IRAQ: TWENTY UNITED STATES SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN ATTACK

Record ID: 338316

  • Title: IRAQ: TWENTY UNITED STATES SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN ATTACK
  • Date: 7th November 2004
  • Summary: (EU) RAMADI , IRAQ ( NOVEMBER 6,2004) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES AND U.S. SOLDIERS; SLV SOLDIERS ON ROOF OF BUILDING (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. HAS U.S. SOLDIERS AND MILITARY VEHICLES PATROLLING THE STREETS OF RAMADI (6 SHOTS) 1.10 3. LV RAMADI AND AUDIO OF GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS; LV SMOKE RISING AND AUDIO OF GUNFIRE 2.06 4. AV F-16 FLYING OVER RAMADI; SMOKES RISING OVER SKYLINE (3 SHOTS) 2.28 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 22nd November 2004 12:00
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  • Location: RAMADI , IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA24O59QTOPUAI4Q0A5BT298TI6
  • Story Text: Twenty U.S. soldiers wounded in an attack the
    western Iraqi city of Ramadi.

    A U.S. military spokesman said an attack on a U.S.

    convoy wounded 20 Marines in Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west
    of Baghdad on Saturday (November 6, 2004).

    Witnesses said that a car exploded near a U.S. military
    convoy causing huge number of causalities Smoke could be
    seen rising from the eastern side of the city
    Hospital staff said at least one Iraqi was killed and
    14 wounded in clashes between rebels and U.S. forces in
    Ramadi.

    There is a heavy U.S. troop presence inside the city
    which is located in Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland, where
    anti-American sentiment runs high.

    U.S. Marines are poised for a full-scale offensive
    against Ramadi and the nearby rebel-held city of Falluja to
    flush out what they say are foreign militants and Saddam
    Hussein loyalists ahead of elections scheduled for January.


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