Don't believe all that BULLSHIT about US combat operations in Iraq being over!
Jubail, just outside Fallouja, Iraq, yesterday morning: An Iraqi military force backed by U.S. soldiers shot it out with resistance fighters early during a raid in a village in western Iraq that left eight people dead, four of them civilians. No Americans were among the casualties.
The raid began with an elite Iraqi unit surrounding a street in Jubail, just outside Fallouja, Iraqi police and the U.S. military reported. According to the Americans, the so-called "counter-terrorism" unit, backed by US soldiers, was looking to arrest a Resistance leader when gunfire erupted from several directions, as the occupants of the home attempted to defend themselves.
Balad Airbase, Iraq, yesterday: A US airman was killed in a reported ordinance accident.
Karbala, Iraq, yesterday: One U.S. vehicle was completely destroyed on Wednesday when a roadside bomb went off targeting a convoy of the Provincial Reconstruction Team north of Karbala city. âThe blast took place at the al-Husseiniya area, 20 km north of Karbala,â a local media source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.