Clashes between insurgents and U.S. troops in Falluja

[Barrett808]

FALLUJA - Clashes between insurgents and U.S. troops after a roadside bomb attack on a U.S. convoy on Thursday in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, residents and police sources said. Raed al-Ani, a hospital doctor, said three Iraqis were killed and six wounded. Residents said U.S. troops used loudspeakers to demand people turn in insurgents or face a "large military operation". A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said he had no reports of such incidents.

*BAGHDAD - A car bomb targeting the convoy of Colonel Ali Mohammed, police chief for the city's Karrada district, exploded in Zayouna district, central Baghdad, killing one policeman and a bystander, police and Interior Ministry sources said. Six others, including four policemen, were wounded in the blast.

*BASRA - A British soldier died on Thursday from combat wounds he received on Tuesday during an attack in Qurna, near Basra, in southern Iraq, the British Defence Ministry said.

*NEAR BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died of combat wounds after his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

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[Javaman]

1. But wasn't Falluja cleared out in nov 04? I guess I'm just one

of those anti war kooks that like to point out all the bad bullshit that is spewed to us on a daily basis.

[jpak]

4. Falluja's the safest place in I-raq ya know - safer than DC

not

[Imagevision]

2. Falluja, Afganistan - taliban alive and well as more troops requested

in Afgan...

[AnneD]

3. McCain said it best...

Whack-a-mole...

[Imagevision]

5. It appears the taliban have been ordered to spread the fight out

Over 70 IED's suicide bombing operations this year in Afgan