Iraq - U.S. Marines killed 25 insurgents and captured 25 others during fierce fighting in Ramadi, a hotbed of the insurgency against U.S. and Iraqi forces, the American military said Thursday. A decapitated body, meanwhile, was found on the banks of the Tigris River in northern Iraq.
The gruesome discovery was made Wednesday, the same day militants announced they had abducted three Kenyans, three Indians and an Egyptian and would behead one every 72 hours starting Saturday if their countries did not announce intentions to withdraw troops and citizens from Iraq. The Kenyan government on Thursday urged all its citizens to leave Iraq immediately.
The fighting Wednesday in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, wounded 14 U.S. servicemen, but none of the injuries was life-threatening, and 10 returned to duty, the Marines said.
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In Baghdad, insurgents fought U.S. soldiers on Haifa Street, the scene of a shootout earlier this month, an unidentified hospital official told Associated Press Television News. Two Iraqis were reported wounded.
Interior Ministry official Sabah Khadum said Iraqi police and intelligence forces arrested 200 people, including several "non-Iraqi Arabs," in the Haifa Street operation and discovered a huge cache of weapons. U.S. and Iraqi officials have long complained that fighters from neighboring countries are battling coalition forces.
Matt's Chat
Our boys got some today! Hoorah! This is why you don't capitulate to terrorists. In the long run, you will win. Terrorism is the tactics of the desperate.
Mark's Remarks
John Kerry Delenda Est!
