Insurgents Hit Police Station in Baghdad

Nov 20, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents attacked a police station Saturday in a Sunni Muslim neighborhood in Baghdad where U.S. and Iraqi troops raided a major mosque the day before in a crackdown on Sunni militants. Iraqi officials were trying to identify four decapitated bodies found in Mosul.

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In western Baghdad, heavy fighting broke out between gunmen and Iraqi National Guards and American troops. Three Iraqi National Guardsmen were killed by roadside bombs in the same area, police said.

In the nearby Khadra area, two U.S. troops on patrol were injured when a roadside bomb exploded near their convoy, said policeman Ali Hussein of the Khadra police station. The U.S. military had no immediate confirmation of the incident.

Insurgents also attacked a police station in northwestern Baghdad with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire, witnesses said. On Friday, Iraqi and U.S. forces raided the nearby Abu Hanifa mosque ? one of the country's most important Sunni mosques ? in an operation that appeared to be part of a crackdown on militant clerics opposed to the U.S.-led attack on Fallujah.

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Seems that Fallujia offensive really was successful.

He is 5 miles west of Baghdad, and theres been no emails from him lately. If anyone has any info on Abu Ghraib and whats happening there let me know.
A war for nothing. Thousands, hundreds of thousands dead for
nothing.

if I see anything I will be sure to post it.

I wish this insanity would be over soon, but there seems to be no end in sight.

Hang in there.

about these days. I haven't seen anything in the news Mari33 and I hope your doing well. Shouldn't Michael be coming home soon?

so he is regretting now that he didnt take me up on leaving the country when he was here . I think the tour extensions usually mean 6 more months . I was hoping to see him in January, but it looks like it might be summer before we see him again.

after his father's motor vehicle accident.

http://www.wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=12612&template=breakout_local.html

thats his unit...but hes not home.

I find a lot of information in the captions that never makes it into stories. I have seen photos from Abu Ghraib very recently. Here is the link...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/iraq/082701iraqplane&tmpl=sl&e=1

My prayers are with Michael, You and your family Mari.

1 minute ago Middle East - AP


By KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents attacked a police station Saturday in a Sunni Muslim neighborhood in Baghdad where U.S. and Iraqi troops raided a major mosque the day before in a crackdown on Sunni militants. Iraqi officials were trying to identify four decapitated bodies found in Mosul.

Also, insurgents attacked a U.S. Army patrol Saturday in Baghdad, killing one American soldier and injuring nine others, the U.S. military said. The unit came under coordinated attack, which included roadside bombs, small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, the military said.


In downtown Baghdad, a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle, killing one civilian and injuring another, witnesses said, as a thunderous rumble of explosions reverberated elsewhere in the Iraqi capital.


American and Iraqi forces detained 30 suspected guerrillas overnight in Mosul, the U.S. military said Saturday.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four government employees from the Ministry of Public Works were gunned down on their way to work Saturday, a ministry spokesman said.



Amal Abdul-Hameed, adviser to the ministry, and three employees from her office were killed when assailants chased down their car and opened fire, said spokesman Jassim Mohammed Salim.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Baghdad exploded in violence Saturday, as insurgents attacked a U.S. patrol and a police station, assassinated four government employees and detonated several bombs. One American soldier was killed and nine were wounded during clashes that also left three Iraqi troops and a police officer dead.

Some of the heaviest violence came in Azamiyah, a largely Sunni Arab district of Baghdad where a day earlier U.S. troops raided the capital's main Sunni mosque. Shops were in flames, and a U.S. Humvee burned, with the body of what appeared to be its driver inside.


U.S. forces and insurgents also battled in the Sunni Triangle city of Ramadi, where clashes have been seen almost daily. Nine Iraqis were killed and five wounded in Saturday's fighting, hospital officials said.


In northern Iraq (news - web sites), U.S. and Iraqi forces uncovered four decapitated bodies as they continued a campaign to crush militants who rose up last week. American and Iraqi forces detained 30 suspected guerrillas overnight in Mosul, the U.S. military said Saturday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents attacked a U.S. Army patrol Saturday in Baghdad, killing one American soldier and injuring nine others, the U.S. military said.


The unit came under coordinated attack, which included roadside bombs, small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, the military said. The statement did not say where the 7 a.m. attack occurred.


However, three U.S. Army vehicles were seen on fire after an insurgent attack early Saturday on a police station in the Azamiyah district. One Iraqi policeman was killed.



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