Mortar launched at American base in Fallujah; Kurdish parties to ban cars

[Judi Lynn]

Mortar launched at American base in Fallujah; Kurdish parties to ban cars without license plates
By Robert H. Reid, Associated Press, 2/27/2004 06:52


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) U.S. soldiers arrested five Iraqis on Friday after a roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy north of the capital. A series of nighttime explosions shook the volatile area of Fallujah, but the U.S. military said they caused no casualties.

American troops sealed off the area and arrested the Iraqis after the roadside bomb went off Friday morning in Khalis, 50 miles north of Baghdad. A civilian SUV was damaged and three passengers may have been injured, witnesses said.

A U.S. Army spokesman also said a mortar was fired Thursday night at the Forward Operating Base St. Mare in Fallujah, but it caused no casualties or damage to the post. Witnesses, however, said they heard multiple explosions.

In nearby Ramadi, witnesses said a pair of Army Humvees were attacked with RPGs as they tried to visit a police station. Hatif Mahmoud, who saw the attack, said there didn't appear to be any casualties, but a window on one of the Humvees was broken.
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