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US military seals off Saddam`s village
Baghdad, Oct 31: Trying to stem a growing insurgency attributed to Saddam Hussein loyalists, American soldiers today sealed off the village where the former leader was born, while US and Iraqi security forces clashed with rioters carrying Saddam`s portrait near Baghdad.
Baghdad, Oct 31: Trying to stem a growing insurgency attributed to Saddam Hussein loyalists, American soldiers today sealed off the village where the former leader
was born, while US and Iraqi security forces clashed with rioters carrying Saddam's portrait near Baghdad.
In Washington, the House of Representatives approved a massive appropriation requested by the Bush administration for nearly USD 65 billion for military operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and USD 18.6 billion for reconstruction in Iraq. The Senate is expected to follow suit quickly.
Insurgents mounted a series of harassing attacks on US and Iraqi government targets in the northern city of Mosul, US officers today said. There were no injuries in the overnight shelling of a US base near Mosul, the explosion of a roadside bomb near a US foot patrol on the city's outskirts, or in an attack by unidentified gunmen who sprayed Mosul's city hall with automatic fire, they said. Those skirmishes came after a bomb exploded yesterday ear a military police convoy in northern Baghdad, wounding two Americans.
The upsurge of attacks this week, which coincided with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, has already killed more than 40 people wounded more than 200, most of them Iraqis killed in coordinated car bombings on Monday in Baghdad. The deteriorating security situation led to the temporary pullout of staff members from several international groups, including the United Nations and the Red Cross.
Bureau Report
Insurgents mounted a series of harassing attacks on US and Iraqi government targets in the northern city of Mosul, US officers today said. There were no injuries in the overnight shelling of a US base near Mosul, the explosion of a roadside bomb near a US foot patrol on the city's outskirts, or in an attack by unidentified gunmen who sprayed Mosul's city hall with automatic fire, they said. Those skirmishes came after a bomb exploded yesterday ear a military police convoy in northern Baghdad, wounding two Americans.
The upsurge of attacks this week, which coincided with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, has already killed more than 40 people wounded more than 200, most of them Iraqis killed in coordinated car bombings on Monday in Baghdad. The deteriorating security situation led to the temporary pullout of staff members from several international groups, including the United Nations and the Red Cross.
Bureau Report