IRAQ: FIERCE CLASHES BETWEEN INSURGENTS AND U.S. FORCES IN REBEL STRONGHOLD/RESIDENTS BURY THEIR DEAD AFTER OPERATION "QUICK STRIKE"

Record ID: 646624

  • Title: IRAQ: FIERCE CLASHES BETWEEN INSURGENTS AND U.S. FORCES IN REBEL STRONGHOLD/RESIDENTS BURY THEIR DEAD AFTER OPERATION "QUICK STRIKE"
  • Date: 12th August 2005
  • Summary: (BN10) RAMADI, IRAQ (AUGUST 10, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. SLV CLASHES ERUPTING IN STREETS OF RAMADI, AUDIO OF GUNFIRE; HEAVY GUNFIRE IN DESERTED STREET, TRACER BULLETS; CAR PARKED AT END OF STREET GETTING HIT, BLOWING UP, FLAMES RISING, BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING 0.52 (BN10) HADITHA, IRAQ (AUGUST 10, 2005) (REUTERS) 2. SLV FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR PEOPLE KILLED DURING MAJOR U.S. AND IRAQI OFFENSIVE ' OPERATION QUICK STRIKE'; COFFIN AT THE BACK OF A PICK UP TRUCK/ MEN STANDING BESIDE (2 SHOTS) 1.03 3. SLV CROWD AT GRAVEYARD, MEN DIGGING GRAVE; LITTLE BOY CRYING; SLV PEOPLE PRAYING FOR THE DEAD (8 SHOTS) 1.49 4. MV ZOOM OUT SIGN ON A BUILDING READING "MUSLIM CLERIC ASSOCIATION/ ENDOWMENT DEPARTMENT"; SLV DESTROYED BUILDINGS (3 SHOTS) 2.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th August 2005 13:00
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  • Location: HADITHA, RAMADI, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA3MKPO2ZB9N4EQAAFW3CC05MGA
  • Story Text: Fierce clashes between insurgents and U.S. forces in
    rebel stronghold of Ramadi/ Residents of Haditha bury their
    dead after 'Operation Quick Strike'.



    At least five civilians were wounded on Wednesday
    (August 10, 2005) when a fierce gunbattle broke out between U.S.

    forces and insurgents in Ramadi west of Baghdad,
    Witnesses said the gunbattle followed an attack against
    a U.S. convoy in central Ramadi, which damaged an armoured
    Humvee, although this could not be confirmed and there was
    no immediate report from the U.S. military of an attack.

    The town has witnessed sporadic shooting and
    intermittent clashes over the past few days.

    Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad remains a
    base for rebels opposed to Iraq's interim government and
    their U.S. allies.

    In the western town of Haditha, residents started
    burying their dead on Wednesday after a U.S.-led offensive
    against insurgents going under the name of 'Operation Quick
    Strike.'
    People gathered in one of the town's cemeteries,
    praying for one of the dead.

    Over 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops led a major offensive
    against insurgents in the Euphrates Valley west of Baghdad.

    Witnesses said U.S. forces blew up a key bridge at Haditha
    and soldiers raided homes.

    On Wednesday (August 3), a roadside bomb just outside
    Haditha, 200 km (120 miles) northwest of Baghdad, killed 14
    Marines, the deadliest attack of its kind since the war
    began.

    The attack raised questions about whether Washington
    has underestimated the strength of the insurgency, which
    appears only to have grown stronger over the past two years.


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