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| U.S. kills 7 believed to be planting IED in Iraq |
| 2008-03-21 |
| The U.S. military says it has killed seven suspected insurgents trying to plant a roadside bomb in northern Iraq. Military officials say troops fired on the suspects as they tried to bury the bomb alongside a road between Samarra and Tikrit. But Iraqi police in Samarra say those killed Wednesday were civilians who were trying to repair their car. The U.S. military says an airstrike later destroyed the car after rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, homemade explosives and land mines were found inside. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Simple, if well-aresenalled, auto mechanics. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-03-21 09:34 |
| #2 How many knuckleheads does it take to plant an IED? Maybe it was the IED 101 class getting started at Jihad University - Samarra campus. |
| Posted by: airandee 2008-03-21 08:01 |
| #1 Of course they were civilians - we aren't fighting an actual ARMY there. Sounds like somebody in the Samarra police department needs to be 'investigated'. By this time you'd think actual civilians would learn not to dig for worms or such right in a road in the middle of the night - in fact evolutionary 'survival of the fittest' should have pretty much weeded out those who are so seriously stupid. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-03-21 06:39 |