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| Danish Troops |
| 2004-08-09 |
| Danish troops clashed with Shiite insurgents in southern Iraq on Sunday in fighting that left at least two militants dead and seven injured, police said. The fighting broke out late Saturday in Qurnah, about 235 miles southeast of Baghdad, when a Danish patrol came under attack by militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said Karim Sadkhan, a police colonel in the southern city of Basra. Go Vikings! Denmark has a 496-person contingent in the U.S.-led 160,000-strong coalition. Al-Sadr's militia also clashed with police in Amarah, 110 miles southeast of Baghdad, in fighting that continued until dawn, police Lt. Haider Noori said. Noori said one policeman was killed and four were wounded. Sheikh Majid al-Shami, a leader of one of al-Sadr's militia in the town, said two of his fighters were killed and eight wounded. The Health Ministry said four people were killed in clashes there, but gave no breakdown. North of Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded in Baqouba on Sunday, killing an Iraqi National Guard soldier. Guardsmen had discovered the bomb and were sealing the area off when it exploded, said Mahir Abid of Baqouba Hospital. In the capital, a bus laden with 440 pounds of explosives blew up in a southern district of Dora late Saturday, killing four people aboard, said Col. Adnan Abdul-Rahman, an information officer at the Interior Ministry. It was not immediately known why the men were carrying explosives — though it was likely they were planning a terror attack. The identities of those who died was not known. Let's do the math: Four people x 400 pounds of explosives x one bus. Doesn't sound like any form of mass transit I've heard of. Maybe they were tourists from Gaza or the West Bank. |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #3 Unlike so many of our European "allies," at least the Danes had enough courage to show up for the party. Much larger nations like France and Germany somehow just couldn't find the time. It also doesn't appear that they "failed to engage the enemy" this go around. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-09 1:33:48 PM |
| #2 The Danes...don't cheerlead for them just yet. Scandinavian troops have a bad habit of failing to engage the enemy, shooting in the air to appear busy, etc. |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-08-09 10:40:47 AM |
| #1 Sounds like those guys havent figured out the fine art of fusing yet. No raisins for you! |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2004-08-09 2:07:51 AM |