IRAQ: U.S. FORCES CONTINUE TO POUND TARGETS IN FALLUJA IN BID TO STAMP OUT REMAINING RESISTANCE IN THE CITY

Record ID: 647404

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. FORCES CONTINUE TO POUND TARGETS IN FALLUJA IN BID TO STAMP OUT REMAINING RESISTANCE IN THE CITY
  • Date: 21st November 2004
  • Summary: (U2)FALLUJA, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 21, 2004)(REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) 1. VARIOUS NIGHT SHOTS OF AUDIO OF BOMBING/ FLASHES OF EXPLOSIONS 0.56 (U2) FALLUJA, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 22, 2004) (REUTERS) 2. EARLY MORNING TANK TAKING POSITION IN FRONT OF DAMAGED HOUSE 1.02 3. MV: TANK DRIVING BY 1.13 4. TANK TAKING POSITION IN ROAD 1.25 5. TANK AT FOOT OF BRIDGE 1.31 6. CLOSE-UP OF GUN BARREL OF TANK 1.37 7. TANK TAKING POSITION ON ROAD JUNCTION 1.42 8. U.S. SOLDIER SECURING AREA NEAR 1.49 9. HAS: TANK IN POSITION 1.56 10. SV/CU: U.S. SOLDIER AT REAR OF TANK, LOOKING OVER TO BRIDGE (2 SHOTS) 2.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 6th December 2004 12:00
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  • Location: FALLUJA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVACOL9ZT129TCBPL9NZQUTSV9QT
  • Story Text: U.S. forces continue to pound areas in the city of
    Falluja.


    U.S. forces pounded targets in the city of Falluja
    late on Sunday night (November 21), in a bid to stamp
    out remaining resistance in the city, a long-time safe
    haven for insurgents.

    Explosions rocked the city after midnight as bombing
    spilled over the early hours on Monday and smoke could be
    seen rising from Jolan district and the central area of the
    city.

    The eight-day U.S.-led assault on Falluja killed what
    U.S. commanders said were more than 1,000 foreign militants
    and Saddam Hussein loyalists and reduced parts of the
    western city to rubble.

    Houses were flattened by air strikes and artillery and
    damaged buildings that are still standing may not be safe.

    Bodies are still being removed from rubble-strewn streets.

    More than 10,000 U.S. troops with Iraqi allies mounted
    a major offensive on Falluja two weeks ago, killing some
    1,200 fighters and taking more than 1,000 prisoners. U.S.

    commanders say some leading militants probably escaped the
    city, however.


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