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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (501217)	11/30/2003 11:09:45 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

If anyone is guilty, it is your hero..Clinton..he had Bin Laden in his hands and let him go...mean while Hillary was busy driving dead bodies all over DC, and kissing Arafat... What a pair...you worship.. Here is something to make you cry...the American soldiers actually killed a whole bunch of bad guys. I bet you feel sorry for the Iraqi's don't you? U.S. Kills 46 Iraqi Fighters in the North 16 minutes ago By NIKO PRICE, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - In the deadliest reported firefight since the fall of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime, U.S. soldiers fought back coordinated attacks Sunday using tanks, cannons and small arms in running battles throughout the northern city of Samarra. The troops killed 46 Iraqi fighters, and five Americans were wounded. Minutes later, two South Korean contractors were killed nearby in a roadside ambush in what U.S. officials called a new campaign aimed at undermining international support for the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq (news - web sites). Attacks on Saturday killed seven Spaniards, two Japanese diplomats and a Colombian oil worker. Lt. Col. William MacDonald of the 4th Infantry Division said attackers, many wearing uniforms of Saddam's Fedayeen militia, opened fire simultaneously on two U.S. supply convoys on opposite sides of Samarra. After barricading a road, the attackers began firing from rooftops and alleyways with small arms, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, he said. U.S. troops responded with rifles, 120mm tank rounds and 25mm cannon fire from Bradley fighting vehicles. U.S. fire destroyed three buildings the attackers were using, MacDonald said. "It sounds like the attack had some coordination to it, but the soldiers responded, used their firepower, used tank and Bradley fire and other weapons available to them, to stop this attack and take the fight to the enemy," he said. When the smoke cleared, 46 Iraqis were dead, 18 were wounded and eight were captured, MacDonald said. Five American soldiers and a civilian were wounded, he said, adding that none of the injuries were life-threatening. "We have been very aggressive in our convoy operations to ensure the maximum force protection is with each convoy," MacDonald said. "But it does send a clear message that if you attempt to attack one of our convoys, we're going to use our firepower to stop that attack." Shortly after the firefight, four men in a BMW attacked another U.S. convoy in Samarra with automatic rifles, MacDonald said. The soldiers wounded all four men and found Kalashnikov rifles and grenade launchers in their car. MacDonald said the attack was the largest faced by his Task Force Ironhorse — whose mission includes the hunt for Saddam. Military officials in Baghdad said they haven't reported a deadlier attack since May 1, when President Bush (news - web sites) declared major combat over. U.S. officials have only sporadically released figures on Iraqi casualties, and wouldn't say whether there has been a deadlier firefight that went unreported. Samarra is 60 miles north of Baghdad in the so-called Sunni Triangle, where opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq has been fiercest. The fighting came as the U.S.-picked Iraqi Governing Council said Sunday it is rethinking an agreement with Americans for a power handover by July, with officials saying the council has set up a committee to assess the best way to choose a provisional legislature. A delay or unraveling of the agreement would be a major setback for Iraq's U.S.-led administration.