Baqouba Sealed Off as U.S. Forces Lose Control of City

[Barrett808]

Baqouba Sealed Off as U.S. Forces Lose Control of City
by Dahr Jamail

Baqouba, Iraq , Jun 24 - Just six days before Iraq’s interim government is to gain partial sovereignty from the US, resistance fighters launched a series of coordinated attacks against US forces and Iraqi government targets in Baghdad, Mosul, Ramadi and Baqouba today. Fierce fighting between the Iraqi resistance and US forces has killed at least 85 people and wounded 320, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Health..

Here in Baqouba, a small city 50 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, early morning attacks by resistance fighters and bombing raids by the US military killed 13 civilians and wounded another 15 , according to the Health Ministry. Sporadic fighting continued around Baqouba this afternoon after US forces sealed off the city.

A sergeant with the 1st Infantry Division, whose fatigue label said Johnson, said resistance fighters ambushed a US patrol in the city at 5:30 this morning, killing two soldiers and wounding seven others. This was later confirmed by a Multi-National Corps Iraq Press Release. Sergeant Johnson said his unit called in tanks for support after the initial attack.

Shortly after the attack, insurgents appeared to have taken control of the Al-Mufraq district in western Baqouba. Residents here said occupation forces had retreated from the area after being ambushed.

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[Jacobin]

1. How long will we beat our heads against the wall

and kill our soldiers and innocent Iraqis until we realize that they don't want us there, it is not our country and that we should get the fuck out?

[Miss Authoritiva]

2. Let's see: bombings, ambushes, explosions, assassinations,

kidnappings, infrastructure sabotage. Sounds like the faux peace is holding for the transfer of faux sovereignty.

[leftchick]

3. in bush*world Iraqi "sovereignty" actually means...

total clusterfuck.... :grr:

[Coventina]

4. More "signs of success"

Man, we are succeeding beyond our wildest dreams!
:eyes:

[Aidoneus]

5. another Fallujah-style massacre to take it back?

The Marines retreated from Fallujah, 1ID falling back from Baquba.. Geraldo was right, there is good news out of Iraq!

Dahr Jamail is a national treasure, on the side..

[seventhson]

6. Bush is a complete f*cking idiot

and everyone knows it.

What is sad is that so many americans were fooled by this asshole and that so many have died needlessly.

9-11 was the Bushes' fault for cozying up to Bin Laden and the insane saudi clown posse royale in the first place. This hell in Iraq is their fault for cozying up to Saddam in the second place.

and if Bush is not defeated soundly in November whatever hell is visited upon America after that will be OUR fault for not defeating him.

[pfitz59]

7. Less than a week to full "sovreignity"......

Unka Dickie sez "Fuck you!' While Boy George pleads the 5th! What a cluster....