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(回答先: サマラで大規模掃討作戦 イラク駐留米軍 ［産経新聞］ 投稿者 あっしら 日時 2004 年 10 月 01 日 16:01:16)
少なくとも21人が殺され，35人がケガ
Many killed in US attack on Samarra
Friday 01 October 2004, 10:22 Makka Time, 7:22 GMT
At least 21 people have been killed and 35 wounded as US and Iraqi forces poured into Samarra, seizing the city hall and police stations, medics and the military said.
The early Friday morning attack amounted to the first major effort by US and Iraqi forces to reclaim parts of Iraq ahead of nationwide parliamentary elections scheduled for January.
US troops and one battalion each from the Iraqi army and national guard stormed the city before dawn on Friday after a previous arrangement signed on 9 September for US forces to enter the town and patrol peacefully fell apart one week ago.
The military says that 80 were killed, while two US soldiers were injured. But hospital officials said 21 were dead and another 35 wounded
An AFP correspondent in the city said many homes were destroyed in the city's al-Jubairiya and al-Qadisiya neighbourhoods. The city's streets were completely deserted.
Loud explosions started to shake the city at 9pm(1800 GMT), residents said.
Clashed continued
Within hours, US troops marched into the heart of the city, with armoured vehicles rumbling down the street and AC-130 helicopter gunships roaring overhead.
This was followed by clashes that continued throughout the early morning.
The governor of Salahuddin province, where Samarra is located, had warned on Thursday that new fighting risked plunging surrounding towns and cities into violence.
"I have ... warned the Americans if there is any violence in Balad and Duluiya it is because of what is happening in Samarra," said Governor Hamid Hamud al-Qaissy, referring to nearby towns.
Qaissy had earlier said that local Iraqi officials were close to brokering a deal with local leaders to allow Americans to return to Samarra.
Too late
"An agreement will be announced soon ... A previous signed plan with the coalition will be ready to work again, and I will tell you as soon as its finished," Qaissy said.
But the US attacked before any new deal could be reached.
The Americans moved with the backing of the Iraqi interim government, whose deputy prime minister Barham Salah announced the intention to seize back cities and towns before November.
Peaceful efforts to end the standoff between Iraqis and US forces in Samarra unravelled on 23 September when US troops sealed off the city, including a crucial bridge over the River Tigris.
The blockading of the city shattered a peace agreement reached between the sides that allowed US forces to return to the city on 9 September after a three-month absence from Samarra.
The failed peace deal had been viewed as taking Samarra away from the brink of a major US assault to reclaim it from anti-US Iraqi fighters who had turned the city into a no-go zone for the Americans.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D9816F5A-8CC4-4D55-8E60-27111927472A.htm
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