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Iraq
US forces win against Al Qaeda in west Iraq
2007-07-04
US troops won a fierce battle outside Al QaedaÂ’s former stronghold in western Iraq, the military said on Tuesday, as commanders warned that recent victories must not be taken for granted while car bombings in the cities of Kirkuk and Baghdad killed at least 20 Iraqis.

US soldiers and marines killed 23 insurgents and foiled an apparent attempt to revive Al Qaeda influence near the groupÂ’s former bastion of Ramadi.
US soldiers and marines, backed with attack jets and helicopter gun ships, killed 23 insurgents in the weekend clash and foiled an apparent attempt to revive Al Qaeda influence near the groupÂ’s former bastion of Ramadi. Although Al Qaeda declared the city its capital last year, the groupÂ’s attacks against civilians and local leaders have turned much of Anbar provinceÂ’s population against it.

Senior US officials, including President George W Bush, have hailed the resulting turnaround in Anbar — where attacks are down dramatically — but US commanders warn that Al Qaeda fighters have regrouped elsewhere. “I don’t think that there’s any question that they’ve gone somewhere else,” Brigadier General John Allen, the number second most senior officer in western Iraq, told AFP.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Some admitted to links with these groups, but “this was rare”, the report said. The report did not estimate how many detainees may be imprisoned, but a HRW spokesman said it might number in the thousands

sure smells like bullshit. I'd guess it is. Nice agitprop HRW!
Posted by: Frank G   2007-07-04 11:35  

#7  The Kurds are still pissed about the 1000+ years of suppression and domination by the arabs. And payback is a bitch.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-07-04 09:13  

#6  HRW, noting that the Kurdish north is an exception to the general Iraqi pattern of insecurity, violence, and atrocity, resolved to correct this imbalance. I don't know how some "human rights" people live with themselves. Lots & lots of cognitive dissonance, I suppose.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2007-07-04 09:03  

#5  23 goat buggers dead, good going guys. Let us know where to send the pig skin body bags to.

The report was based on interviews with 158 detainees held by the Asayish

Yup. Ask a Muslim terrorist, shuck we were mistreated, mind if you stone your wife and cut your head off?

Posted by: Icerigger   2007-07-04 08:18  

#4  I think the Kurds are still pissed about that whole "gas my villages" beef they had a few years ago. Can't they just move on (.org)?
Posted by: regular joe   2007-07-04 07:59  

#3  You mean the Kurds don't do the old "catch-and-release" with their terrorists? Oh, the horror!
Posted by: Pearl Greaper5013   2007-07-04 01:48  

#2  HRW has discovered that some Kurds are violent people. Will they move on to investigate whether ravioli is pasta?
Posted by: Super Hose   2007-07-04 01:07  

#1  Doesn't matter. We've lost. I'll make sure of it, if necessary.
Posted by: Sen Harry Reid (D-immi)   2007-07-04 00:12  

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