La BBC :truppe Usa sotto il fuoco della guerriglia a Falluja!

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Falluja troops under heavy fire

The official number of casualties is not known
US marines in Falluja have come under sustained attack from several different directions in the headquarters they have set up in the Iraqi city.
The BBC's Paul Wood, who is at the scene, said there was sniper fire from four or five points on the horizon.

The insurgents may have regrouped, he says, after US-led troops took over large parts of the city.

Another BBC correspondent says troops have pulled back from the city hospital, captured on Sunday night.


Meanwhile, two US Cobra helicopters were hit by small-arms and rocket fire in separate incidents and forced to land.

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The crews of both aircraft were rescued unhurt, the US military said, but some reports suggest one of the pilots was hit with small-arms fire.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen Richard Myers said that "hundreds and hundreds" of insurgents had been killed and captured in the Falluja operation.

A US military official told reporters more than 500 had died.

Residents trapped in the battered city said they could smell the stench of decomposing bodies.


In other developments in Iraq:



At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb in a busy Baghdad shopping area.

US-led troops find three Iraqi contractors and an Iraqi taxi-driver in Falluja believed to be held as hostages

Masked insurgents in the northern city of Mosul attack several police stations and loot weapons and ammunition, before setting at least two of them on fire

Kirkuk Governor Abdulrahman Mustafa escapes an assassination attempt in the northern city, but several people are injured in the bomb attack on his convoy.
House-to-house

Our correspondent says the US marines have had to call in four air strikes as they came under heavy fire in central Falluja.

Insurgents appear to have got to the perimeter of the headquarters, he says.

At the same time, a rifle company of marines has been pushing out into the city, going literally house to house to try to clear out the insurgents.

But the company came under continuous fire as soon as it left the base.

US-led forces said earlier on Thursday they had rid more than 70% of the city of insurgents in the battle.

Pockets of resistance


The rebels are said to be disorganised and leaderless, but still dangerous.

FALLUJA ASSAULT FACTS
Up to 15,000 US and Iraqi troops involved
Estimated 3,000 Iraqi insurgent and foreign fighters in city
Estimated 50,000 civilians remain out of usual population of some 300,000


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In pictures: Falluja offensive
The BBC's Paul Wood says troops are coming under sniper fire all over the city, he says.


US forces say they have taken control of the district of Jolan, just north of the centre.

However, a witness told the BBC that US forces were still fighting for control there at midday.

Villages to the west of the city, thought by the US to be clear of insurgents, are also reporting sniper, mortar and rocket-propelled grenade fire.

Concerns are growing about the humanitarian situation in and around Falluja.

Red Crescent spokeswoman Firdoos al-Ubadi said Falluja was a "disaster", with doctors unable to reach most Iraqi casualties and medical equipment virtually non-existent.

There is little information on the number of military or civilian casualties in Falluja.

At least 13 US troops have been killed so far, according to military reports pieced together by Reuters.

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Traduzione in pillolel corrispondente in loco della BBC sostiene che le truppe Usa sono circondate dal fuoco della guerriglia che viene da cinque zone diverse.Inoltre gli Usa avrebbero perso il controllo dell'ospedale preso domenica all'inizio dell'offensiva e che il fuoco sugli occupanti proviene anche dalla zona immediatamente dietro il nord di Falluja.Insomma l'accerchiamento degli assedianti all'interno della zona centrale di Falluja.

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US Troops Reportedly Gassing Fallujah
IslamOnline.net


FALLUJAH, November 10 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - US troops are reportedly using chemical weapons and poisonous gas in its large-scale offensive on the Iraqi resistance bastion of Fallujah, a grim reminder of Saddam Hussein’s alleged gassing of the Kurds in 1988.

“The US occupation troops are gassing resistance fighters and confronting them with internationally-banned chemical weapons,” resistance sources told Al-Quds Press Wednesday, November 10.

The fatal weapons led to the deaths of tens of innocent civilians, whose bodies litter sidewalks and streets, they added.

“They use chemical weapons out of despair and helplessness in the face of the steadfast and fierce resistance put up by Fallujah people, who drove US troops out of several districts, hoisting proudly Iraqi flags on them. Resistance has also managed to destroy and set fire to a large number of US tanks and vehicles.

“The US troops have sprayed chemical and nerve gases on resistance fighters, turning them hysteric in a heartbreaking scene,” an Iraqi doctor, who requested anonymity, told Al-Quds Press.

“Some Fallujah residents have been further burnt beyond treatment by poisonous gases,” added resistance fighters, who took part in Golan battles, northwest of Fallujah.

