現在地 HOME > 掲示板 > 戦争43 > 830.html 　★阿修羅♪

次へ　前へ

U.S. Forces Say Kill 46 Iraqis Trying to Ambush Them
Sun November 30, 2003 04:42 PM ET

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers killed 46 Iraqis and captured eight trying to carry out a series of attempted ambushes on U.S. convoys in the central Iraqi city of Samarra on Sunday, a U.S. military spokesman said.

"The fourth infantry division repelled multiple ambush attacks," Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald told reporters.

At least 18 attackers, five U.S. soldiers and a civilian traveling with the troops were wounded during the ambushes.

"The attacks were coordinated in locations very close to each other," he said, adding that the ambushes were made on separate U.S. convoys using mortars, grenades and small arms fire. Three buildings, from whose roofs the attackers fired, were destroyed.

"The attackers attempted to block one of the convoy's way with a makeshift barricade," MacDonald said, citing three main attack points around Samarra, north of Baghdad.

"In all of the clashes coalition firepower overwhelmed the attackers resulting in significant enemy losses," he said. "If you attempt to attack one of our convoys we're going to use our firepower to stop that attack."

Some of the attackers wore the attire of Fedayeen, a militia formed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein before U.S.-led forces toppled him earlier this year.

The Fedayeen are among the former Saddam loyalists blamed by Washington for coordinating a rising insurgency against Iraq's U.S. occupiers.

"This is the largest (ambush) for our task force since we've been in the area," MacDonald said.

He declined to say whether the coordinated ambushes were linked to attacks on civilian foreign nationals in the Tikrit- Samarra area in the last two days.

Samarra and Tikrit, where the 4th infantry division is based, are located in the center of Iraq where most attacks on foreign forces and Iraqis cooperating with them have been concentrated.

© Reuters 2003. All Rights Reserved.

　次へ 　前へ

戦争43掲示板へ

フォローアップ:

• 米軍、無差別に攻撃か　サマラの戦闘、市民犠牲に [Yahoo!News-共同通信]　【ヘリコプターなどから無差別に攻撃した】 ひろ 2003/12/03 22:59:51 (0)
• 米軍と民兵組織が銃撃戦、民間人含む５４人死亡　イラク [asahi.com]　【女性・子供を含む民間人８人死亡、６０人以上けが】 ひろ 2003/12/01 21:27:24 (0)
• イラク駐留米軍、武装集団４６人を殺害　　　　★（ますます反米勢力が活性化） パルチザン 2003/12/01 10:50:38 (1)
  • サマラで大規模衝突　反米イラク人ら４６人死亡 パルチザン 2003/12/01 11:06:23 (0)

　

　

　

　

拍手はせず、拍手一覧を見る

---

★登録無しでコメント可能。今すぐ反映　通常 ｜動画・ツイッター等 ｜htmltag可（熟練者向）
（タグCheck ｜タグに'だけを使っている場合のcheck ｜checkしない）（各説明）

（←ペンネーム新規登録ならチェック）
↓ペンネーム（2023/11/26から必須）

↓パスワード（ペンネームに必須）

（ペンネームとパスワードは初回使用で記録、次回以降にチェック。パスワードはメモすべし。）
↓画像認証
（ 上画像文字を入力）
ルール確認＆失敗対策
画像の URL (任意):

投稿コメント全ログ 　コメント即時配信 　スレ建て依頼 　削除コメント確認方法

---

★阿修羅♪　http://www.asyura2.com/ 　since 1995
　題名には必ず「阿修羅さんへ」と記述してください。
掲示板,ＭＬを含むこのサイトすべての
一切の引用、転載、リンクを許可いたします。確認メールは不要です。
引用元リンクを表示してください。