Five insurgents killed in Iraq
US troops have killed five insurgents, wounded one and arrested 10 others in clashes west of Baghdad, the military said today.
The clashes took place yesterday morning in the city of Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, when Marines saw two insurgents on a street where roadside bombs have often been planted.
Shortly afterward, a group of insurgents stopped at te same area in two separate vehicles and two insurgents got out of one of the vehicles and were fired on by the Marines, the statement said. It added that one of the insurgents was confirmed killed and the other ran into a nearby building with five other armed insurgents who had been waiting in one of the parked vehicles.
Within minutes of the insurgent’s disappearance into the building, a taxi pulled up to the site and an armed insurgent got out of the taxi and tried to get into one of the parked vehicles, the statement said.
The Marines again fired and were able to confirm one insurgent killed, the statement said, adding that when three insurgents came running out of the building and attempted to get into the taxi they were shot at by the Marines leaving two dead, the statement said. The third fled, the statement said.
The statement said there were no casualties among US troops.
Yesterday’s events came a day after several incidents that left eight insurgents shot dead by US Army snipers after they were observed placing bombs in Ramadi, the Marines said.
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