U.S. Troops, Insurgents Clash North of Capital

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBMC9KWOVD.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. forces clashed with insurgents north of Baghdad and 10 Iraqis were killed, including four civilians caught in the crossfire, police and hospital officials said.

Twelve Iraqis - most civilians - were wounded in the battle Saturday in Samarra, the Iraqi officials said.

There was no comment from the U.S. military...

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[DavidDvorkin]

1. Iraqi forces, American insurgents clash nort of capital

That's what the headline should have read, but I don't expect to see the media start putting things in those terms.

[jmcgowanjm]

2. 1 helo has been shot down around Baquba,Sammara

Saturday, 12 June 2004.

Resistance downs US helicopter north of Baghdad.

News media have reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters
shot down an American helicopter at noon on Saturday. The
US aircraft was on its way between Baghdad and the US base
in at-Taji, 20km north of the Iraqi capital. The Resistance
struck the US aircraft with a surface-to-air missile, hitting it
and causing it to burst into flames and flip over before hitting
the ground.

US military propaganda acknowledged the crash, but
claimed that two military crewmen were only “slightly
injured” and made an emergency landing as a
result.


Iraqi Resistance Report June 10 - June 13, 2004


Sunday, 13 June 2004.

‘Atiyah said that the helicopter crew was killed in the
attack
and that the helicopter burst into flames.

On Saturday the US military admitted such an attack caused
a US helicopter to make a forced landing between Baghdad
and at-Taji, but claimed that the US crew suffered only
minor injuries.

http://www.jihadunspun.com/index-side_internal.php?article=6481&list=/home.php&
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You know that the military thinks that they have a certain # of forces available.

What if the 2+ sets of casualties books the US is
using are so skewed that one day ... what, a colonel
has to tell his 2 star general that the troops aren't
able to respond 'cause there's no one left but us, Kimmel
and Senor?