- Title: IRAQ: INSURGENTS VOW TO FIGHT AGAINST THE US IF THEY CONTINUE TO ATTACK FALLUJA
- Date: 22nd October 2004
- Summary: (W5) BURHIZ, NEAR BAQUBA, IRAQ (OCTOBER 22, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF MASKED AND ARMED INSURGENTS WALKING DOWN THE STREET 0.15 2. SLV INSURGENT WITH HEAVY MACHINE GUN ON TROLLEY 0.21 3. CLOSE OF GUN 0.25 4. SLV INSURGENT WITH GUN 0.31 5. SLV MEN STANDING/ AUDIO OF SHOOTING 0.39 6. WIDE OF INSURGENTS WAITING DOWN
- Embargoed: 6th November 2004 12:00
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- Location: BURHIZ AND BAHRAS, NEAR BAQUBA, IRAQ
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- Country: Iran Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVADGCGH7KTJL09H8MMJKJDH1FB4
- Story Text: Rebels vow the fight continues against the U.S as
long as they continue to attack Falluja.
Masked insurgents in Buhriz, near the flashpoint
Iraqi town of Baquba, say they are at war with the U.S.
forces currently shelling parts of the rebel-held city of
Falluja.
They attacked U.S. troops on Friday (October 22, 2004)
exchanging gun, rocket and artillery fire as the Americans
scoured palm groves in search of hidden rebel weaponry.
The fight flared after dawn when Iraqi rebels fired on
a U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division patrol with small arms
and rocket-propelled grenades, according to the U.S
military.
The U.S. forces have since pulled out of Buhriz, a
former Saddam Hussein stronghold about 57 kilometres
northeast of Baghdad.
The U.S. military handed security responsibility back
to local leaders in Buhriz in June after hammering Sunni
Muslim insurgents in three days of clashes that left 19
militants and one U.S. soldier dead.
The deal called for U.S. troops to pull back, and for
Iraqi police to step in and establish security in the town
of 40,000.
Under the plan, local security forces were expected to
conduct patrols and keep insurgents at bay while the
Americans would hang back and conduct only sporadic
patrols.
But there have been relentless, daily attacks on Iraqi
forces, interim government officials and U.S. forces in the
area, and insurgents say they will continue to battle the
U.S. soldiers for as long as attacks continue on nearby
Falluja.
"The Americans broke the truce and there are clashes
between us now. The war is continuing. In the name of God
the war will continue for the families of Falluja and the
people of Falluja," said one of them.
Senior US officials have said the number of insurgents
in Iraq may be a lot higher than previousl.
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