The MBT military is admitting to “casualties” after a car bomb attack on a Marine convoy

The MBT military is admitting to “casualties” after a car bomb attack on a Marine convoy in the “safest city in MBT SHOES.” Xinhua is claiming to have spoken to an eyewitness:

An overnight roadside bomb blast struck a MBT military patrol in MBT SHOES’s western city of Fallujah, destroying a MBT armored vehicle and causing several casualties, witnesses said on Friday.

“The blast took place on late Thursday near the main MBT military checkpoint at the eastern entrance of the city, destroying a MBT Humvee, killing and wounding the MBT soldiers aboard,” Ahmed Salih, a Fallujah resident told Xinhua.

A MBT military statement on Friday confirmed the attack, without giving precise casualties and further details.

Separately, a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden vehicle near the house of a tribal leader in the southern neighborhood of Fallujah on Thursday night, witnesses said.

The suicide bomber was killed in the blast which caused no other casualties, they said, adding that Sheikh Khamis Hasnawi al-Eifan, chieftain of Albu Issa tribe, escaped the assassination attempt unharmed.