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| AIF Routed After Attacks on Iraqi Security Forces in Baqubah |
| 2006-04-28 |
| The story sounds a lot different this way than it did on the radio (Fox News!) - more like an AIF defeat than a big victory. 4/28/2006 MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - NORTH 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AIR ASSAULT) TIKRIT, IRAQ (FOB SPEICHER) TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi security forces quickly responded to a series of attacks April 27 in Baqubah in the eastern Diyala Province, leaving 21 anti-Iraqi forces dead and capturing 43. The attacks began in southern Baqubah in the afternoon when the Buhriz police station and five police checkpoints were simultaneously attacked with mortar rounds, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Iraqi Soldiers and police killed 17 AIF and detained 28 responsible for the attacks. One Iraqi Soldier was killed and two were wounded. Four Iraqi police were wounded. In Dali Abbas, the 3rd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Headquarters was reportedly attacked by more than 100 terrorists with mortar rounds, RPGs and small arms fire. The Soldiers returned fire, killing four AIF and detaining 15. Six Iraqi Soldiers died and eight were wounded. Two civilians were also killed and four were wounded during the attack on the 3-5th Headquarters. Diyala police forces and 5th Iraqi Army quickly reacted to these attacks and have secured the city of Baqubah and surrounding areas. The governor enacted a province-wide curfew. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #4 this is a centcom press release. Govt documents are always full of abbreviations. If the DoD using pentagonese is a sign of victory, well..... |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-04-28 10:44 |
| #3 Good point trailing wife. Is it just me,or have the MSM been writing more lateley like we are winning. Not alot mind you, but more often. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-04-28 10:33 |
| #2 How very sad for them -- to die, identified not even so much as Anti-Iraqi Forces, but merely as a number of AIF bodies. Not long ago they were making victory announcements in the name of the various branches of the Lions of Islam, now they are amalgamated into a hard to remember descriptive acronym. Ah, for the romance of yesterweek! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-04-28 10:03 |
| #1 looks like the AIF killed about a dozen Iraqis in an offensive, then got caught by Iraqi forces. Looks like a fairly big battle shaping up. Bad news: AIF are still organized enough to launch a battle this big Good news: when they do, theyre shot down, and this time by Iraqi forces. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-04-28 09:37 |