Insurgents Accused of Using Ramadi Hospital

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041211/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_ramadi

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Officials for the Ramadi General Hospital and Medical College rejected the claims but said fighting occurred near the hospital Friday night.


The ambush happened late Friday as U.S. soldiers attached to the Marines were patrolling in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad and close to the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, said Capt. Bradley Gordon, spokesman for the 1st Marine Division of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.


Insurgents hid inside the Ramadi General Hospital and Medical College and in nearby areas waiting for the soldiers to move into their ambush zone, Gordon said.


"The insurgents turned off all of the lights in and around the hospital as the soldiers approached," he said in a statement. "Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire from both sides of the road at the soldiers as soon as the lights of the hospital were turned back on.


"Some of the muzzle flashes of insurgent firing positions were observed as originating from windows within the hospital."

[Darranar]

1. "Occupiers Excuse Future Attack on Ramadi Hospital". n/t

[leftchick]

2. exactly...

this is purely for ameriKan tv viewer consumption... :eyes:

[jmcgowanjm]

3. MO:cutoff AC/water, control/destroy hospital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4085109.stm

And speaking of propaganda:

The crash occurred when an AH-64 Apache helicopter hit
a UH-60 Black Hawk (huh?) that was on the ground, US
military spokesman Lt. Col. Paul Hastings
said.

The four injured soldiers have returned to duty

No-one survives a helecopter crash without suffering severe shock and 'at least' some broken bones

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3868758