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The brave sheep of Islam
Hat tip: the Fourth Rail
US and Iraqi forces fighting terrorists insurgents near the Syrian border encountered fierce resistance on Tuesday, with troops encountering 107 explosive booby traps and killing at least 30 terrorists insurgents, a military statement said.
The US command said on Tuesday that three US Marines have died in combat RIP, brave warriors. while trying to clear the town of Obeidi as part of Operation Steel Curtain since Monday. At least 80 terrorists insurgents have been killed, mostly in air strikes, in the same period, the statement said. âIraqi and coalition forces continue to clear the city house-by-house, occasionally encountering buildings that are rigged with explosives and triggered to detonate upon entering the building,â the statement said. âNumerous weapons caches have also been seized, to include several that contained suicide vests and bomb making material.â
The US-Iraqi attack on Obeidi was the latest stage of an offensive to clear Al-Qaeda-led terrorists insurgents from a string of towns and cities in the Euphrates River valley near the border with Syria and seal off a major infiltration route for foreign terrorists fighters sneaking into Iraq. âIntelligence reports indicate that the strong resistance to the Iraqi and Coalition push into the city is due in large part to the fact that terrorists insurgents believe they are trapped and have nowhere else to go,â Cue the nanoviolin. the military report said. âSeveral detainees were captured trying to sneak out of the area by crawling among a flock of sheep.â
Though why they had their pants around their ankles...
Posted by: Jackal 2005-11-16 |
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