Iraq: A Day in the Life-City by Citiy

Basra: Another "Black Hawk Down"
  I  asked how he would describe the last couple of weeks in this, third largest, southern city.  "Did you see the movie "Black Hawk Down"? he asked. "It's been like that."

Sammara: No-go Zone
   Over the past few months, insurgents in Samarra have deposed the U.S.-picked leaders and put to death people suspected of collaborating with them, making the northern Iraqi city the latest no-go zone for Iraqi and American troops.
 
Fallujah: U.S. Making More Enemies  
   "We have received 17 dead people and six wounded, several in serious condition", said Doctor Seifeddin Taha, from the Falluja general hospital. "All the wounded are families. Among the dead, there could be two or three children but the bodies are torn to pieces and it's difficult to tell," he told the AFP news agency.

  

Ramadi: Deadly Trap
   This is the first in a three-part story of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, which has lost 22 of its 185 men in Iraq, more than any other Marine or Army company.

Kirkuk: Trouble Brewing
   Iraqi Kurds have intensified their Kurdification campaign in the oil-rich Northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Iraqi Turkmen sources have claimed.
  
Baghdad: Next Front with al Sadr  
   The fight with renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is not over and the U.S. military must retake his stronghold in Baghdad's Sadr City slum, a top U.S. commander said Thursday.

You can find these and other stories linked on the CFBA-Iraq News page.

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