Ambushed U.S. soldiers kill five Iraqis - army

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/4757735.htm

HABBANIAH, Iraq, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed five Iraqis and captured another on Tuesday after they came under ambush while driving out of an ammunition depot west of Baghdad, the commander of the unit said.

The clash, between the cities of Ramadi and Habbaniyah about 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, took place in particularly hostile territory for U.S. troops. The military has blamed a spate of attacks in the predominantly Sunni Muslim area on die- hard loyalists of ousted President Saddam Hussein.

"Our unit was making its way out of the ammunitions dump when we were ambushed. Our Bradleys (fighting vehicles) fought back and we killed five attackers," Captain Mark Miller, the commander of the company involved, told Reuters.

There were no U.S. casualties.

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[sam sarrha]

1. ...........killing 5

i hope bush doesnt resort to a 'body count' mentality to prove we are doing something about his failures.. the 'body count' method can be really hard on the civilians. but a body count of 152 prisoners in custody got Bush elected as a can do and did, sorta guy. being that the death penalty is not a deturant to crime, maybe the 152 were a blood sacrafice, after all he does do voodoo economics, and some really impressive magic with defecit stats and the truth.

[NNN0LHI]

2. There is always "good news" like dead Iraqi's before the bad news

The story of dead Americans will be coming very soon. I have noticed this pattern lately. Every time I read a story like this I cringe.

Don

[xchrom]

3. the conflict is so far from ''over''

it just gets more complicated the longer we stay -- and that business about saddam loyalists -- i'm guessing that people taking pot shots at us now could care less about saddam. they care about killing americans -- an occupying force.

[GRClarkesq]

4. Anyone heard the "flypaper" theory floating in neocon circles?

Bush's "bring em on" remark was intended to encourage jihad types to travel to Iraq to gat a crack at the Great Satan. Neocons figure this will relieve pressure on Isreal and offer opportunities to kill would be terrorists without having to go find them.

This theory based on assumption that much of the opposition in Iraq is from non-Iraqis, such as the Fedayeen Saddam we heard so much about during the early days of the war.

[John_H]

5. Notice how we get all the details when we win

and half a dependent clause when one of our boys gets killed?

[sam sarrha]

6. bush cancels soldiers widows benefit raise...........

bush vetoed doubling the widows benefit for soldiers killed in action from $6,000 to $12,000. i guess there are rich republicans that need the money. he also vetoed housing improvements, maybe he figures not many of them are comming back...