IRAQ: U.S FORCES POUNDED SUSPECTED GUERRILLA POSITIONS AROUND BAGHDAD

Record ID: 648163

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S FORCES POUNDED SUSPECTED GUERRILLA POSITIONS AROUND BAGHDAD
  • Date: 2nd January 2004
  • Summary: (W7) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JANUARY 2, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF LOUD EXPLOSIONS ACROSS BAGHDAD (5 SHOTS) 1.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 17th January 2004 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA2NGMLNBOMHGA30J4PO63QX7KA
  • Story Text: U.S. forces pounded suspected guerrilla positions
    around Baghdad.




    Loud explosions reverberated across Baghdad late on
    Friday as U.S. forces pounded suspected guerrilla positions
    around the Iraqi capital.

    "That is the United States military," a U.S. army
    spokeswoman said when asked about the blasts.

    The bombardment included mortar rounds and artillery
    fire, and C-130 and A-10 aircraft could be heard droning
    overhead.

    Over the past two months, the U.S. military has mounted
    several night-time bombardments of suspected guerrilla
    positions in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq.

    The operations were part of a tougher U.S. strategy in
    response to guerrilla attacks. Since the invasion of Iraq
    in March, 328 U.S. soldiers have been killed in action, 213
    of them in guerrilla attacks since major combat was
    declared over on May 1.


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