[centraal] Irak na de oorlog deel 26

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US-led coalition forces have exchanged heavy fire with insurgents in Falluja as they prepare for a major offensive. Witnesses reported black smoke rising from several locations as US forces unleashed a fierce artillery barrage. Meanwhile fighters in the city fired mortars and small arms across the River Euphrates at American positions. US troops, who are massed near the city awaiting orders for an attack, took two bridges and a hospital overnight in the western part of the city. But they have not entered deep into the city, and have repeatedly had to change position due to the insurgents' fire.

The Associated Press news agency reported that US marines died overnight when their bulldozer overturned in the river. Their bodies were discovered in the morning. Groups of civilians waving white flags were seen leaving the outskirts of the city. American troops let them pass, but coalition forces suspect some insurgents may be posing as civilians - soon after a pair of unarmed men approached a group of army engineers, rockets landed within 20 metres of the soldiers.

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Image made from TV of a US soldier blindfolding a man after troops entered Fallujah hospital, in Iraq, Monday, Nov. 8, 2004. US forces stormed into western districts of Fallujah early on Monday, seizing the main city hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River in what appeared to be the first stage of the long-expected assault on the rebel stronghold.

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Image made from TV of a US soldier being treated as troops entered Fallujah hospital, in Iraq, Monday, Nov. 8, 2004. US forces stormed into western districts of Fallujah early on Monday, seizing the main city hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River in what appeared to be the first stage of the long-expected assault on the rebel stronghold.

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Image made from TV of US soldiers walking down a corridor when troops entered Fallujah hospital, in Iraq, Monday, Nov. 8, 2004. US forces stormed into western districts of Fallujah early on Monday, seizing the main city hospital and securing two key bridges over the Euphrates River in what appeared to be the first stage of the long-expected assault on the rebel stronghold.

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Op maandag 8 november 2004 13:41 schreef Disorder het volgende:
Dat zijn Iraakse soldaten. Geen Amerikaanse.

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Op maandag 8 november 2004 13:58 schreef zurich het volgende:
trouwens, de door de amerikanen gekozen hond van irak: Allawi gaf zijn leiders de toestemming om fallujah te cleanen van wat hij noemt 'terroristen'.

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Op maandag 8 november 2004 14:27 schreef zurich het volgende:

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het kan zijn dat er terroristen tussen zitten. Ik noem ze ... dappere vrijheidsstrijders ect.. je weet wel.
De amerikanen hebben extra lang gewacht voordat ze fallujah binnenvallen, o.a voor een optimale werking van de psychologische oorlog. Ik bewonder hoe dapper die vechters zijn. God bless them