I condemn the death and slaughter, and I lay it all at the feet of George W. Bush, mass murderer and war criminal!
"More than 30 killed in street battles as US troops face intense urban combat"
Gee, wasn't it five short years ago that this was the U.S. military's worst nightmare and what protesters warned about?
And yet, HERE WE ARE after "mission accomplished!"
Can George W. Bush fail the American people any more, readers?
A TOTAL and MISERABLE FAILURE is HE!!!!
BAGHDAD: Dozens of suspected Shiite fighters ambushed a U.S. patrol Tuesday in Baghdad, firing rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns from rooftops and alleys in the militia stronghold of Sadr City.
Ambush is a great term.
U.S. and occupiers never "ambush" like those Native American savages that occupied America before Europeans slaughtered them in a holocaust!
Naw, that was westward expansion, the open frontier, and manifest destiny.
The Americans responded by firing 90 kilogram (200 pound) guided rockets, the U.S. military said, as more than 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes in the sprawling district.
Three houses in the densely packed district were devastated and officials at two local hospitals said about 25 people had died, with several dozen wounded.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to release the information, said most of the victims were civilians.
Associated Press photos showed men pulling the limp body of 2-year-old Ali Hussein, covered in dust, from the rubble.
Oh, no!!!!! No, I can't take it, I can't take it!!! A TWO-YEAR-OLD!!!!!
Clashes that broke out last month in Sadr City have intensified since radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reiterated his threat of an all-out war against U.S.-led forces and American troops have found themselves facing some of the most intense urban warfare in years.
Oh my God!!
The report makes it sound like Sadr started this all when it was MALIKI'S INVASION of BASRA as directed by DOGSHIT DICK!!!
All to secure the American supply lines from the south.
See what I mean about the crap AmeriKan MSM!!!??
"We are seeing larger groups of militants actually aggressively attacking Iraqi and U.S. security forces," said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a military spokesman for American troops in Baghdad. "We've seen more of the brazen attacks in the daytime recently."
Translation: Surge succeeded.
U.S. troops often have fought fierce gunbattles as they cleared neighborhoods in Baghdad and in former insurgent strongholds such as Anbar and Diyala. But roadside bombings and rocket or mortar volleys against bases have been the more frequent mode of attack in recent years.
The street fighting that began in late March in Sadr City is more reminiscent of the battles of 2004 when U.S. troops fought extremists to a standstill in separate operations against Shiite militiamen in Najaf and al-Qaida in Iraq-led insurgents in Fallujah.
Tuesday's clashes broke out at 9:30 a.m. after U.S. soldiers in heavily armored Stryker vehicles and tanks were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, prompting them to call for reinforcements. As the troops were leaving the area, a vehicle was hit with two roadside bombs, Stover said, adding that six American soldiers were wounded.
U.S. forces targeted gunmen in the area with rockets fired from a guided multiple-launch rocket system, which fires high-explosive warheads. Stover said 28 extremists were killed.
Officials at two local hospitals, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information, said about 25 people had died, with several dozen wounded — most civilians.
U.S. officials said all precautions are taken to prevent civilian casualties but blamed the militiamen for taking cover among their neighbors and families.
It's a "DENSELY-PACKED DISTRICT!"
What the hell do you think is going to happen?
We are LOSING that's why the U.S. is CRATERING the place!!!!
We DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TROOPS!!!
"We will defend ourselves and the law-abiding Iraqi citizens," said Col. Allen Batschelet, chief of staff for the 4th Infantry Division in Baghdad.
Or slaughter them with rocket and missile strikes, kill their families, kill their women and children!
Aaaaaahhh!
"We continually show great restraint and professionalism when attacked, and clearly identify the enemy before engaging their positions," he added. "The enemy continues to show little regard for innocent civilians, as they fire their weapons from within houses, alleyways, and rooftops upon our soldiers."
Earlier Tuesday, eight people were killed and 67 wounded in the eastern district that is home to 2.5 million residents. Shiite militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi forces have been locked in increasingly violent street battles there amid a backlash to the government offensive that began March 25 in the southern city of Basra.
The showdown between the Iraqi government and al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia has increasingly drawn U.S. forces into battle.
Tuesday's attack occurred along a road on which the U.S. military is putting up a concrete barrier to try to cut off the militants' ability to move freely into the rest of Baghdad and hamper their ability to fire rockets and mortars at the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses Iraq's government and many foreign embassies.
Of course, that CUTS OFF the REST of the POPULATION!!!!
AP Television News footage showed children running for cover behind blast walls amid gunshots. Men helped carry several blood-soaked injured people onto stretchers to a local emergency hospital. Outside the hospital, the dead were placed inside plain wooden coffins.
Also in Baghdad, a senior government official was killed in a roadside bombing in the north of the city.
Dhia Jodi Jaber, director general at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, was hit by a roadside bomb as he left his home on Tuesday morning, the ministry's spokesman Abdullah al-Lami said.
Insurgents frequently target governmental officials and institutions in a bid to disrupt the government's work.
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A female suicide bomber also blew herself up at a bus stop near Muqdadiyah, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding five others, police said.
I don't believe in female suiciders, readers.
I have no evidence, I just DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!
I DON'T BELIEVE lying, shit sheet Zionist PROPAGANDA anymore, and just DON'T BELIEVE that Muslim women do this.
You see the link above. I'm not buying black-op lies about "female suiciders."
Seems to me, from all the photos and sufferings I have seen of Muslims from Palestine to Afghanistan totally contradict the lies of the Zionist AmeriKan media.
But you go ahead and believe, AmeriKa.
Separately, an Iraqi court adjourned a trial of Tariq Aziz, one of Saddam Hussein's best-known lieutenants, and seven other defendants over charges of allegedly ordering the execution of dozens of merchants for profiteering half an hour after it started.
The judge postponed the trial until May 20, saying co-defendant Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam's cousin known as "Chemical Ali," was too ill to attend."
Yeah, they trot out these dead men walking to take your mind of the real criminals -- the ones who ordered this ABOMINABLE ATROCITY!!!!
