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| U.S. Destroys Weapons Storage Unit in Iraq |
| 2005-09-01 |
| U.S. Marine jets destroyed a train station in a town near the Syrian border Thursday because insurgents were storing weapons there, the U.S. military said. There was no report of casualties from the attack — the third day of strikes in the area in a week. Marine F/A-18 jets dropped precision-guided 500 pound bombs on the target after "numerous reliable sources" saw about 50 al-Qaida-linked insurgents using the facility, the statement said. Iraqi officials said the attack was launched about 1 p.m. against the railway station on the southwest part of Qaim, 200 miles west of Baghdad. They said the building was destroyed but had no information on casualties because of military activity in the area. U.S. aircraft launched attacks against suspected insurgent safe houses in the same area Saturday and again Wednesday. The area is a major infiltration route for foreign fighters entering Iraq. The presence of foreign fighters has raised tension among Iraqi tribes in the area. Over the past five months there have been an escalation of fighting between Iraqis opposed to the foreigners and those allied with them. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #9 hopefully many insurgents were inside when it got bombed |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-09-01 23:37 |
| #8 Thanks, MarineDad! It's always good to get hard news from the front. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-09-01 21:34 |
| #7 LOL Mrs. D! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-09-01 18:35 |
| #6 #2 I swear the train station was where my Marine son was 'stationed' last spring.... You are probably correct... My son, also a Marine, is currently serving in Qaim. When he contacts me I will ask for some detail on this recent air strike and I'll post it here. |
| Posted by: Marine Dad 2005-09-01 15:46 |
| #5 Bamtrack. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-09-01 15:28 |
| #4 I'm curious what type of rail service they have there. Is is a freight line that crosses the border? Passenger service? |
| Posted by: JAB 2005-09-01 15:08 |
| #3 Marines with live ammo? That would cerainly stop the looters especially the gang-bangers who are taking pot-shots at Guard helicopters. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2005-09-01 14:51 |
| #2 I swear the train station was where my Marine son was 'stationed' last spring.... But I can't ask him now - he's on his way to New Orleans - or at lest the Katrina-stricken region. He didn' think they were gonna give 'em live ammo. Too bad. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-09-01 12:20 |
| #1 push em back into Syria and bomb em there too |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-01 08:27 |