Attacks continued against the American forces, explosion in al-Ramadi, Baghdad
Violent clashes escalated between the American forces and the armed elements in al-Anbar governorate to the west of Baghdad which includes al-Ramadi and Falluja, while attacks and acts of violence continued in other area.
The Iraqi ministry of health said that 10 persons were killed and other 6 injured in violent clashes between the American forces and armed men in the downtown of al-Ramadi yesterday after the gunmen attacked one American vehicle.
One American military spokesman said that one American marine was killed on Tuesday in the fighting which took place in this area. Ten Iraqis were killed on Tuesday and 23 others injured including three children in violent clashes between gunmen and the American forces in several quarters in al-Ramadi. medical sources said the violent American bombardment obstructed admission of injured people to hospitals.
A base for the American forces to the south of al-Miqdadeyah city in Deyali governorate was attacked by mortars shelling yesterday morning. Armed men launched an attack by missile shelling at an American patrol in al-Qaem city adjoining the Syrian border and this resulted in wounding three soldiers at least.
In another attack, one booby trapped car went off in the Iraqi al-Sweira town to the south of Baghdad and this resulted in killing two persons and wounding ten. The Iraqi ministry of the interior said that the attack targeted an inspection point for the Iraqi national guards.
Also four Iraqi police men and one Iraqi civilian were injured in a bomb explosion in Baqouba city to the northern east of Baghdad.
Meantime, an American military source announced finding the bodies of three civilian Iraqis with their heads chopped yesterday morning to the north of Baghdad. The source said that the American forces found the bodies and the chopped heads on the highway to the west of Baghdad.
In Tel Afar, one Iraqi medical source said that the last outcome of the American bombardment and violent fighting reached 56 killing and 157 injured. The source explained that the majority of the killing and the wounded are men and children in addition to several police men.