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To: Skywatcher who wrote (29316)	11/7/2004 7:46:06 AM
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Freedom is on the march as the great success story continues to unfold: Insurgents Kill More Than 50 Across Iraq By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents attacked police stations, gunned down government officials and set off bombs Sunday in central Iraq (news - web sites), leaving more than 50 people dead and more than 60 injured over two days in a dramatic escalation of violence as U.S. forces prepare to storm rebel-held Fallujah. The wave of violence sweeping the troubled Sunni Triangle north and west of Baghdad may be aimed at relieving pressure on Fallujah, where about 10,000 American troops are massing for a major assault if Prime Minister Ayad Allawi gives the order. At dawn Sunday, armed rebels launched attacks against police stations in western Anbar province, leaving 22 people dead, according to police and hospital officials. At least seven of those killed were policemen, who were lined up and shot execution style. Using bombs and small arms fire, insurgents hit three police stations in the neighboring towns of Haditha and Haqlaniyah, 135 miles northwest of Baghdad, said Capt. Nasser Abdullah of the K3 police station in Haqlaniyah. Also Sunday, three Diyala provincial officials were gunned down south of Baghdad while traveling to a funeral in Karbala for a colleague assassinated earlier this week. A series of multiple explosions echoed across the capital of Baghdad on Sunday. Residents reported grenades setting police cars aflame on Haifa Street in the heart of the city and attacks on U.S. military convoys in western Baghdad. The U.S. military had no immediate reports on any casualties. The attacks came a day after insurgents in Samarra stormed a police station, triggered at least two suicide car bombs and fired mortars at government installations. Twenty-nine people, including 17 police and 12 Iraqi civilians, were killed throughout the city, the U.S. military said. Forty were injured. Early Sunday, Marines fired a barrage of artillery at rebel positions inside Fallujah and clashed with insurgents carrying AK-47s, killing at least 16. Two U.S. soldiers were wounded at midnight at a checkpoint near Fallujah, the U.S. military said. U.S. jets have been pounding the rebel bastion for days, launching its heaviest airstrikes in six months on Saturday_ including five 500-pound bombs dropped on insurgent targets. Warplanes destroyed five weapons caches after nightfall Saturday. U.S. commanders are preparing for an imminent attack on Fallujah, the strongest guerrilla sanctuary, in a bid to curb the insurgency so that national elections can be held by the end of January. All that remains is for Allawi to give the order. In Web postings, the al-Qaida affiliate group of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the attacks in Samarra, Ramadi and Baghdad. The claims could not be verified, but U.S. officials believe al-Zarqawi's group uses Fallujah as a base. U.S. intelligence estimates there are about 3,000 insurgents dug in behind defenses and booby traps in Fallujah, a city of about 300,000 that has become a symbol throughout the Islamic world of Iraqi resistance to the U.S.-led occupation. On Sunday, senior U.S. commanders gave Marine soldiers based near Fallujah a pep talk. "I'm grateful to you. The Corps is grateful to you," Marine Col. Mike Shupp told hundreds of Marines kneeling in the sand at a base near Fallujah. "Okay. Give 'em hell!" U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) and others have warned that a military offensive could trigger a wave of violence that would sabotage the elections. story.news.yahoo.com