Insurgent attack sparks Ramadi fighting

[leftchick]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1285182.htm

Clashes have broken out in three areas of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a US patrol.

US forces backed by at least 10 armoured vehicles are reinforcing positions as helicopter gunships and warplanes fly over the eastern part of the city, an area that has witnessed frequent fighting.

There is no immediate word on casualties but witnesses say the guerrillas have destroyed a US Humvee and civilians have been caught up in the fighting.

The Ramadi fighting comes after insurgents detonated a suicide truck bomb outside Australia's embassy in Baghdad and hit Iraqi security targets with at least three car bombs, killing 26.

[deutsey]

1. They just want to get all this out of the way in time for the elections

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