![]() ![]() The four-day Fallujah offensive has killed some 600 insurgents, 18 U.S. patrol passed on Saadoun Street, killing 17 bystanders and wounding 30. military said.Ī car bomb in the capital Thursday exploded Thursday moments after a U.S. Sheik Mahdi al-Sumaidaei, the head of the Supreme Association for Guidance and Daawa, a conservative Sunni organization, was detained Thursday, along with 25 others, the U.S. military and the Iraqi National Guard said. troops, arrested a hardline Sunni cleric and about two dozen others after a raid of his Baghdad mosque uncovered weapons caches along with photographs of recent attacks on American troops, the U.S. In Baghdad Friday, Iraqi security forces, backed by U.S. and Iraqi troops around bridges across the Tigris River in the city, where a curfew had been imposed a day earlier. In Iraq's third-largest city, guerrillas assaulted nine police stations on Thursday, overwhelming several, and battled U.S. soldier was killed Thursday night when his tank rolled over near Fallujah, the military said.Īnother American soldier was killed in northern Mosul during "combat operations" there Thursday, the military said. "If they're not carrying a weapon, you can't tell who's who," said one officer with the 1st Cavalry Division.Ī U.S. The military says keeping men aged 15 to 55 from leaving is key to the mission's success. Only women, children and the elderly are being allowed to leave. Troops have cut off all roads and bridges leading out of the city and have turned back hundreds of men who have tried to flee the city during the assault. forces were also positioned to the west near key bridges, blocking rebels from crossing the Euphrates River with patrol boats. Some three to four dozen militants tried to break out towards the south and east late Thursday but were repelled by U.S. On Friday, Army and Marine units moved to tighten their security cordon around the beseiged city, backed by FA-18s and AC-130 gunships. In Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, guerrillas launched mass attacks against police stations and political party offices in what could be a bid to relieve pressure on their allies here. Hundreds of men trying to flee were turned back by U.S. By EDWARD HARRIS, Associated Press WriterįALLUJAH, Iraq - American forces pushed deeper into the southern reaches of Fallujah, cornering militants backed into smaller pockets of the city. ![]()
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