Post by Moses on Nov 7, 2005 10:18:30 GMT -5
House-to-house fighting reported during major U-S-led offensive
LAST UPDATE: 11/6/2005 7:05:11 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Disputing a claim by U-S commanders, there is now a report of heavier-than-expected enemy resistance in the latest U-S-led offensive in Iraq.
A force of about 35-hundred U-S and Iraqi troops launched "Operation Steel Curtain" Saturday, hoping to wipe out an insurgent stronghold near the Syrian border. Military commanders in Baghdad had reported limited resistance. But an embedded reporter with the New York Times reports house-to-house combat with insurgents armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. At least two Americans have been wounded.
The American and Iraqi troops are getting support from tanks and fighter jets but the Times reporter says by nightfall, they had managed to take control of only several blocks of a key town.
Many families had fled, possibly tipped off.
LAST UPDATE: 11/6/2005 7:05:11 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Disputing a claim by U-S commanders, there is now a report of heavier-than-expected enemy resistance in the latest U-S-led offensive in Iraq.
A force of about 35-hundred U-S and Iraqi troops launched "Operation Steel Curtain" Saturday, hoping to wipe out an insurgent stronghold near the Syrian border. Military commanders in Baghdad had reported limited resistance. But an embedded reporter with the New York Times reports house-to-house combat with insurgents armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. At least two Americans have been wounded.
The American and Iraqi troops are getting support from tanks and fighter jets but the Times reporter says by nightfall, they had managed to take control of only several blocks of a key town.
Many families had fled, possibly tipped off.