Iraq Watch: September 5, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - About 30 insurgents in at least 10 cars launched a coordinated assualt on Baghdad's heavily fortified Interior Ministry building early Monday morning. The attackers killed two police and wounded five more using rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, and small-arms fire.
Afterwards, U.S. helicopters could be seen flying over the centeral Baghdad area where the attack occurred.
The terrorist group al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the attack through an internet statement.
Elsewhere, two British soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing south of Baghdad near Zubeir on Monday. Al-Qaida in Iraq also took responsibility for this attack.
Insurgents have reportedly taken control of al-Qaim, located 200 miles west of Baghdad near the Syrian border, according to multiple soures. The Washington Post reports that fighters loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are roaming the streets, manning checkpoints, and killing those who they perceive to be collaborators with U.S. forces or allied with the Iraqi government. The Post also reports that the infamous black and yellow banner of al-Qaida in Iraq could be seen flying from rooftops throughout the city.
Meanwhile in the city of Hit, 85 miles west of the capital, insurgents launched three car bomb attacks yesterday killing at least eight civilians and one Iraqi soldier the U.S. military announced on Monday. One car bomb exploded on the Hit bridge spanning the Euphrates River rendering it impassable.
13 civilians were killed in several separate incidents in and around Baghdad overnight and early Monday according to the AP.
In the northern city of Tal Afar, the scene of recent fighting between U.S. and Iraqi forces and insurgents, the bodies of three district leaders were found Monday. The three were allegedly killed after they refused to comply to insurgent demands. Also, in further skirmishes Monday in Tal Afar, at least eight civilians - including five children - were killed according to hospital sources.
Afterwards, U.S. helicopters could be seen flying over the centeral Baghdad area where the attack occurred.
The terrorist group al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the attack through an internet statement.
Elsewhere, two British soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing south of Baghdad near Zubeir on Monday. Al-Qaida in Iraq also took responsibility for this attack.
Insurgents have reportedly taken control of al-Qaim, located 200 miles west of Baghdad near the Syrian border, according to multiple soures. The Washington Post reports that fighters loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are roaming the streets, manning checkpoints, and killing those who they perceive to be collaborators with U.S. forces or allied with the Iraqi government. The Post also reports that the infamous black and yellow banner of al-Qaida in Iraq could be seen flying from rooftops throughout the city.
Meanwhile in the city of Hit, 85 miles west of the capital, insurgents launched three car bomb attacks yesterday killing at least eight civilians and one Iraqi soldier the U.S. military announced on Monday. One car bomb exploded on the Hit bridge spanning the Euphrates River rendering it impassable.
13 civilians were killed in several separate incidents in and around Baghdad overnight and early Monday according to the AP.
In the northern city of Tal Afar, the scene of recent fighting between U.S. and Iraqi forces and insurgents, the bodies of three district leaders were found Monday. The three were allegedly killed after they refused to comply to insurgent demands. Also, in further skirmishes Monday in Tal Afar, at least eight civilians - including five children - were killed according to hospital sources.
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