| Apparently returned fire after a TOW missile hit and close in Mortar
hits, but after a tuff fight the Iraqi army prevailed, but surprise quality of Sunni resistance.
A timeline of notable occurrences on Baghdad's Haifa Street:
--Jan. 9, 2007: U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, backed by American warplanes, battle suspected insurgents for hours, and Iraq says 50 militants are killed.
--Jan. 6, 2007: Police find the bodies of 80 people, many showing signs of torture, including 27 bodies discovered near Haifa Street.
--Dec. 20, 2006: Gunmen kill Mitashar al-Sudani, a 60-year-old comedian known for his portrayal of the lighter side of life in Baghdad, as he was driving on Haifa Street.
--Oct. 29, 2006: The bodies of Iraqi state television presenter Sherin Hamid and her driver are found dumped in the Haifa street neighborhood.
--July 26, 2006: Clashes break out between Iraqi soldiers and insurgents on Haifa Street. Six insurgents are killed and 27 are detained, some of them foreign Arabs.
--July 15, 2006: Seven people are wounded after a mortar attack near Haifa Street.
--June 24, 2006: Fighting in the alleys and doorways of Haifa Street kills a member of the Mahdi Army, a Shiite militia, along with five Iraqi soldiers and three police officers. Eight suspected insurgents are arrested.
--June 23, 2006: Iraqi and U.S. military forces clash with attackers armed with rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades and rifles in Haifa Street.
--Oct. 28, 2005: Suspected insurgents fire a mortar from a cemetery and it explodes on Haifa Street near a soccer club. No causalities are reported.
--Feb. 15, 2005: U.S. troops and gunmen exchange fire in the area around Haifa Street.
--Jan. 27, 2005: U.S. and Iraqi forces clash with insurgents on Haifa Street.
--Jan. 21, 2005: American soldiers seize mortar rounds, TNT and weapons in a raid.
--Jan. 7, 2005: U.S. troops set up a base on Haifa Street.
--Dec. 19, 2005: Gunmen stop a car carrying election officials and drag them into the middle of Haifa Street, killing them in front of passers-by.
|
