Guerrillas Ambush U.S. Convoys in Iraq

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030918/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=1480

KHALDIYAH, Iraq - Guerrillas ambushed two U.S. military convoys with remote-controlled bombs in separate attacks Thursday, wounding two Americans and sparking a heavy gunbattle in which a 20-year-old man was shot in the chest and two trucks were destroyed.

In the nearby town of Fallujah, witnesses said an American patrol opened fire on guests at a wedding, killing a 14-year-old boy and wounding six people, after mistaking celebratory gunfire for an attack.

The violence heightened tensions in the "Sunni Triangle," a belt of central Iraq that has been the heart of resistance against the American-led occupation. U.S. soldiers in the region are extremely jumpy, caught in what has become a guerrilla war.

North of Baghdad, fire raged at an oil pipeline following an explosion at the site, the U.S. military said, raising concerns that it was the latest in a series of sabotage attacks. The pipeline carries crude oil from fields near Kirkuk to Iraq's largest refinery at Beiji.

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A crowd of Iraqis hold up portraits of Saddam Hussein and pieces of burned U.S. military U.S.vehicles as they celebrate at a site where American troops were ambushed near Khaldiyah Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. U.S. military vehicles were attacked in two seperate incidents around the town of Khaldiyah, 100 kilometers, 60 miles west of Baghdad Thursday. The U.S. military in Baghdad said two American soldiers were wounded. Al-Arabiya television reported eight Americans were killed and one wounded.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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1. oh yeah -- this is going so well

we are not welcome there -- listening to the lies cheney spewed on sunday and then seeing this -- you know there is some serious mental instability with these power grabbing corporate fascists.

[Ashcroft Kutcher]

2. it's getting harder and harder

to get clear info on fatalities. This is the site I use, but each news agency has different numbers on the dead and wounded. The Centcom site gives little info.




http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx

[saigon68]

3. NOTHING TO SEE

Move along,</sarcasm>

[wtmusic]

4. Wonder if these are the same guys

who were 'cheering' at Firdos Square when the statue came down?

[saigon68]

5. no they were throwing grenades south of Baghdad

you are confusing them with the guys throwing rose petals at the Third ID at the airport. </Sarcasm>

[Ernesto]

6. We'll be home in 6 months

Thats what this Marine was told in 1965.

[symbolman]

7. Something must have scared them right before they took this pic

it looks like they dropped all their FLOWERS..

Here's my latest in a series of flash ads I want to get on TV, called "Bring em on"..

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/bringemon3.html

there are others there, follow the links.

[Barrett808]

8. The fire won't affect oil production or the timetable for resuming exports

How can they expect us to believe that?

[nomaco-10]

9. And the hits just keep on coming...

A 30 second mention of an ambush this morning on CNN, the rest of the day has been idiotic weathermen hamming it up and hugging telephone poles trying not to get blown away by Isabel. Wedding parties and 14 yr. old children being shot up pales in comparison to a dwindling category 2 storm and some power outages. I can never decide who I hate the most, BFEE or the media.

[catmandu57]

10. You can bet on what's going to lead the news tonight

One of the bloodiest days of the occupation, and it'll be all Isabel for the first ten minutes, and then as an oh yeah, eight Americans were killed in Iraq today.

[smallprint]

11. maybe not even that

none of the US networks are reporting deaths-- at most they might admit to some casualties tonight

expect a steady stream of "accidents" over the next few days to add up to 8 dead

[htuttle]

12. Or maybe never...

There's a fairly large percentage of the US troops in Iraq who are not US citizens (yet) and who are very much out of contact with any family at all. How many of those troops have died without any mention?

I could tell you the stories I've read in the foreign press, but many people here in the US don't believe something unless it's blessed by CNN first.

[nomaco-10]

13. I e-mailed Wolf Blitzer at CNN

to ask why they were'nt reporting these stories today, I had just hit send, looked up and there he was standing outside with an umbrella talking about the storm. Unbelievable. It'd be funny if it wasn't so tragic.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

14. CHrist! Did you read this?

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Hours after the ambushes, soldiers pointed tank cannons at reporters every time they tried to approach.
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(from the same piece)

No wonder reporters are giving a positive spin to things. They'll get shot if they don't.