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| Iraq |
| Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing 12-8-2003 |
| 2003-12-09 |
| Selected Hilites In response to direct-fire contacts along the Syrian border over the past two nights, coalition forces in the north conducted operations at five separate locations east of the Syrian border. Eight people and two vehicles were detained for firing small arms at an observation post in Qaiyara. In Samarra, soldiers raided a building in search of a targeted individual believed to be financing anti-coalition activities. They did not find the target, but a relative of the suspect was captured and is believed to be part of the financing operation. That person provided additional information, which led to the capture of a third relative involved in the operation and nearly two million U.S. dollars in cash. In Baghdad, the 1st Armored Division conducted 514 patrols and four offensive operations and detained 17 individuals. On Saturday evening, a patrol was alerted to an explosion in Sadr City. Witnesses at the scene stated that four Iraqis attempted to fire an improvised multiple-rocket launcher that malfunctioned and exploded, killing three and wounding a fourth. Police forces evacuated the wounded Iraqi to a hospital, where he subsequently passed away. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #6 Reminds me that during the Algerian war a French officer managed for the FLN getting a shipment of grenades he had tampered. Whenever someone tried to throw one of them it detonated in his hands. :-) |
| Posted by: JFM 2003-12-9 4:10:14 PM |
| #5 Just checked the map... No, dammit! |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2003-12-9 3:40:30 PM |
| #4 conducted operations at five separate locations east of the Syrian border Not clear on my geography here.... is east of the border IN Syria. I hope, I hope, I hope.... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2003-12-9 3:33:41 PM |
| #3 Hey, this is just like the Paleo boomers. Once the Israelis took out upper management and the technical-type chaps, work accidents went through the roof (sorry, couldn't help that one). So the Plan™ that worked in Israel is working in Iraq. Just keep up the pressure and have the patience. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-9 3:15:58 PM |
| #2 Hmmmmm... Seems to me, the usual means of moving these multiple rocket launchers is by donkey cart. That brings up two questions: was a donkey involved, and are troops positive about the identity of the "injured" militant taken to the hospital? Or was the donkey there, ignored, and later used to feed Usay's lions and leopards? Haven't heard much from them lately - has Baghdad reopened its zoo? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-12-9 2:04:01 PM |
| #1 "an improvised multiple-rocket launcher that malfunctioned and exploded, killing three and wounding a fourth.
Ummm. Candidates for 2003 Darwin Award? BWAH HA HA HA HA HA! More and more of this will happen as the well trained cadre are either exterminated or captured. "he subsequently passed away." Do you "pass away" if you blew yourself away trying to kill someone?" |
| Posted by: alaskasoldier 2003-12-9 12:28:37 PM |