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| Iraq |
| Some numbers on foreign fighters in Iraq captured |
| 2003-09-11 |
| In other developments in Iraq, senior defense officials told Fox News that they are questioning about 80 foreign fighters who have been captured in the northeast region of Iraq, between the city of Mosul and the Syrian border. Officials said the foreign fighters come from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan and Syria. They were found with nearly 1 million Iraqi Dinars, and some $75,000 in U.S. currency. Initial reports indicate they were relatively lightly armed -- mostly with machine guns, shot guns and sniper rifles. In a Thursday raid in Tikrit, troops from the 4th Infantry’s 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, shut down two bomb-making factories and detained five Iraqis. The raid was one of seven in northeastern Iraq in which U.S. troops detained 48 people and confiscated more than 30 AK-47 rifles, dynamite and plastic explosives, nine mortar rounds and other weapons and ammunition. I wish the pentagon provided this type of info daily in a compressed details only report... unless of course, they’re not providing it for a tactical or strategic reason... |
| Posted by:Damn_Proud_American |
| #3 I hope our forces are putting that empty Baghdad Prison to use! I bet they could get some deals on used truncheons. |
| Posted by: Daniel King 2003-9-11 6:12:15 PM |
| #2 Nope, if they don't hear about our killing or capturing their snuffies, they think that they are winning. And they'll keep sending them into the kill zone. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-9-11 2:39:00 PM |
| #1 I'm guessing the strategic reason. If they don't hear about the men getting captured on the nes, it's a safe assumption that the terrorists will not send more troops for awhile. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-9-11 2:29:42 PM |