Iraq Watch: December 2, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - 10 U.S. Marines, assigned to RCT 8, were killed in a massive IED attack near the former rebel-bastion of Fallujah yesterday the U.S. military announced on Friday. 11 Marines were injured in the bombing although seven of the wounded have returned to active duty. The Marines were on a foot patrol when the roadside bomb, which consisted of several large artillery shells, exploded.
Separately, the U.S. military announced the deaths of four additional U.S. service memebers on Friday. Three 48th BCT soldiers died in a vehicle accident southeast of Ali Air Base at around 2:00 p.m. today. Elsewhere, a U.S. soldier was killed yesterday in a rocket attack near Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad and 40 miles west of Fallujah.
Ramadi, a predominately Sunni city of 400,000 located along the banks of the Euphrates River, has long been considered an insurgent-stronghold.
On Thursday bands of masked militants, claiming to be from the terrorist group al-Qaida in Iraq, roamed throughout the capital of al-Anbar province brandishing weapons and setting up checkpoints. Militants also launched mortars at a meeting being held between U.S. officials and local tribal leaders.
'Operation Shank' was launched on Friday in an effort to disrupt and suppress the resistance in Ramadi American military officials said. The operation includes 300 U.S. Marines and 200 Iraqi soldiers.
Meanwhile, in another development, militants have threatened to kill four western hostages - two Canadians, an American, and a Briton - unless all prisoners held at detention camps inside Iraq are released by December 8. The anti-war Christian peace activists were abducted by a group calling itself the "Swords of Righteousness Brigade" on Saturday. The four were employed by the Chicago-based Christian Peacemaker Teams.
The influential Iraqi Sunni group, the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), has demanded the immediate release of the four humanitarian workers saying that the captives have done "good efforts in helping those in need."
Separately, the U.S. military announced the deaths of four additional U.S. service memebers on Friday. Three 48th BCT soldiers died in a vehicle accident southeast of Ali Air Base at around 2:00 p.m. today. Elsewhere, a U.S. soldier was killed yesterday in a rocket attack near Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad and 40 miles west of Fallujah.
Ramadi, a predominately Sunni city of 400,000 located along the banks of the Euphrates River, has long been considered an insurgent-stronghold.
On Thursday bands of masked militants, claiming to be from the terrorist group al-Qaida in Iraq, roamed throughout the capital of al-Anbar province brandishing weapons and setting up checkpoints. Militants also launched mortars at a meeting being held between U.S. officials and local tribal leaders.
'Operation Shank' was launched on Friday in an effort to disrupt and suppress the resistance in Ramadi American military officials said. The operation includes 300 U.S. Marines and 200 Iraqi soldiers.
Meanwhile, in another development, militants have threatened to kill four western hostages - two Canadians, an American, and a Briton - unless all prisoners held at detention camps inside Iraq are released by December 8. The anti-war Christian peace activists were abducted by a group calling itself the "Swords of Righteousness Brigade" on Saturday. The four were employed by the Chicago-based Christian Peacemaker Teams.
The influential Iraqi Sunni group, the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), has demanded the immediate release of the four humanitarian workers saying that the captives have done "good efforts in helping those in need."
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