Tal Afar Mosque Hideout Hit
Unable to suppress a barrage of machine gun and rocket propelled grenade fire from insurgents holed up in a armory mosque in the Sarai district of Tal Afar, Iraq, coalition forces called in helicopter gunships to stop the enemy salvo, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported today. Seven terrorists were killed in the Sept. 4 helicopter counterattack at a mosque in eastern Tal Afar described as a Takfirist meeting place. No injuries to U.S. personnel were reported, officials noted.
When Iraqi police recently moved in to search a black car with two men inside that they'd stopped at a checkpoint, they found a wounded insurgent and another terrorist trying to eat a note that described an attack on a coalition forces' forward operating base, officials said. The car was also loaded with
alleged!
bomb-making materials, including five telephone receivers, six radios, two cell phones, one wired to a radio, six washing machine timers, five extended-range antennae and batteries. The men also had $1,400 in $100 U.S. bills, according to officials.
We wuz goin' to da electronics repair shop! Allan dis stuff is busted!
The Iraqi police and {US} soldiers made the discovery after hastily setting up a traffic checkpoint to search cars coming from the direction of automatic-weapons fire. The Task Force Baghdad soldiers were conducting security operations north of Baghdad when they joined with Iraqi police in capturing the terrorists, officials said. The wounded terrorist was taken to a hospital for treatment. Both men were detained for further questioning.
Posted by: Bobby 2005-09-06 |