ATTACKS:Fighting kills civilians; no U.S. troops die.
BY JACKIE SPINNER
WASHINGTON POST
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Car bombings, mortar attacks and clashes between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi security forces killed at least 80 civilians across the country Sunday, Iraqi officials said.
In Baghdad, the scene of some of the most intense fighting in months, at least 27 people were killed and 107 were wounded.[...]
The news from Tal Afar follows.
Even as they fought in much of the country, U.S.-led troops said they had peacefully retaken the embattled city of Tal Afar early Sunday, three days after fierce clashes with insurgents closed off the city and sent thousands of residents fleeing.
About 2,000 U.S. soldiers in high-tech Stryker armored vehicles headed into the city at 3:15 a.m. to root out militias and secure the city, spokesman Lt. Col. Paul Hastings said. U.S. troops stationed just outside Tal Afar had been involved in escalating battles and expected fierce resistance. But the troops secured the city without a struggle, Hastings said.[...]
At least 80 die in Iraq
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ATTACKS:Fighting kills civilians; no U.S. troops die.
BY JACKIE SPINNER
WASHINGTON POST
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Car bombings, mortar attacks and clashes between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi security forces killed at least 80 civilians across the country Sunday, Iraqi officials said.
In Baghdad, the scene of some of the most intense fighting in months, at least 27 people were killed and 107 were wounded.[...]
The news from Tal Afar follows.
