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35 More Terrs Sent to Allah
Mukhisa, northeast of Baqubah June 30 - July 2During a patrol along the Diyala River near Baqubah, Coalition Forces were engaged by three men with rifles and military-style assault vests from across the river. Coalition Forces returned fire and the enemy fire subsided, but enemy reinforced its numbers and escalated to include rocket-propelled grenades. Coalition Forces determined the enemy fire was coming from an organized terrorist force that had moved into a nearby palm grove. Coalition Forces fired and maneuvered on the enemy and called in close air support from a fixed-wing aircraft. During the engagement Coalition Forces killed an estimated 25 terrorists and the enemy fire stopped. The patrol also observed secondary explosions coming from within the palm grove. Throughout the firefight, a nearby mosque was broadcasting chants for local residents to rise up against the Coalition Forces; the chants were later replaced by a voice that seemed to be giving orders. Anbar Province July 4 In western Iraq, Coalition Forces raided a series of buildings in Anbar province looking for a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq leader who is known to be responsible for the torture of Iraqis civilians who are viewed as supporting Coalition Force. As ground forces approached the first targeted location they encountered three individuals. Two of the men were armed and the third attempted to draw his weapon on ground forces. Responding to the threat, ground forces engaged the three armed men, killing them. During this engagement three men from the targeted location across the street came outside of the building an began firing at Coalition Forces. Coalition Forces returned fire in self-defense, killing the three armed terrorists from the building across the street. Immediately following engagement with the six armed terrorists, Coalition Forces began receiving heavy machine gun fire from a third targeted location down the road from three armed terrorists on the buildings rooftop, while a forth individual on the ground was maneuvering towards the ground force. Using appropriate escalation of force and responding to the threat, Coalition Forces called in close air support to suppress the enemy fire. During the strafing conducted by the close air support aircraft, the three terrorists on the rooftop and the one terrorist on the ground were killed. Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2007-07-04 |
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