This attack reads like a replay of the start of the TET Offensice in Vietnam where the Viet Cong launched suicide attacks against US bases all over South Vietnam at the same time.
Dose anyone know which base?
Does anyone know if that is in Diayla Province?
Sunni loyalists want former dictator back in power and U.S. troops gone
By Anita Powell, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Monday, September 25, 2006
Anita Powell / S&S
Many residents of Tarmiyah, Iraq, say they would be happy to see Saddam Hussein return to power. However, they were willing to do business with Capt. Casey Connors, who bought sweets during a recent visit.
TARMIYAH, Iraq — The Saddam Hussein Fan Club is alive and well — at least it seems to be in this dusty Sunni town north of Baghdad.
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The U.S.-led teams have faced limited direct defiance as they set up checkpoints and comb neighborhoods. But that could change as they move into more volatile sections. The next could be Sadr City, a stronghold of the Mahdi Army militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
U.S. soldiers pressed closer to Sadr City and the reception changed noticeably. In previous days, Shiite families opened their doors to welcome the troops — feeling that the American presence would be a buffer against feared attacks from Sunni militia.
On Sunday, in areas closer to Sadr City, parents slapped away the candy and lollipops given by American soldiers.
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Last Updated: Monday, 19 February 2007, 16:20 GMT
At least 30 die in Iraq attacks
A number of bombings and mortar attacks in Iraq have left about 30 people dead and many wounded.
The violence comes despite an intensified security operation in the capital, Baghdad, and across Iraq.
Eleven people, including five police officers, died in a car bomb attack near Ramadi in western Anbar province.
About 20 people were also killed in violence in Baghdad, including 11 in a mortar attack on a Shia enclave in the southern districts of the city.
New measures
Meanwhile, two US soldiers were killed and 17 others were wounded after a suicide attack at a "combat outpost" north of Baghdad.
The US has created these so-called combat outposts in several districts as part of the new security plan.
The aim is for troops to live, work and conduct operations from these outposts rather than return to US military bases.
Two days ago, two US soldiers were killed while on patrol in the capital as part of the new measures.
The bombing in Ramadi occurred outside the home of prominent Sunni leader Sattar al-Reshawi. He was not at home at the time.
On Sunday, two car bombs went off at a crowded Baghdad market leaving more than 60 people dead.
I heard the news blurb on ABC radio this morning at work. Naturally the highly unbiased (smirk)speaker announced the American deaths without once mentioning how many attackers were killed or even the outcome of the engagement.
Militants hit Iraq base, kill 2 U.S. GIs
By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents staged a bold daylight assault against a U.S. combat post north of the capital Monday — first striking with a suicide car bombing, then firing on soldiers pinned down in a former Iraqi police station. At least two soldiers were killed and 17 wounded, the military said.
Elsewhere, three U.S. soldiers were killed and two were wounded in a roadside bombing southwest of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said. The military also announced the deaths of three Marines and one soldier since Saturday while conducting combat operations in the western province of Anbar.
Altogether, nine U.S. service members have been reported killed since the beginning of the weekend, six of them on Monday.
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