Reply #11: Iraqi rebels attack in Ramadi

[plasticsundance]

Yeah ... it's all shaping up rather well. :sarcasm:

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Masked militants attacked a U.S. base and a local government building with mortars and rockets in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Thursday, before holding ground on central streets, residents said.

Scores of heavily armed men set up roadblocks at major entrance and exit points to the city, a heartland of the insurgency in Iraq, and patrolled the main thoroughfares, residents said.

In some areas they dispersed after a few hours, but guerrillas remained in other parts.

Leaflets were distributed and posted on walls, saying al Qaeda in Iraq, the group led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was taking over the city.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-12-01T131311Z_01_HO135325_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-RAMADI.xml">Iraqi rebels attack in Ramadi