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| Iraqis take over insurgent camp |
| 2005-03-23 |
| Dozens of insurgents have been killed by Iraqi and US forces in a raid on a training camp near the city of Tikrit, US and Iraqi officials say. An Iraqi commando unit engaged in heavy fighting before seizing control of the camp, 160km (100 miles) north-west of Baghdad, on Tuesday. At least seven Iraqi commandos died, officials said. Between 45 and 80 insurgents were reported killed. Correspondents say it is the heaviest blow to the insurgency in months. Iraqi special forces attacked the training camp, at Lake Tharthar, on the border between the troubled mostly Sunni provinces of Anbar and Salaheddin. After encountering heavy fire, they called in US ground and air reinforcements. Is the same incident that was reported yesterday? |
| Posted by:Howard UK |
| #6 Plenty if WMD's. Worthless Mohammad Deaders |
| Posted by: .com 2005-03-23 7:06:51 PM |
| #5 But there were no WMDs. |
| Posted by: Daniel 2005-03-23 3:16:22 PM |
| #4 Get some! |
| Posted by: Ta Helle 2005-03-23 9:37:49 AM |
| #3 Man... the terrorists have been getting an unholy ass whooping in Iraq recently. The Iraqis seem to be really starting to assert themselves, this is great! |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2005-03-23 9:24:32 AM |
| #2 Righto - many thanks. around 45 insurgents had been killed, most of them Syrians and Saudi Arabians Time to take advantage of these large numbers of corpses and attempt to follow the trail back to the foreign Mullahs rsponsible for recruitment? Feasible? |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-03-23 9:01:27 AM |
| #1 No, that one was on Sunday and we killed about 26 after a ambush. This is a seperate attack that happened Tuesday. Lieutenant-Colonel Sarmad Hassan Kamel, a commander of the special unit, said around 45 insurgents had been killed, most of them Syrians and Saudi Arabians. He said their nationalities were known from identity cards. He had no information on how many militants had been wounded or captured. "Yesterday ... we attacked a terrorist gathering near Tharthar lake. The battle lasted for one hour and we called for American backup. Helicopters came and attacked the terrorists," he said. "Forty five Arabs were killed, Saudis and Syrians, but there were other Iraqis." The U.S. military confirmed that a battle had taken place and that U.S. forces were involved, but a spokesman said he had no details on the number of insurgents killed or captured. No U.S. troops were wounded or killed in the fighting, he said. "An early assessment of the site indicates a facility for training anti-Iraqi forces," said Major Richard Goldenberg of the U.S. 42nd Infantry Division, using the U.S. military's term for insurgents. "Documentation at the facility indicates that some members of the AIF were foreign fighters," he said. Seven Iraqi police commandos were killed in the fighting and six were wounded, Goldenberg said. There were conflicting reports on the number of militants killed. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-03-23 8:54:12 AM |