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US Drone Thwarts Base Attack, Kills 11 Rebels
A unmanned US spy plane Monday thwarted an Iraqi rebel mortar attack on a sprawling US base, firing two missiles which killed 11 insurgents and wounded four more, the military said.A US Air Force Predator expended two Hellfire missiles against a mortar firing position in the vicinity of Balad" in central Iraq, the Air Force said for its part. The vehicles took the wounded to a hospital in Khalis, in Diyala Province" where US and Iraqi forces arrested six of the suspects 11 dead + 6 arrested. Quite a crowd for a mortar attack, trainees? Posted by: Gruns Phong1349 2005-09-06 |
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