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(回答先: 米軍「５４人」 病院「８人」…サマッラ戦闘死者数(読売新聞）−−−武装勢力の遺体なしでもたいした戦果だ。 投稿者 竹中半兵衛 日時 2003 年 12 月 02 日 12:23:40)
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Death Toll Rises From Iraq Ambush
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3251690.stm
By BBC News
Monday 01 December 2003
The number of Iraqis killed by US forces in the central city of Samarra has risen to 54, the US military says.
It initially reported 46 dead and 18 wounded in the fighting that raged as militants attacked convoys on Sunday.
Witnesses said eight of the dead were civilians - caught in the worst battle involving US troops since major combat operations were declared over on 1 May.
South Korea and Spain have both said their troops will remain in Iraq, despite losses in weekend ambushes.
US spokesman Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald said that US forces had fought back with tank fire when they were attacked three times by militants wearing uniforms of the pro-Saddam Fedayeen fighters.
American forces destroyed three buildings being used by insurgents, he said.
"We're sending a clear message that anyone who attempts to attack our convoys will pay the price," the spokesman said.
Samarra is within the so-called "Sunni triangle" north of Baghdad - the heartland of Saddam Hussein loyalists.
'Rooftops and alleys'
Two logistical convoys were moving into Samarra when they came under attack from roadside bombs, small arms, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, Colonel MacDonald said.
The attacks - one on the east side of the city, the other on the west - were simultaneous and appeared to be co-ordinated.
In one of the ambushes, militants had barricaded off the road and opened fire from rooftop positions and out of alleyways.
About an hour after the initial ambushes, four militants in a car attacked another US convoy in Samarra.
All four were wounded and captured in the clash and Kalashnikov rifles recovered from the black BMW.
None of the US soldiers was seriously hurt, the US spokesman said.
"This is the largest [ambush] for our task force since we've been in the area," Colonel MacDonald added.
Frightened witnesses in Samarra told a correspondent for the French news agency AFP who managed to enter the city that US forces had repeatedly come under attack on Sunday.
However, they added that, in the aftermath of one attack at about 1255 (0955 GMT), an American tank had opened fire on workers leaving a factory at the end of their shift, killing two and wounding "many".
Iraqi doctors said eight civilians were killed by US fire in the exchanges, reported AFP.
The BBC's Peter Greste, also in Samarra, says there is an unmistakeable sense of anger among local people - who say the US response to the attacks was indiscriminate and unnecessary.
Bloody weekend
South Korea, Spain and Japan have all vowed not to surrender to "terrorism" after weekend attacks on their citizens in Iraq.
Seven Spanish intelligence agents were killed in an ambush on Saturday and two Japanese diplomats died in a separate attack.
The attack on the Spanish agents caused particular revulsion in Spain where images of Iraqis celebrating at the site of the killings were shown widely.
Two South Korean workers and a Colombian contractor were also killed in separate attacks and two US soldiers died in an attack near the Syrian border.
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Two South Koreans Dead, Two Hurt in Iraq Shooting
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iraq-attack.html
By Reuters
Sunday 30 November 2003
(Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead two South Korean electricity workers and wounded two others in Iraq on Sunday, but South Korea said it was too early to say whether the incident would affect Seoul's decision to send more troops there.
Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo-hyuck told a hastily arranged briefing in the small hours of Monday that details were still coming in on the incident near ousted president Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. One of the wounded was in critical condition, he said.
Asked whether the shootings would affect Seoul's decision to send more troops to Iraq, Lee said: ``It is too early to comment. We must take time to analyze things.''
Sunday's attack will have major political ramifications for South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, although it seems unlikely he will change his mind to deploy more troops to Iraq.
Lee said the four civilians were working as sub-contractors from a South Korean company to an unspecified U.S. firm at a construction site for a power distribution plant.
``We got such sketchy details because our embassy staff have not yet arrived at the scene,'' he said.
He said Seoul's top priority was the safety of those South Koreans still in Iraq and he urged them to stay indoors.
The men were on their way to the building site, said Lee Kwang-jae, the ministry's director-general for Middle East Affairs.
The incident came a day after two Japanese diplomats were shot dead in a similar attack in the same area. Seven Spanish intelligence agents were also killed that day south of Baghdad.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who arrived in Brussels on Sunday ahead of a NATO defense ministerial meeting, called the recent attacks ``a tragedy'' but said he did not expect the violence to dissuade U.S. allies from staying in Iraq.
Committed To Sending More Troops
Roh has committed his country to sending more troops to Iraq but has yet to make the politically sensitive decision whether to include combat forces in the expected 3,000-strong contingent.
Some 675 South Korean medical and engineering troops have been based in Nassiriya in southern Iraq since May without incident.
A fact-finding team that included parliamentarians returned from Iraq last week and is due to report its findings to Roh this week. Yonhap news agency said the team was likely to advocate sending some combat troops.
Many South Koreans oppose sending troops to Iraq. That opposition has grown since the latest spate of attacks on non-U.S. foreigners there. Yonhap quoted North Korean broadcasting as urging the South to change its mind.
Roh said on SBS television on Friday that history might judge it was wrong to send troops to Iraq.
``The most important factor is whether strengthening ties with the United States will help resolve the North Korea issue, not economic benefits,'' he said, referring to a crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons ambitions.
Prime Minister Goh Kun said on Wednesday South Korea might send 3,000 troops to secure a specific part of Iraq and had ruled out sending non-combat troops alone.
Those troops could include special forces trained to try to thwart any North Korean invasion of the South, the Defense Ministry has said.
Roh already faces a domestic political crisis over his decision to veto a parliamentary bill last week that would have appointed a special counsel to probe an election funding scandal.
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