Six American soldiers killed, injured in Iraq
Iraq-USA, Military, 12/1/2004

One American soldier was killed to the north of Baghdad while other five were injured after one booby trapped car targeted a convoy they were among.

In Beiji to the north of Baghdad two Iraqi soldiers were injured in a patrol and this resulted in killing 7 Iraqis and injuring other 20 others.

One American vehicle was damaged in al-Khaledeyah as one explosive went on as American convoys was running.

In Falluja, the American forces continued their operations there and announced finding a weapons store in it. News reports said that violent confrontations took place between these forces and gunmen who were still fortifying their positions in al-Golan quarters to the north west of the city, al-Shuhadaa district and Jubeil in its south in which American jets took part.

The American forces permitted the Iraqi Red Crescent to evacuate several women and children from inside Falluja.

To the south of Iraq, one official in al-Maseeb electricity generation station said that one oil pipeline providing this station with electricity, situated to the south of Baghdad, was damaged on Tuesday at dawn and this resulted in a fire eruption in it.

Near an arable area to the south of Ltefeh, two civilian customs wearing bodies were found with each had three bullets in the head. The two bodies whose identities were not known left near the oil pipeline. The rescue men refused to pullback the two bodies under security allegations.

The Iraqi army and the American forces are conducting patrols in the city which is situated within what is called the "triangle of death."

In the same context Gen. Bill Rollo who is considered the second man in leading the British forces in Iraq announced that new deployment operations for the British forces are possible in the areas which fall under the supervision of the Americans, including Falluja if the situation demands so.

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