Reply #15: There were no immediate reports of U.S. casualties. [View All]

[jmcgowanjm]

"after two Iraqis were killed"

"witnesses said a U.S. armored vehicle was in flames"

While just to the West of Ar Ramadi

IRR 120704

Resistnace battles US forces in Hadithah.

US forces attempted to arrest Iraqi Resistance fighters in
the al-Mushahadah area of western Iraqi city of Hadithah
on Tuesday but came under an Iraqi Resistance attack
that destroyed five US Humvees, and left 18 US Marines
dead – some of them inside the vehicles and some who
were on foot beside them.

In a dispatch posted at 11:30pm Mecca time Tuesday night,
the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that
intermittent fighting was still underway in the
area.

Resistance attack targets US center in
Hit.

Iraqi Resistance forces opened fire with C5K and SPG9
rockets at US forces behind the railroad tracks near the Hit
area in western Iraq where US troops regularly park a
large number of vehicles in tortuous, hilly
area.

U.S Soldiers Killed...............80

Humvees Des/Dis...............18
Bradleys Des/Dis................ 5
Trucks/Tankers...................2
Abrams Tanks Des/Dis.........2
Chinook Helicopter..............1

Thanx for the reports, Maddezmom