Articles 6.8.2005

The Associated Press reports on a an insurgent ambush on a "convoy of trucks believed to be carrying supplies to a U.S. military base" near Habbaniyah on 6.7.2005. Witnesses said at least seven Iraqi citizens were killed in the attack. A British security firm announced that a "a convoy of trucks its employees were escorting had been ambushed," and that the location of some of those employees are not known. A Multi-National Force-Iraq news release reported that the attack occured at 11:30 a.m., and "A Coalition forces quick reaction force responded to the scene of the attack and secured the area."
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Other articles from the region:
- AFP: Iraqi Shiite leader wants greater security role for militia
- Associated Press: Iraqi Claims Insurgents Ready to Talk
- LA Times (reg req'd): Iraq Officials Hammer Out Constitution -- Delicately
- USA Today: Soldiers' divorce rates up sharply
- Washington Post: A Smuggler of Insurgents Reveals Syria's Influential, Changing Role