在线国产一区二区_成人黄色片在线观看_国产成人免费_日韩精品免费在线视频_亚洲精品美女久久_欧美一级免费在线观看

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

Fallujah subdued, but battles continue
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-11-17 21:46

When the first bullets snapped by overhead, Iraqi civilians collecting corpses in Fallujah on Wednesday stood confused, rooted to the ground — until U.S. Marines opened up on the insurgents with heavy machine guns. That sent the workers dashing for cover.

The U.S. military declared the one-time rebel stronghold completely occupied but not subdued on Saturday after a nearly weeklong battle. But pockets of insurgents remain, and U.S. and Iraqi forces are still fighting — underscored by the Wednesday rebel ambush in Fallujah's northern Jolan neighborhood.

"Even as we start Fallujah's reconstruction, the fighting is continuing, as you can hear," Capt. Alex Henegar, a civil affairs officer attached to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, told reporters Wednesday as heavy gunfire and grenade explosions sounded in the distance.

The fight soon moved closer, with insurgents attacking patrolling Marines in the same neighborhood where the two-dozen Iraqi workers cleared corpses from ruined buildings for an anonymous burial in a dirt lot outside Fallujah.

The Iraqi civilians dived in front of their flatbed truck loaded with bodies and against walls already spattered with bulletholes from an earlier firefight.

One Iraqi stepped out into the street for a better view, but Marines, fearing he might be mistaken for one of the fighters — who are often plainclothed — shouted at him to get down.

Other Iraqi men, dressed in long robes and sandals, stared frightened from a doorway as the heated fumes from the engine of a M1 Abrams tank rippled by.

Henegar, 30, of Lookout Mountain, Ga., said the insurgents were believed to have sneaked back into the city, crossing the narrow Euphrates River, where thick papyrus reeds line both banks.

Marine officers say that while all roads to Fallujah have been blocked, insurgents may still sneak in via old paths and across Euphrates River channels the American and Iraqi government forces don't know.

"Our western flank is of particular concern," said Henegar of the area delineated by the river, oxbows and marshes.

Marines say the heavy house-to-house combat that began Nov. 9 after a night of heavy airstrikes moved quickly east-west across the northern half of the city, but that the wilier rebels hid from the massive tank and troop assault only to emerge days later.

After sweeping through northern Fallujah, the Marines then turned their attack southward, leaving some pockets of resistance in their rear.

Marines patrolling in Jolan on Wednesday said they were still collecting detainees, including three men who were kneeling, facing a wall.

After about 15 minutes, Wednesday's firefight died down, with three rebels killed and one Marine slightly injured in the hand, officers said.

"OK, here's what's going on. The insurgents are in this neighborhood," Henegar told the Iraqis as they scrambled onto their trucks. "We're killing them now, but let's get out of here."



 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

Seven simply not enough, 2006 World Cup bid ends

 

   
 

Beijing vows to crush independence attempt

 

   
 

Visit strengthens partnership with Argentina

 

   
 

Mystery disease in Hk may be viral infection

 

   
 

Investment growth in high gear

 

   
 

Netcom IPO to increase expansion

 

   
  Suicide bomber, clashes in Iraq kill 27
   
  UN Council wants Sudan peace deal by year-end
   
  APEC ministers urge new effort on trade talks
   
  Fallujah subdued, but battles continue
   
  Abbas vows steps to halt use of illegal arms
   
  Afghan militants to decide fate of UN hostages
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Shooting in Iraq mosque angers muslims
   
Report: US marine kills wounded Iraqi
   
General praises speed of Fallujah success
   
Fierce Combat Kills at Least 27
   
Body of western woman found in Fallujah
   
US says troops occupy all of Fallujah
   
U.S. troops pound insurgents in Mosul
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产一区福利 | 欧美日本国产 | 免费av一区| 国产成人精品网站 | 精品久久久久久久久久久久久 | 黄色大片在线 | 欧美不卡在线 | 激情五月综合色婷婷一区二区 | 青草福利视频 | 黄色福利视频 | 国产一区在线看 | 免费一级全黄少妇性色生活片 | 欧美精品二区三区四区免费看视频 | 无套内谢的新婚少妇国语播放 | 亚洲视频不卡 | 日韩欧美国产综合 | 久久久成人免费视频 | 美女视频福利 | 亚洲男人的天堂在线观看 | 午夜一级视频 | 美女福利视频 | 国产99对白在线播放 | 久久av资源 | 国产成人91 | 久久精品免费看 | 亚洲精品一区二区三区在线观看 | 色婷婷基地 | 91一区二区三区 | 精品小视频 | 中文字幕中文字幕 | 少妇精品 | 少妇xxxx69 | 日韩久久久久 | 69精品人人人人 | 成人在线视频播放 | av高清在线观看 | 国产精品高潮呻吟av | 色香蕉网 | 久草福利在线视频 | 少妇激情视频 | 国产精品99久久久久久久久久久久 |