.US says kills 26 in Ramadi
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - The United States military said it had killed 26 rebels on Friday night after coming under fire from several locations in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, west of Baghdad.
"Marines and soldiers ... were attacked at multiple locations with rocket-propelled grenades, medium machinegun fire and small arms fire from buildings targeting outposts in the northwest portion of the city," it said in a statement on Saturday.
Six insurgents were wounded and there were no U.S. casualties in the fighting, said the military.
U.S. and Iraqi forces had been beefing up their presence in Ramadi in a bid to drive out Sunni Arab insurgents fighting to topple the U.S.-backed, Shi'ite-led government.
But street to street battles continue in Ramadi, a key bastion for the insurgency.
Reuters
"Marines and soldiers ... were attacked at multiple locations with rocket-propelled grenades, medium machinegun fire and small arms fire from buildings targeting outposts in the northwest portion of the city," it said in a statement on Saturday.
Six insurgents were wounded and there were no U.S. casualties in the fighting, said the military.
U.S. and Iraqi forces had been beefing up their presence in Ramadi in a bid to drive out Sunni Arab insurgents fighting to topple the U.S.-backed, Shi'ite-led government.
But street to street battles continue in Ramadi, a key bastion for the insurgency.
Reuters
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