.... the Iraqi Resistance had mounted four various attacks on the attacking US forces in the area [Amiriyat al-Fallujah, just south of the city , forcing them to dig in and take cover inside schools and government office buildings. .... at 10am Tuesday morning a bomb exploded [near]by a US patrol that was trying to close the road known as the al-Bu âIsa Road to prevent the people of Fallujah from entering or leaving the city by that route. The blast destroyed a Humvee and reportedly left three American soldiers dead and a fourth wounded. As the âGnawing Ratsâ operation continues, the al-Bu âIsa Road remained closed on Wednesday ....
The second and third attacks coincided with the arrival of US forces in the environs of Fallujah coming from the area of âAmiriyat al-Fallujah. Four Resistance rockets blasted into the Buzaybiz area, an open area in which the US forces were gathering at 12 noon Tuesday. Then at 3pm Tuesday seven powerful Grad rockets slammed into the same area, killing or wounding 13 US Marines, according to a source in the Iraqi puppet army.
During Tuesday-Wednesday night a martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-laden car into the area at the crossroads of the cities of âAmiriyat al-Fallujah and al-Habbaniyah near the cemetery of the martyrs of al-Qadisiyah, destroying two Humvees and reportedly killing or wounding a number of US troops.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired seven heavy 120mm mortar rounds at a concentration of US troops in âAmiriyat al-Fallujah at 8:45pm local time Wednesday night .... About 15 minutes after the attack on the Americans concentrated in âAmiriyat al-Fallujah, the Resistance fired seven more 120mm mortar rounds into the facility for military production now called al-âAmir Facility, but known as the Saddam Facility for Military Production prior to the American occupation. US forces occupied that facility, also located in âAmiriyat al-Fallujah, about two months ago and turned it into a camp. ...