IRAQ: FREIGHT TRAIN CARRYING SUPPLIES FOR U.S TROOPS ATTACKED OUTSIDE FALLUJAH /OFFICIAL BUILDINGS LOOTED AND SET ON FIRE BY PRO SADDAM RIOTERS

Record ID: 355663

  • Title: IRAQ: FREIGHT TRAIN CARRYING SUPPLIES FOR U.S TROOPS ATTACKED OUTSIDE FALLUJAH /OFFICIAL BUILDINGS LOOTED AND SET ON FIRE BY PRO SADDAM RIOTERS
  • Date: 16th December 2003
  • Summary: (U4) FALLUJA, IRAQ (DECEMBER 16, 2003)(REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF FREIGHT TRAIN WITH SMOKE AND CONTAINER WAGGONS ON FIRE 0.04 2. SLV CONTAINER CARRIAGES ON FIRE 0.10 3. WIDE OF U.S. HELICOPTER OVERHEAD 0.21 4. SMV MAN CLIMBING ON CARRIAGES TO LOOT GOODS 0.28 5. VARIOUS OF SMOKE COMING FROM HOLE IN ONE OF THE FREIGHT WAGGONS (2 SHO
  • Embargoed: 31st December 2003 12:00
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  • Location: FALLUJA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVACXCBOE3NZXIVF2PLPXXIL7AOX
  • Story Text: Iraqi violence flares in Falluja folowing the
    captutre of Saddam Hussein.



    A train carrying supplies to U.S. forces in Iraq was
    set on fire outside the flashpoint town of Fallujah, 50
    kilometers (30 miles) west of Baghdad on Tuesday (December
    16).

    Witnesses said the train was attacked by
    rocket-prope
    lled grenades. One wagon of the train caught
    fire. There was no
    evidence of casualties.

    Following the blast a group of looters raided the
    carriages as a U.S. helicopter flew over the scene of the
    explosion.

    Falluja is a stronghold of supporters of ousted
    president Saddam Hussein.

    Witnesses said hundreds of residents protesting at the
    arrest of Saddam rioted in Falluja on Monday night
    (December 16),
    overrunning the office of the U.S.-appointed mayor.

    The demonstrators stormed the building, broke up
    furniture, computers and air conditioning and then
    destroyed documents.

    They later set fire to the contents outside the
    building and hung up two large pictures of Saddam Hussein
    and Iraqi flags from the rooftop.

    The attacks came in the heartland of Saddam support
    north and west of Baghdad, home to the Sunni minority that
    has long dominated Iraq. Most Iraqis, however, celebrated
    the demise of the man who ruled them with an iron fist for
    three decades.


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