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Several killed in Iraq ambush Friday 09 April 2004, 14:48 Makka Time, 11:48 GMT Scene in Abu Ghuraib after the ambush Iraqi fighters have ambushed a US patrol in Abu Ghuraib area, west of Baghdad killing at least nine people, reported our correspondent. Fighters also seized control of the highway linking the predominantly Sunni Muslim town with the besieged city of Falluja, west of Baghdad. Hundreds of fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov assault rifles were running along the highway, an AFP correspondent said. An AFP photographer reported earlier that fierce clashes pitted US occupation troops against fighters in...

In what has become almost a nightly ritual, soldiers from A Troop, 1st Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment, lined up their vehicles on a quiet side street in the sleepy town of Abu Ghuraib, Iraq, just before initiating a cordon-and-search mission March 17. This time, A Troop, part of the 1st Cavalry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Task Force 1st Armored Division, was part of the divisionwide Operation Iron Promise. Officials say the operation is being carried out on the streets of Baghdad to show the Iraqi people that coalition forces are committed to securing the region and are determined to...