In August last year, the United States admitted dropping the internationally-banned incendiary weapon of napalm on Iraq, despite earlier denials by the Pentagon that the “horrible” weapon had not been used in the three-week invasion of Iraq.

After the offensive on Iraq ended on April 9 last year, Iraqis began to complain about unexploded cluster bombs that still litter their cities.

Media Blackout

The sources said that the media blackout, the banning of Al-Jazeera satellite channel and subjective embedded journalists played well into the hands of the US military.

“Therefore, US troops opted for using internationally banned weapons to soften the praiseworthy resistance of Fallujah people.

“More and more, the US military edits and censors reports sent by embedded journalists to their respective newspapers and news agencies,” the sources added.

Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Al-Shaalan had said Tuesday, November 9, would be decisive.

“Al-Shaalan declaration meant nothing but the use of chemical weapons and poisonous gases to down Fallujah fighters,” observers told Al-Quds Press.

The reported gassing stands as a grim reminder of Saddam Hussein's alleged gassing of the Kurdish community in the northern city of Halbja in 1988.

While the West insisted that Saddam was the one behind the heinous attack, the ousted president pointed fingers at the then Iranian regime.

[Esmor]

anche da queste nuove apprendo con sobria felicità che le cose stiano avendo un leggero miglioramento.

[Tremendo]

FALLUJA: PENTAGONO, 600 INSORTI UCCISI DA INIZIO OFFENSIVA
I militari americani stimano che circa 600 tra insorti sunniti e terroristi della bandadi Abu Musad al-Zarqawi siano stati uccisi dall'inizio dell'offensiva di Falluja.
La cifra, di cui si ha notizia da fonti di stampa a contatto con i vertici militari americani, e' nettamente superiore a quella fatta fino a ieri, di un centinaio di nemici fuori combattimento, fra morti e feriti.

Sono invece 13 i militari statunitensi morti dall'inizio dell'offensiva ed i feriti sarebbero 'decine', secondo le stesse fonti.


600 vs 13, bello sentire che i terroristi stanno vincendo in questo modo.

[IlikeUSA]

600 condanne capitali sentenziate e già eseguite, e senza le lungaggini della magistratura italiana.
Questa sì che giustizia efficiente.

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In Origine Postato da Tremendo
FALLUJA: PENTAGONO, 600 INSORTI UCCISI DA INIZIO OFFENSIVA
I militari americani stimano che circa 600 tra insorti sunniti e terroristi della bandadi Abu Musad al-Zarqawi siano stati uccisi dall'inizio dell'offensiva di Falluja.
La cifra, di cui si ha notizia da fonti di stampa a contatto con i vertici militari americani, e' nettamente superiore a quella fatta fino a ieri, di un centinaio di nemici fuori combattimento, fra morti e feriti.

Sono invece 13 i militari statunitensi morti dall'inizio dell'offensiva ed i feriti sarebbero 'decine', secondo le stesse fonti.


600 vs 13, bello sentire che i terroristi stanno vincendo in questo modo.

Anche ai tempi dellla guerra del Vietnam davano sempre questi dati (di solito il rapporto era di 100 a 1). Poi abbiamo visto come è andata a finire...

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In Origine Postato da Tremendo
FALLUJA: PENTAGONO, 600 INSORTI UCCISI DA INIZIO OFFENSIVA
I militari americani stimano che circa 600 tra insorti sunniti e terroristi della bandadi Abu Musad al-Zarqawi siano stati uccisi dall'inizio dell'offensiva di Falluja.
La cifra, di cui si ha notizia da fonti di stampa a contatto con i vertici militari americani, e' nettamente superiore a quella fatta fino a ieri, di un centinaio di nemici fuori combattimento, fra morti e feriti.

Sono invece 13 i militari statunitensi morti dall'inizio dell'offensiva ed i feriti sarebbero 'decine', secondo le stesse fonti.


600 vs 13, bello sentire che i terroristi stanno vincendo in questo modo.

600 che? Bananone!
Credi ancora in Babbush Natale?

[yurj]

In Origine Postato da IlikeUSA
600 condanne capitali sentenziate e già eseguite, e senza le lungaggini della magistratura italiana.
Questa sì che giustizia efficiente.

Ecco uno che parla come Bin Laden.

Sull'uso di gas, no comment?

[frontista]

Credo che alla fine i patrioti Iracheni avranno la meglio sui terroristi statunitensi. Se c'è un Dio (detto da un ateo)...