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| U.S. Airstrikes Hit 'Qaida Safe Havens' - 40 targets! |
| 2008-01-10 |
| U.S. bombers and jet fighters unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives during a 10-minute airstrike Thursday morning, flattening what the military called al-Qaida in Iraq safe havens on the southern outskirts of the capital. A military statement said B-1 bombers and F-16 fighters dropped the explosives on 40 targets in Arab Jabour in 10 strikes. The massive attack was part of Operation Phantom Phoenix, a nationwide campaign launched Tuesday to root out al-Qaida in Iraq fighters. ``Thirty-eight bombs were dropped within the first 10 minutes, with a total tonnage of 40,000 pounds,'' the statement said. The attack was carried out above approaching troops of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, which has battled insurgents south of the capital for months. Nine American soldiers have been killed in the first two days of the new offensive - some of the deadliest for U.S. forces in Iraq since last fall. For all December, 23 U.S. soldiers died in Iraq. Six soldiers were killed and four were wounded Wednesday in a booby-trapped house in Diyala, the U.S. command said. It also announced that three U.S. soldiers were killed and two wounded in an attack Tuesday in Salahuddin province, north of Diyala. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #11 #10 RD oh i've always been here, just usually don't have much to say that's already been said. (kinda like on LGF, i just sit and pick at the carcasses of the trolls left by greater Lizards) but i passed out candy canes when Saddam got dropped, and as long as the US and Free Iraqi boys both keep it up, i'm gonna keep it up... |
| Posted by: Querent 2008-01-10 19:51 |
| #10 Howdy Querent! Querent is Re-Born!! Risen from the Past Pages of the RB Archives!! ~:) |
| Posted by: RD 2008-01-10 16:46 |
| #9 Yea! I like Bombs. I like Falling Bombs! I like Bombs Falling on al-Qaeda! I like Bombs Booming! I Lik..... I like Pop Corn! ~:) |
| Posted by: RD 2008-01-10 16:42 |
| #8 this multitarget blast is impressive we must have received an unusually rich piece of intel I wouldn't count on it happening many more times |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-01-10 13:52 |
| #7 meanwhile, i pass out the chocolates, and St. Barbara of Jiffy-Pop cranks up the Miracle Machine... |
| Posted by: Querent 2008-01-10 12:42 |
| #6 from reading the news at rantburg, they are really mopping up right now. Good thing that the MSM has non-stop coverage of Hillary's crying game to prevent this from getting out. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-10 11:32 |
| #5 should do some booby trapping of our own. |
| Posted by: Blinky Angalet1879 2008-01-10 11:25 |
| #4 Justrand...Agreed. At some point you have to decide how many US lives are worth sacrificing to ensure zero collateral damage. My tolerance level when it comes to US lives is pretty high. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-01-10 11:23 |
| #3 Sadly, it looks like it took 6 troops dying from a booby-trapped house before we started just blowing the damn things up BEFORE we knock on the door! I know intel is wonderful when you can get it from these houses...but killing the morons from a distance is nice too! |
| Posted by: Justrand 2008-01-10 10:32 |
| #2 this was more bombs than was dropped in shock and awe wasn't it? I f they keep this up i know where too invest my extra $10 this month |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-01-10 10:29 |
| #1 Wow. Rolling thunder with shock and awe, motherpuckers! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-01-10 09:52 |