    U.S. army has no immediate word on the clashes.

    Several times over the past few months, U.S. forces
    have targeted buildings in the city that they say were
    being used by militants linked to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab
    al-Zarqawi.

    After fierce clashes in Falluja in April that killed
    hundreds of Iraqis, U.S. forces withdrew from the city and
    handed over security to an Iraqi force. Critics say the
    city has become a safe haven for guerrillas and kidnappers.
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