US tank fires for first time since end of war: reports

[Judi Lynn]

Last Update: Friday, July 11, 2003. 8:03pm (AEST)

US tank fires for first time since end of war: reports
A United States tank has fired a shell for the first time since the end of the Iraq war, a military spokesman says.

The incident reportedly happened in clashes overnight with guerrilla fighters in the flashpoint town of Ramadi, 100 kilometres west of Baghdad.

"A US tank fired off a round for the first time since the end of the war," said Staff Sergeant Anthony Joseph from the public affairs office of the Third Armoured Division's Second Brigade based in Fallujah.

The troops returned fire after a mortar attack, but there were no US casualties, added Sergeant Amy Abbott in Baghdad.

Witnesses said the mortars targeted US troops stationed in a presidential palace at Ramadi and immediately went on the hunt for the attackers.

The Qatar-based satellite news channel Al-Jazeera reported there were clashes between American soldiers and unknown assailants at two locations in the town lasting until dawn. (snip/...)

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[hadrons]

1. "A US tank fired off a round for the first time since the end of the war"

sounds like the war didn't end, did it?