US base in Iraq attacked with suicide truck bombs (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US base in Iraq attacked with suicide truck bombs
27 Mar 2007 18:23:41 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, March 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. combat post was attacked
by two suicide truck bombs and about 30 gunmen west of Baghdad
on Monday, but American soldiers succeeded in repelling them and
killed 15, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

The attack on the combat post in the Garma area, near Falluja,
was unusual given that insurgents do not typically launch such
large-scale military assaults. Eight U.S. soldiers were wounded in
the fighting.

The U.S. military said soldiers opened fire on two trucks loaded
with explosives that tried to smash their way into the compound,
detonating both of them.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27427237.htm

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Adm. Fallon was just saying how things had improved around Falluja.
U.S. commander: No civil war in Iraq - LBN/CNN

[maggiegault]

1. I Spoke With My Brother Yesterday Online...

...and he said that you will be seeing a lot more of this kind of thing. He didn't say why, but he implied that there was a distinct reason.

He also informed me yesterday that he has seen a helluva lot more combat, bloodshed, and death than he previously let on.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but my heart still aches.

[rodeodance]

4. I will light a candle to his health

[Marrah_G]

5. I sincerely hope your brother comes home okay

[malaise]

8. So do I

We were very lucky that our nephew came home with all his limbs.

[Iwasthere]

2. Get out!

Call it, "Cut and run" or whatever you want. Just get them out. Another soldier should not die.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. The obligatory 15/0 kill ratio gets right into the first sentence

courtesy of the war information department. What do you bet the number is completely bogus?

[endarkenment]

6. I see they are poking at the parameters of the 'surge'.

Looking to see where we have become weak as a consequence of our show of force.

[butterfly77]

7. MSM usually won't report this because...

they have to give the preception that we are winning.