US troops stretched to limit as insurgents fight back

Anthony Butcher · 13-11-2004, 02:50 AM

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Insurgent attacks across Iraq stretched American forces to their limits yesterday when rebels appeared to be in control of at least two cities, and the operation in Fallujah entered its most dangerous phase.

The holy city of Najaf became the seventh city to be placed under a night-time curfew with insurgents across the Sunni Triangle, the country's most volatile region, united in their determination to use the battle for Fallujah as a rallying call to terror.

Despite air strikes on Iraq's main northern city, Mosul, on Thursday night and claims by US forces that the city was calm, masked gunmen openly controlled its streets yesterday with eyewitnesses reporting that neither police nor US forces were to be seen.

Those January elections are looking a little less likely today.

mkpdavies · 13-11-2004, 07:41 AM

They will fudge some sort of election. How fair it will be is anyones guess, and there will always be people who say it was fixed.

Sorry I still think this is a no win situation, this will go on for years and who knows what Iraq will be like after then.

13-11-2004, 07:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,604	They will fudge some sort of election. How fair it will be is anyones guess, and there will always be people who say it was fixed. Sorry I still think this is a no win situation, this will go on for years and who knows what Iraq will be like after then. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

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