Heavy fighting erupts in Fallujah

[JoFerret]

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=9414


Four people killed, two wounded in fierce fighting between US troops and masked insurgents in Fallujah.


FALLUJAH, Iraq - Four people were killed and two wounded in fighting Friday between US troops and insurgents in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Fallujah west of Baghdad, the director of a local hospital said.

"Four were killed and two were injured in the battle and transported to our hospital," said Hatem Samir, director of the Fallujah Hospital.

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The shooting occurred at the eastern entrance to the town which remained blocked by advancing US troops, he added.

On Thursday, one US Marine was killed and two wounded when their convoy was attacked by bombs and gunfire east of Fallujah.

Added to an official Pentagon tally, the latest deaths raised to 284 the number of US soldiers killed in action since US President George W. Bush declared an end to major hostilities in Iraq on May 1.

[rooboy]

1. 284 deaths ??????

Gee, if this thing goes on any longer, we might be able to get the death count down to zero... :eyes:

[0007]

3. junior's math is of a new kind

The lie factor is always squared to the root.

[TinaTyson]

8. LMAO!!

too funny.

[NickB79]

10. Yeah, wtf?

Bush go see Dawn of the Dead and think the dead US soldiers are coming back to life?

[pinniped]

2. What happened to three hundred something deaths last week?

What happened to five hundred something deaths the week before?

Is next week going to be one hundred something?

I always thought nothing these POS scumbag does surprises me anymore.

But making the KIA count go lower sure caught me off guard. Next thing you know these sorry scumbag POS will tell you it never happened.

Bizarro world.

[daleo]

4. Come early July, we will probably be reading stuff like this:

That brings the number of soldiers killed by hostile action to 5, since the handover of control to the Iraqi Governing Council.

Bushco treats it like a video game, where you can just reset the count whenever you feel like it.

He also makes jokes about people being killed for no good reason (now where are those weapons of mass destruction skit).

[frylock]

5. i'm surprised they didn't reset the death count to reflect the first..

anniversary of The Liberation™.

[UpInArms]

6. the total of US military deaths

at Lunaville right now stands at 589

These reporters are scum.

I wouldn't piss on them to put them out if they were on fire.

[UpInArms]

7. I emailed their editor

to correct this outrageous bit of mis-reporting.

Email : [e-mail]

[TinaTyson]

9. I think they changed it.

The article doesn't appear to be the same as the clip posted.