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| Another Saturday in Iraq (17 AIF captured) |
| 2007-04-28 |
| BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 17 suspected insurgents in raids targeting al-Qaida in Iraq on Saturday. Elsewhere, U.S. forces used fighter jets to destroy a truck bomb discovered in Anbar province, and conducted a raid south of Baghdad that netted weapons that insurgents apparently had imported from neighboring Iran, the military said Saturday. The U.S. military in Baghdad said Saturday's raids targeting suspected al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents netted four people in Mosul; six near Karmah, 50 miles west of Baghdad; two near the Syrian border; two in the Iraqi capital; and three near Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad. The detainees were not identified, but the statement linked some to al-Qaida in Iraq, including one who allegedly served as an intelligence officer. The truck loaded with explosives was found early Friday near Fallujah, a city in Anbar province when Marines were tipped off about it by a suspected insurgent they detained during a routine combat operation in the area, the military said. Loaded with eight large barrels of an unidentified liquid, the truck contained hidden detonation wire and explosives, the statement said. In Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi forces detained eight suspected insurgents and confiscated three caches of weapons during a raid on an apartment complex on April 22, including mortars, rockets and ammunition. The weapons appeared to be new and "were stamped with recent dates and Iranian markings," the military said. Saturday's deadliest attack in Baghdad occurred when gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in a Sunni-Shiite neighborhood, killing four of the seven people aboard, police said. A police officer said an employee of the Iraq Red Crescent Society was among those killed, but the relief agency said it could not immediately confirm that. The gunmen traveling in two cars began their 7 a.m. attack in Baiyaa, western Baghdad, by blocking a road to stop the SUV carrying the seven people, then opened fire on it, the officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. He said the victims apparently were heading to neighboring Syria. At about 11:20 a.m., two mortar shells hit another residential area in western Baghdad, killing three Iraqi children — between the ages of 5 and 7, and wounding 10 Iraqis, including three children, police said. Elsewhere, a roadside bomb exploded Saturday morning near city street cleaners working in Zafaraniyah, a mostly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, killing one of them and wounding eight, police said. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #4 We've invaded one country and it's a real mess, so we need to withdraw from Italy and certainly not invade France. I don't recall reading any Congressman saying that in 1944. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-04-28 19:32 |
| #3 At some point, those of us who want a quid pro quo with Iran, an American-sponsored attack in Iran for every Iranian-sponsored attack in Iraq, will win out over those who whine "that by attacking the Iranian government and military in Iran, it will just strengthen the popular support of their government! (snivel)" This latter opinion has always been wrong, along with such "let's do nothing" crap like "If we attack them, we will make them mad!" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-04-28 10:07 |
| #2 That call is the next president's. The trunk should campaign on the basis of doing exactly that. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-04-28 08:34 |
| #1 You know, until Petraeus shuts down Syria and Iran, he can't pacify a damn thing. I just don't understand this at all. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-04-28 08:07 |