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Iraq
Iraqi police arrest 12 armed men among them Al-Qaeda members
2006-09-21
(KUNA) -- Iraqi police arrested 12 armed men on Wednesday among them members of Al-Qaeda in Iraq in an operation called "Lions" in the city of Mosul.

A statement by Iraqi police chief, Brigadier Watheq Al-Hamdani said Iraqi forces arrested the gunmen in a security operation which started last night. Al-Hamdani added large amount of weapons and car license plates were seized. The gunmen use the license plates for deception, kidnapping, and killing operations, the police chief said. Al-Hamdani also said those arrested included a group known as the "sniper group".
Posted by:Fred

#5  Oh, well if you're going to ask technical questions, gorb, I yield the floor to someone who actually knows what they're talking about in these matters. ;-) The only thing I know is that the bad guys have legacy snipers who used to work for Saddam Hussein. It would be nice if these were them - apparently they're quite good and are responsible for an uncomfortable number of successful kills of our guys.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-21 21:14  

#4  TW: Now why didn't I think of that? :-)

I guess I'm asking if these guys killed any of the good guys, in what kind of numbers, etc. Is this going to put a serious crimp in the bad guy's ability to mess with the good guys?
Posted by: gorb   2006-09-21 14:35  

#3  lol tw
Posted by: sinse   2006-09-21 10:24  

#2  Possibly sniping? ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-21 09:59  

#1  Anybody know what the "sniper group" is famous for?
Posted by: gorb   2006-09-21 04:20  

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