Politics > Politics-USA > Guerrilla Raid in Restive Iraq Town Leaves 22 Dead. But that's OK, Bush got Saddam.
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14 Feb 2004 11:37:49 AM |
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Guerrilla Raid in Restive Iraq Town Leaves 22 Dead. But that's OK, Bush got Saddam. |
From Reuters, 2/14/04:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20040214_91.html
Guerrilla Raid in Restive Iraq Town Leaves 22 Dead
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) -
Scores of gunmen firing mortars and grenades stormed Iraqi security
posts in Falluja on Saturday, killing 14 police in an audacious strike
on forces crucial to U.S. plans to hand power to Iraqis.
Police said their station and an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC)
headquarters as well as the mayor's office were hit in a coordinated
assault by about 70 guerrillas which left a total of 22 people dead,
including four attackers and four civilians.
At least 35 people were wounded in the attack on the ICDC compound,
where U.S. forces' Middle East commander General John Abizaid escaped
a grenade attack during a visit two days ago.
U.S. troops stayed out of the fighting on Saturday.
Police said 20 to 85 prisoners escaped from jails in the police
station during the attack, the latest in a series of strikes on
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces apparently designed to undermine U.S. plans
to hand back power to Iraqis by June 30.
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"The world is more peaceful as a result of Saddam Hussein not being in
power."
George W. Bush -- Monterrey, Mexico, Jan. 12, 2004
Harry
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