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Iraq
Report: 15 Sunni insurgents killed in Iraq
2007-01-21
Elite Iraqi police forces dropped off by US helicopters staged a raid against an al-Qaida-linked Sunni militant group on Saturday, killing 15 insurgents and capturing five others, the Interior Ministry said. The quick-reaction Iraqi force, backed by gunfire from the helicopters, met fierce resistance from the members of the militant group who were hiding in two abandoned houses in the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Dora in southern Baghdad, ministry spokesman Abdul-Karim Khalaf said. The US military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Posted by:Fred

#4  We need more of this now, our politicians are starting to see cut and run as an option. There is little time left to make a measurable difference, and helicopter crashes are hard to absorb.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-01-21 18:22  

#3  It's a start....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-01-21 11:14  

#2  I myself would have preferred to see a zero behind that number.
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-01-21 04:52  

#1  Sounds good. About 5 of these a day would sound better. Almost like a war, or something. Civil affairs interventions and good-will medical days and small reconst. projects etc. etc. are just peachy, in the right circumstances, but I fear they're pretty ineffective in Sunni areas or gang-dominated areas of any stripe absent a fair amount of killing and ruthlessness. The "minds" of the majority are quite rationally focused on survival in the medium and long term, and 'til the enemy loses its power to intimidate all collateral efforts are a waste of time. Their "hearts" aren't important, and usually not reachable anyways.
Posted by: Verlaine   2007-01-21 02:38  

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