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November 18, 2004

Sporadic fighting erupts in Fallujah

Topics: Middle East News and Perspectives

MiddleEastOnline reporting today (Seth Meixner - Baghdad) Marine intelligence's report warns insurgency will grow despite massive offensives to crush insurgents in Iraq.

 

US forces shelled insurgent holdouts in Fallujah and deadly bomb blasts hit several cities in Iraq on Thursday, as a report by marine intelligence warned the insurgency would grow despite massive offensives to crush the insurgents.

US-led troops engaged in sporadic battles against insurgents in Fallujah after launching a major assault to wrest the Sunni Muslim stronghold west of Baghdad away from insurgents 10 days ago.

Shelling continued on the southern outskirts of the city, an AFP photographer said, even after a US marine officer had declared Wednesday that the "the battle is over."

Iraqi volunteers and US troops were collecting scores of corpses littering the battered city while the Iraqi Red Crescent said 150 families remained stranded.

But US marine intelligence officials have issued a report warning that any significant withdrawal of troops from Fallujah would strengthen the insurgency, The New York Times said.   Read More..

For a little different perspective in which a U.S. commander emphasizes that the insurgents in Fallujah have been hit hard  Read More...

Posted by Hyscience at November 18, 2004 10:04 AM

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