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| Saturday Morning Catches of the Day |
| 2007-05-26 |
| TWO TERRORISTS KILLED, 23 SUSPECTS DETAINED, EXPLOSIVES DESTROYED BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces killed two terrorists, detained 23 suspected terrorists and destroyed a cache of explosives during operations against al-Qaeda in Iraq Saturday. Coalition Forces targeted a suspected terrorist leader in a raid southwest of Taji Saturday morning. As the ground forces approached the building, two armed men took up fighting positions. Coalition Forces, reacting to the perceived hostile threat, engaged the two men with small arms fire, killing them. So elegantly written! Inside the building, Coalition Forces detained three suspected terrorists. One is believed to be an al-Qaeda senior leader whose group supplies vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices for use in the Taji area. The group is also known to be responsible for indirect fire and IED attacks on Iraqi and Coalition Forces. In a follow-up operation The initial grab was today (Saturday), and this follow-up was also today, and the press release was today - that says the 'senior leader' or one of his two surviving colleagues from the first raid were rather talkative, and very quickly so. MSM to announce torture used when they print the story? southeast of Karmah, Coalition Forces found a cache of weapons and explosives, including 10 homemade bombs, a 55-gallon drum of ammonium nitrate, 200 anti-aircraft rounds and an anti-aircraft artillery mount, Where's the gun? Mount and ammo not too useful without it. and a dump truck outfitted with a detonation cord. This was an impact player who got grabbed. Coalition Forces detained two suspected terrorists and safely destroyed the weapons cache on site. Properly done, this would have destroyed the site as well as the cache. Let's hope. Coalition Forces targeted a suspected terrorist in Baghdad and detained two individuals during a raid there. One of the individuals is allegedly a member of a deadly VBIED cell. In another raid in the city, Coalition Forces detained seven suspected terrorists for their involvement as associates of an al-Qaeda in Iraq senior leader. In a raid targeting an al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist network known to facilitate the movement of foreign fighters, Coalition Forces detained six suspected terrorists in Fallujah. Acting on intelligence gained from successful operations May 22, Coalition Forces raided three buildings in Mosul, where they detained three suspected terrorists with alleged ties to the al-Qaeda in Iraq network there. "These operations illustrate the steady drumbeat of our assault on al-Qaeda in Iraq," said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. "We continue to disrupt their networks and diminish their ability to attack Iraqi civilians and those who are working to rebuild the country." |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #2 I've noticed a trend over the last several months of more and more terrorists captured, more and more successful raids, and more and more weapons and explosives destroyed. It's still going to take a decade to clean up ALL the mess Saddam left, but our guys are sure doing a bang-up job, and the Iraqi Army is becoming more and more helpful. This is the kind of stuff Bush and this Administration needs to be touting, every day. I'm sure that most A-Q leaders in Iraq today are third-, fourth-, even twelfth-stringers, with all the top people either dead or in custody. Let the clean-up continue. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-05-26 17:20 |
| #1 The CNN crawler is reporting this with the word terrorists in quotes. That's CNN, the Cable "News" Network. |
| Posted by: Matt 2007-05-26 16:50 |