Anti-U.S. insurgents disrupt Iraq road network

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/OWE751830.htm

BAGHDAD, April 17 (Reuters) - Insurgents blew up bridges over a main highway from Baghdad to southern Iraq, further disrupting the country's battered transport system, witnesses said on Saturday.

They said debris from blasts targeting at least two bridges closed the Baghdad-Hilla road, one of two highways leading to the port city of Basra.

The U.S.-led administration said in a statement that two highways, including the Basra-Hilla route, were closed for repairs and to help halt guerrilla attacks against U.S. forces and supply convoys.

The U.S. military said it had no information about blasts targeting highway bridges.

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[wtmusic]

1. More propaganda -- "WE blew them up!"

What a pantload.

[bpilgrim]

2. WOW! who'da THUNK IT!?

peace

[Mikimouse]

3. Now, let me see if I understand this...

The US military command has acknowledged that the resistance is using tactics that were not expected, correct? Now, the thinking is that they are simply trying to disrupt the supply lines. Let me suggest that these people are not stupid. My first thought would be that they arein a perfect tactical situation to bottle up the occupation troops in the area, by slowly, but surely destroying the bridges and roadways that would be used in the event of an attempted withdrawal by the occupation forces. I don't know about you, but I am going to be watching the pattern of bridge and roadway destruction very closely.

[NNN0LHI]

4. How long can our mechanized military go without gas?

>>>Iraq's oil ministry has stopped importing gasoline through Syria, Jordan and the Gulf because of poor security along western and southern highways.<<<

[teryang]

5. This is a serious problem

Without a large enough force to secure the country, the lines of communication are threatened. Mission number one, to provide security for peaceful commerce still not achieved after one year.