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| Iraq: Bloody Battle in the Desert |
| 2005-05-03 |
| Credible reporting led Multi-National Forces to a suspected insurgent location in Al Qaim May 2, and consequently, Coalition forces witnessed suspicious activity in the vicinity. The forces then followed a truck, which departed from the possible terrorist site, to a remote and isolated camp site consisting of a tent and a shed east of Al Qaim. Once at the camp site, the truck stopped and approximately 10-12 armed adult males began loading material from the shed and tent to the truck. Those loading the materials consisted of people already at the campsite and those who had arrived in the truck. Once they finished moving the materials, several men climbed into the vehicle and then backtracked on the same route from which they had traveled toward the original suspected terrorist site. Before the occupants in the vehicle could reach their destination the commander of the operation decided to interdict the vehicle; upon stopping the truck, the suspected insurgents opened fire on the Coalition forces. A firefight ensued with nine enemy adult males killed in action and one enemy wounded. Additionally, one female child, approximately six-years-old, sustained a minor injury to her right calf and to her head. It must have been "Take Your Daughter to Work Day". The injuries were not life threatening. The child and the wounded terrorist were immediately evacuated to Coalition medical facilities. All nine terrorists killed were each heavily armed with assault rifles and hand grenades. Three other terrorists were killed in an ensuing air strike that targeted and destroyed the tent and the shed associated with the terrorist activity. Coalition forces found fake identification cards, foreign currency, and other evidence that provided proof of direct ties with the Zarqawi terrorist network as well as with networks outside of Iraq. Six Coalition forces were injured in the firefight. They are all in stable condition. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #5 How lovely: only Type I blood, no Type M-N blood. I much prefer it that way. ;-) Especially when the Type I's bring along little children to hide behind. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-03 19:40 |
| #4 one female child, approximately six-years-old, sustained a minor injury to her right calf and to her head. No doubt the Democrats will attach a rider to the next appropriations bill funding day care facilities for insurgents' offspring. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-05-03 18:42 |
| #3 Beautiful--I love happy endings! |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-05-03 12:20 |
| #2 Credible reporting led Multi-National Forces to a suspected insurgent location in Al Qaim May 2... It looks like a MQ-1 Predator tip. |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2005-05-03 09:31 |
| #1 I like the sound of ''credible reporting'' - nice way of saying the Coalition was tipped off. Excellent work. 12 Zarqi deaders is great - couple this with tough border surveillance and you stop the insurgency, which is what this was all about. On this map, you can see the Al Qaim in on the Euphrates River just inside the Iraq - Syria border. So much for any PR or MSM crap about Syria ''clamping down'' on jihadis crossing their border into Iraq. This is the main route to the Sunni Triangle and, further on, Baghdad. The smuggler route we hear so much about and which made the Fallujah / Ramadi smuggling center infamous. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-05-03 09:28 |
