U.S. troops defending hospital reportedly kill 6 (Fallujah)

BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. paratroopers killed six attackers and wounded four others in a shootout outside the hospital run by the Jordanian government near the city of Fallujah, the U.S. army's 82nd Airborne Division said today.

A division statement said troops came under automatic weapons fire Tuesday from a vehicle stopped near the hospital. As the soldiers returned fire, the attackers fled toward a second car but were stopped by the paratroopers, the statement said.

A third vehicle approached at high speed and did not slow when the paratroopers fired warning shots, the statement said. The soldiers fired on the vehicle, killing two people.

"Hostile forces then fired from a fourth vehicle at the U.S. troops, at which time the soldiers also engaged that automobile," the statement said, adding that the four who were wounded were evacuated for medical treatment.

The statement said four other people were killed, but gave no details.

Four people were detained, the division said. There were no American casualties.

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Why can't the media pay any attention to everything good that happened in Iraq today. I mean, 20 million people DIDN'T get shot today in Iraq, so why tell us about the 6 people who did? And what about the new computers they installed in the Iraqi schools? Huh? What about that? Or what about the fact that our troops were handing out soccer balls to Iraqi children? You don't hear anything about that, do you? Huh?

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for sarcasm. I personally try to continually upgrade my talents in front of the mirror. Hi BSG!

Chalabi's Hemmoroids are healing up . He can actually sit in a chair.

they murdered in Fallujah today?