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"foot patrol near Falluja"
(10)US Marines killed and numerous injured! How can that happen! That must of been on big ass IUD to get that many guys! I'm sorry to say this now but **** the iraqi people, let them figure out this **** on their own and get our guys home. If we ever go back it should only be from the air with big bombs that we drop not giving a damm where they land! yojimbo wrote: 10 Marines killed near Falluja Marines conducting 'counter-insurgency' operations Friday, December 2, 2005; Posted: 12:01 p.m. EST (17:01 GMT) BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A roadside bomb Thursday killed 10 Marines and wounded 11 others while they were on nighttime "foot patrol near Falluja," the Marine Corps said Friday. The bomb was "fashioned from several large artillery shells," the Marine Corps said. The attack is one of the deadliest in recent months. In August a homemade bomb killed 14 Marines and a civilian interpreter just south of Haditha in western Iraq. The Marines attacked Friday were from Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). The latest deaths bring the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq to 2,123. Marines have been conducting "counterinsurgency operations" in the Falluja and Ramadi areas ahead of the December 15 elections. But the incident in Falluja was not part of the large-scale operations being conducted. Operation Shank, on the other hand, is targeting Ramadi, which lies on the Euphrates River and has become a haven for insurgents affiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq. His group has used the river as a highway to other cities, U.S. military spokesman Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch has said. The coalition offensive there is aimed at rooting out the insurgency and stabilizing the area in preparation for the elections. In Baquba, which lies on the Diyala River northeast of Baghdad, gunmen targeted two brothers who serve on Iraq's electoral board, killing one and wounding the other, police in Baquba said. Police said that the gunmen were dressed in Iraqi army uniforms. Majid Jabbar Brisem al-Hamdani was killed about 2 a.m. Friday, police said. His brother, Hamed Jabbar al-Hamdani, who also served on the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq and was head of al-Zaghamiya election center, was wounded and hospitalized. Al-Hamdani told CNN the incident will not deter him from doing his job, and he plans to return to his position after he recovers. The attack came amid heightened security measures for the elections. Iraq's government has banned non-Iraqi Arabs from traveling to Iraq until further notice, said Brig. Gen. Adnan Abdul Rahman, an official with Iraq's Ministry of Interior. He said the ban would be in effect until some point after the vote. The ban took effect on Thursday and also applies to diplomats, said the director of Royal Jordanian Airlines at Baghdad's International Airport. The Associated Press reported that Jordan's airline also prevented one of its Egyptian correspondents from boarding a plane to Baghdad. Meanwhile, both coalition forces and insurgents are engaged in a propaganda campaign. Coalition spokesman U.S. Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch strongly disputed reports of widespread insurgent attacks in Ramadi on Thursday. He said that one attack, involving a rocket-propelled grenade, occurred Thursday and that it caused no damage or casualties. (Watch report on propaganda war -- 2:21) The Defense Department is struggling to defend a military program that pays Iraqi media to publish favorable stories about the war and the reconstruction effort. (Full story) CNN's Arwa Damon, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Mike Mount contributed to this report. Copyright 2005 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/...ain/index.html |
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