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130 KILLED IN IRAQ - REPORTS (Not confirmed by other sources- report seems incorrect)
Sky News ^ | Tuesday, April 6, 2004

Posted on 04/06/2004 2:35:39 PM PDT by kristinn

A Pentagon source has said up to 130 US troops have been killed in fierce fighting in Iraq.

The large scale battle, described as "intense", has taken place in the town of Ar Ramadi, 20 miles west of Fallujah.

Sky News' David Chater said: "None of this is official yet - none of it is confirmed."

But he added: "It sounds very much like this is being carried out by men who are militarily trained."

Chater described the attack as "highly sophisticated".

More follows...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; muslims
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To: kristinn
Well. At any rate. Here's hoping that's an approaching and pissed off AC-130H/U Gunship he hears over his right shoulder.....


42 posted on 04/06/2004 2:47:04 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Another vote here for Bush, only IF Congress ends up defeating his illegal immigration amnesty law)
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To: kristinn
Where the hell is our troops air support?
43 posted on 04/06/2004 2:47:14 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (What went wrong? Bush couldn't fix 8 years of Clinton bumbling in 8 months. Next question please.)
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To: Dog
4 Fallujah, 2 Bagdad, 12 in Ramadi killed
44 posted on 04/06/2004 2:48:24 PM PDT by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( President Bush 3-20-04))
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To: Travis McGee
I like when our guys were going into towns yelling insults directed towards terrorists.

The terrorists would come out screaming and I heard they made great target practice.
45 posted on 04/06/2004 2:48:25 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: stopthefreakingdems
Need some kind of confirmation of this. The local talk radio over here is already going nuts. If these reports are false (I hope they are) need info.
46 posted on 04/06/2004 2:48:35 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (We live, my dear soul, in an age of trial. What will be the consequence, I know not. - John Adams)
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To: kristinn
Fox is saying 12 with 20 injured

I've also seen 118 enemy killed in one battle, and 64 in another from other reports.

A guy on Fox (former Ranger) said this is the perfect unit to have in Iraq. These troops have been training for months for this exact type of warfare. Seems to me that we expected this type of resistance to happen just before the turn over in June.

Remember .. the surprise attack is over! We are now on alert and they will not be able to surprise us again.
47 posted on 04/06/2004 2:49:40 PM PDT by CyberAnt (The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
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To: F.J. Mitchell
On the other thread, the long one about Sadr, it said the Spectre was coming in tonight. One mean fighting machine from what I gathered. Go check out the other thread, as I'm no expert.
48 posted on 04/06/2004 2:50:24 PM PDT by madison10 (Proud member of RAM since 1978.)
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To: Southack
Rumsfeld said U.S. troops have captured a number of people in Fallujah in the last 36 hours.

"Captured"??
That's depressing.

49 posted on 04/06/2004 2:51:41 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: kristinn
Ap reporting it's mostly Iraqis in Fallujah. Nothing about Ramadi

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20040406/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
64 Iraqis Die in Battle With U.S. Forces
50 posted on 04/06/2004 2:51:46 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: kristinn
Stop the BODY COUNT!!! Please!
51 posted on 04/06/2004 2:51:46 PM PDT by PISANO (Our troops...... will NOT tire...will NOT falter.....and WILL NOT FAIL!!!)
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To: kristinn
We had better start fighting a war free from political concerns. If we have to lay waste to Falujah, so be it. I'm concerned that our leaders are starting to weigh the "political cost" of military action. That time has passed. The decision to wage war made with political considerations. Now that we are at war, our job is to kick ass and save our servicemen's lives. Bring in the air power. 1,000 dead Iraqis are not worth the life of a single U.S. serviceman's.
52 posted on 04/06/2004 2:52:34 PM PDT by LibertyJihad
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To: Southack
....and lame.
53 posted on 04/06/2004 2:52:36 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: F.J. Mitchell
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1112558/posts?page=77#77

loose lips and all that.
BUT a little report passed to known freepers now and then, might be useful.. in lifting spirits..

check it out.
reports of apaches and air cap cover...
(a-10's perhaps?)

be well
robert
54 posted on 04/06/2004 2:52:57 PM PDT by Robert_Paulson2 (the madridification of our election is now officially underway.)
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To: CyberAnt
IMHO it seems that President Bush knew something was about to stir up. Check out this post from yesterday morning:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111701/posts?page=37#37
55 posted on 04/06/2004 2:53:57 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: kristinn
Just posted...looks like it's not 120.

12 Marines Reported Dead in Ramadi Attack
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20040406/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq_deaths

WASHINGTON - Up to a dozen Marines were reported killed in new fighting in Iraq (news - web sites), the Pentagon (news - web sites) said Tuesday.

Reports from the field said dozens of Iraqis attacked a Marine position near the governor's palace in Ramadi, a senior defense official said.

"A significant number" of Marines were killed, and initial reports indicated it might be up to a dozen, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Heavy casualties were inflicted on the insurgents as well, officials said.

It was not immediately known who the attackers were, nor whether the attack was related to fighting under way in nearby Fallujah.

In Fallujah, Marines were pressing an assault promised after the killings and mutilations of four American civilians there last week.
56 posted on 04/06/2004 2:53:59 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: CougarGA7
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1112511/posts?q=1&&page=751

Check the above thread. From appearances it looks like SKY news reversed the numbers the 130 is possibly enemy losses. The radio station is going nuts way too soon. ACCURATE facts probably won't be out until tomorrow.

57 posted on 04/06/2004 2:54:52 PM PDT by madison10 (Proud member of RAM since 1978.)
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this report is false/a guess by Sky News



http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13047720,00.html
58 posted on 04/06/2004 2:55:05 PM PDT by KQQL (@)
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To: The G Man
I think it is time to stop discussing our military efforts in the political correct terms of "surgical, sensitive to collateral damage, precision, proportional" We need sudden and overwhelming force to clean out the areas. Carpet bomb from above and let the Marines just do the body count. I'd rather lose another 1000 of them (any of them) to one more Marine or GI.
59 posted on 04/06/2004 2:55:16 PM PDT by scannell
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To: Robert_Paulson2
Our commanders were pulling people who normally don't go into combat because the battle was so hot......

Oh, oh, I can hear it now - Bush didn't have sufficient troops in this area and our soldiers were sacrificed unnecessarily.

I think I'm going to be sick.

Leni

60 posted on 04/06/2004 2:56:01 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Paradise is not lost ! You'll find it May 22 aboard "FReeps Ahoy 3". Register now for our cruise.)
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