[Marxism] 24 US soldiers reported killed in Baghdad and reports on Fallujah

["Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We can be sure that, whatever the accuracy of the estimate below, the US
government will be relentlessly underestimating US casualties in this
battle and the battles going on around it.  No matter what happens in
reality, they must come out of this claiming complete victory.
Al-Jazeera


http://www.aljazeerah.info/


24 US Soldiers Killed in Baghdad Areas on Tuesday, According to
Independent News

Al-Jazeerah, November 9, 2004, 3:22 ET

The following headline news are from an internet website, called Islam
Memo
(http://www.islammemo.cc/), that reports from Iraqi cities. Some US TV
stations mentioned that there were 16 US soldiers who were killed in
various parts of Iraq on Tuesday. There are no reports yet about US and
Iraqi casualties in Falluja. Al-Jazeerah does not have the resources to
verify the following news from US media units.

US Forces enter 4 Falluja neighborhoods, Jolan, Mu'alimin, Jighifi, and
Shurta, using the same tactics used in occupying Samarra. Air raids were
followed by spreading snipers on house roofs and over mosques, then
tanks advanced, which left little chance for the resistance to maneuver.


Iraqi Resistance Stop US Advance in Northern Falluja and no advance in
the south because of resistance there. More fighting has occurred at
Al-Mu'alimin neighborhood.

US forces penetrated northern Falluja by entering between Mu'alimin and
Jighifi neighborhoods. US forces used weapons that were used first in
the US attack on the Baghdad airport at the beginning of the war in
2003.

8 US soldiers and 2 Iraqi resistance fighters killed and personnel
carrier and two Hummer vehicles destroyed in Suwaira, south of Baghdad.

200,000 US bombs dropped on Falluja so far. This included carpet and
cluster bombs. This resulted in a big number of injuries but there are
no ambulances to carry them. There are no doctors and the hospitals were
either bombed or in the hands in the US forces. Dr. Muhammed Isma'il of
Al-Falluja General Hospital has appealed to Iraqi doctors from all over
the country to go to Falluja to treat the wounded.

Dr. Isma'il mentioned that the US forces arrested doctors and medics of
the hospitals, which led to one of the nurses to do a surgery to a child
to get shrapnels out of his body.

Four US soldiers killed and a hummer vehicle and a truck were destroyed
at Al-Taji, north of Baghdad. About 10:00 O'clock local time, a US
convoy was attacked near the Tigress River, in the Hore El-Basha area. A
roadside bomb exploded then RPG rockets were launched, which resulted in
the killing of four US soldiers and the truck driver who was a Jordanian
or a Syrian.

Three US soldiers were killed when their convoy was attacked by RPG7
rockets on Tuesday morning at Al-Zahraniya area, south of Baghdad. Their
Hummer vehicle was destroyed in the attack.

A US surveillance plane was downed at Al-Rahmaniya area of Karkh in
Baghdad about 8:30 Monday morning. Iraqis downed it using BCK machine
guns.

Four US marines Killed at Al-Ghazaliya, south of Baghdad at about 8:30
local morning time. A roadside bomb destroyed a US hummer military
vehicle killing the four marines and injuring two others.

Five US soldiers were killed in Haifa Street in Baghdad on Tuesday at
about
7:00 local time. A Bradley tank was destroyed and its crew of four were
killed. A fifth US soldier was killed while exchanging fire with the
Iraqi attackers, who used RPG7s and BKCs.

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