Clashes Break Out in Center of Ramadi

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Explosions shook the center of the Sunni Triangle city of Ramadi on Wednesday and U.S. troops clashed with insurgents, residents said.



Witnesses said they saw a U.S. Humvee on fire. Some of the clashes, which were continuing at sunset, erupted near the local administration building. Smoke was seen rising from a street in the center of the city.



http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_ramadi_clashes_1

[NNN0LHI]

1. Democracy appears to be busting out all over Iraq today n/t

[maddezmom]

2. yes, Ramadi, Mosul, Baiji, Baghdad, etc

wonder how many more curfews will be announced today?? :eyes:

[Old and In the Way]

3. Don't they know about Bush's mandate?

[lebkuchen]

4. I'm just glad we have enough troops in Iraq

like Rummy keeps telling us.

[Yavin4]

5. Can't They See That Bush Is Protecting

them from Gay marriage?

[BJ]

6. These are the guys who left Fallujah before the Marines arrived.

Our leaders in the Pentagon. Ya gotta love'em.

[bluedog]

7. what did the US expect?

they gave them 2 weeks to get out of Fallujah and they probably had tunnels underground...
they knew the attack was coming after the elections here......it was fore warned........they just split and went to other parts of Iraq and left a rag tag force to put out the booby traps and put up some kind of fight!!!!!!