News on killing 8 American soldiers in an ambush by Iraqi resistance
News reports said that the American forces might have been exposed to largest human losses in one ambush since Washington's declaration on ending its major military operations in Iraq.
News reports said that 10 American soldiers were killed or wounded in al-Khaledeyah city, to the west of Baghdad., at a time when the occupation forces intend to make several field measures with the aim to alleviate attacks against its soldiers by the Iraqi resistance, including withdrawal from certain Iraqi cities.
An American military convoy was exposed to attacks in al-Khaledeyah. Al-Arabia TV station said that 8 American soldiers were killed in these attacks. One witness said that an attack by explosives "targeted the vehicle carrying 10 soldiers and fire was set ablaze in it," noting that several soldiers were taken from it, suffering burns.
The occupation soldiers started to open fire indiscriminately awaiting for the arrival of reinforcement to rescue them and they hit a three- year old child in his chest.
Mahmoud Ali (45 year old) from al-Khaladeyah said that the vehicle was hit while crossing the city heading from al-Falouja to al-Ramadi on the west, noting that "one explosive went off under a military vehicle and fire erupted in it as a result.
However, an American military source said that two American soldiers were wounded when their convoy was exposed to fire of small weapons and explosions on East al-Ramadi, noting that three vehicles were exposed to an attack: two trucks and one car.
The occupation forces prevented journalists from approaching and the US soldiers opened fire at the AP news agency when one of its photographers was trying to take a picture at the attack site.
Some 100 Iraqis celebrated in one of al-Khaledeyah street whose police chief was killed in an ambush on Monday.
In al-Musil, a series of attacks took place targeting the American forces starting as from Wednesday evening, hours following the call made by the overthrown Iraqi President to "resist the occupation," according to witnesses.
The citizens of al-Falouja city buried the body of a 14- year old child. Witnesses said that Sufyan al-Kubeisi was killed when an American patrol opened fire at a group of men celebrating a wedding. The witnesses added that six persons were injured in the incident and thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in an angry funeral procession.
Meantime, commander of the American forces in Iraq Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez is considering if he will be able to withdraw his forces from certain Iraqi cities and he will do so immediately if it becomes clear that the Iraqi security forces are ready to assume responsibility in these cities.
Sanchez, who has been leading a force of 150,000 troops occupying Iraq explained "we will be ready to do that immediately if such conditions are permit in any place in the country."
