IRAQ: U.S. TROOPS DEPLOYED IN THE TOWN OF RAMADI.

Record ID: 862109

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. TROOPS DEPLOYED IN THE TOWN OF RAMADI.
  • Date: 6th April 2004
  • Summary: (W4) RAMADI, IRAQ (APRIL 6, 2004) (REUTERS) WS: FLAMES FROM FIRE / SMOKE RISING INTO AIR FROM BUILDING. VARIOUS: FIRE FIGHTERS COMBATING FIRE / MAN NEAR BURNING FURNITURE. (2 SHOTS) VARIOUS: TANK AND FIRE FIGHTING BRIGADE DRIVING IN STREET. VARIOUS: FIRE BRIGADE FIGHTING FIRE. LV: U.S. VEHICLES BLOCKING ROAD. LV: U.S. ARMOURED VEHICLE IN STREET. MV: YOUNG PEOPLE IN STREET. TRACK: U.S. TANK DRIVING BY. TRACK: AMBULANCE SPEEDING BY. TRACK: U.S. MILITARY AMBULANCE DRIVING BY. LV: U.S. ARMOURED VEHICLES IN STREET. LV: U.S. SOLDIERS IN STREET/ TAKING POSITION. LAS: U.S. HELICOPTERS FLYING OVERHEAD. (2 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 21st April 2004 13:00
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  • Location: RAMADI,IRAQ
  • City:
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA8YV7SW92CHK2F17WJTJXEWN7W
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  • Story Text: Situation in the western town of Ramadi remained tense as U.S. forces deployed to the empty streets of the town.
    U.S. tanks and armoured vehicles patrolled the deserted streets of Ramadi on Tuesday (April 6, 2004) as they pushed forward with a mission to hunt insurgents responsible for attacks against U.S. forces.
    Flames were seen raging from a shop in the city as fire fighters rushed to extinguish the fire and an ambulance raced away.
    As many as 12 U.S. marines were killed in Ramadi, a Sunni Muslim hotbed of support for Saddam Hussein, on Tuesday.
    It was one of the costliest battles for U.S. forces in Iraq since the war that toppled Saddam Hussein, began a year ago.
    The marines' position was attacked by dozens of Iraqis near the governor's palace in Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad.
    The White House quickly declared the assault would not weaken its determination.
    "Our resolve is firm, our resolve is unshakeable and we will prevail," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters.
    "There may have been as many as a dozen Marine deaths,"
    an official said, adding that "a significant number" of Iraqis also died.
    It was not clear exactly who mounted the attack.
    The twin uprisings by Sunni and Shi'ite fighters, united only in hostility to the U.S.-led occupation, raised fears at home that the United States faces a Vietnam-style quagmire.
    Followers of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr fought pitched battles with foreign troops in Shi'ite Muslim strongholds on Tuesday in Baghdad and southern Iraq and vowed to pursue a rebellion that has claimed more than 130 lives in three days.
    The clashes with Shi'ites are a new front for U.S.-led forces trying to pacify Iraq ahead of a June 30 handover of sovereignty to an Iraqi government.
    The Ramadi incident brings the number of U.S. military combat deaths to around 30 since Sunday (April 4).
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