Tue July 15, 2003 08:30 AM ET
HABBANIAH, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed five Iraqis and captured another Tuesday after they came under ambush while driving out of an ammunition depot west of Baghdad, the commander of the unit said.
The clash, between the cities of Ramadi and Habbaniyah about 60 miles west of Baghdad, took place in particularly hostile territory for U.S. troops. The military has blamed a spate of attacks in the predominantly Sunni Muslim area on die- hard loyalists of ousted President Saddam Hussein.
"Our unit was making its way out of the ammunitions dump when we were ambushed. Our Bradleys (fighting vehicles) fought back and we killed five attackers," Captain Mark Miller, the commander of the company involved, told Reuters.
Sounds like they are missing a few more thugs - good riddance!!
There were no U.S. casualties.
Kinda of nice to have that armor and some big guns to cut up some "rebel" bastards!
Miller said the ambushers had probably been expecting the soldiers to be in soft-skinned Humvee vehicles but instead they were in tank-like Bradleys, which overpowered the attackers.
More than 100 Iraqis have been killed in fighting since major combat was declared over on May 1 but the U.S. military has not provided figures. A good start to calming things down - let some more hothead shoot at a tank and see what happens !!
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