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U.S.-led forces pound Fallujah
(Lebanon Daily Star, November 9, 2004)
When air attacks eased, artillery shells rained down. . . . Between thunderous explosions, a cleric with a booming voice at a distant mosque rallied militants for what could be Iraq's biggest battle since last year's U.S.-led invasion. . . . "God is greatest, oh martyrs," he said, telling fighters that waging holy war was an honor. "Rise up mujahideen." . . . The Sunni Muslim Clerics Association urged Iraqi security forces not to fight with U.S. troops in Fallujah and "to beware of making the grave mistake of invading Iraqi cities under the banner of forces who respect no religion or human rights." . . . A hospital doctor in Fallujah, Ahmed Ghanim, said 15 people had been killed and 20 wounded in the fighting. . . . In earlier skirmishes, multinational forces seized a hospital and two bridges on the western edge of the city. . . . Clashes with the insurgents holed up in Fallujah were fierce, with a barrage of rocket, mortar and gunfire raining down as they tried to raise the new Iraqi flag above the hospital. . . . The battle could prove the most intense since last year's war to topple Saddam Hussein, with 2,000 to 2,500 fighters, some loyal to Iraq's most wanted man Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, inside the city and prepared for brutal street fighting. . . . "The predictions are that they are going to stay and fight us here," said Major Todd Desgrosseilliers. A combined force of some 10,000 American and 2,000 Iraqi troops are involved in the offensive. . . . Rebels have transformed Fallujah into their fiefdom since a Marine assault in April ended in stalemate and left hundreds dead. It is estimated now that 80 to 90 percent of the city's 300,000 inhabitants have fled. . . . With instability still rife elsewhere in the country, an American soldier was killed when gunmen fired on a military patrol in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said. . . . And at least three people were killed and 45 wounded when two suspected car bombs exploded within minutes of each other outside two Christian churches in southern Baghdad. . . . Meanwhile, at least eight Iraqis were killed and more than a dozen people wounded, including a U.S. soldier, in attacks Monday in central and northern Iraq, officials said. . . . In the restive Sunni city of Ramadi, at least four Iraqis were killed and one wounded in a car bomb attack as a US convoy was passing, said police. . . . Near the city of Samarra north of Baghdad, two Iraqi contractors working with the Americans were killed and two others were wounded when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle, a police spokesman said.

posted by Lorenzo 2:43 PM