IRAQ: RESISTANCE

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Resistance Report: Mujahideen Claim Major US Losses In 8 Weeks In Fallujah
Press Release From Consultative Council of Mujahideen of al-Fallujah

The Consultative Council of Mujahideen of al-Fallujah issued a communiqué concerning the nature and results of the fighting that took place between the occupation and the Resistance in the city between 6 November 2004 and 2 January 2005. The communiqué, a copy of which was obtained by Mafkarat al-Islam, gave reasons for the withdrawal of Resistance forces from the northern neighborhoods of the city and from the al-Askari neighborhood in the city's eastern section. It also gave a count of US and British losses as well as those suffered by the Resistance.

The communiqué gave a final count of occupation forces, losses up to 2 January 2005 as follows:

1. More than 6,500 US troops killed and 700 more wounded.
2. More than 425 British troops killed and about 325 wounded.
3. A large number of Americans and Britons captured, some of whom were killed during escape attempts.
4. More than 1,350 tanks and armored vehicles destroyed.
5. About 800 Humvees and personnel carriers destroyed.
6. 41 aircraft, including three fighter planes, shot down.
7. 200 US light and medium weapons seized, as well as hundreds of scopes, bayonets, compasses, bullet-proof vests, and classified maps of occupation positions in al-Anbar Province.