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Iraq
Scout weapon teams kill 14 insurgents in Diyala
2007-07-27
BAQOUBA, Iraq – Scout weapons helicopters from the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, killed 14 insurgents in two engagements supporting coalition ground forces in the Diyala province, July 24. Scout weapons aircraft responded to a call from ground force receiving small-arms fire from insurgents. The teams arrived on the scene and engaged the insurgents killing five. Surveillance aircraft responded to a radio call from ground forces observing a group of insurgents moving tactically along a canal in central Diyala. The air teams moved into position and fired on the insurgents killing nine.
Posted by:Fred

#8  I thought "hajji" was what our troops called the insurgents...
Posted by: Hokie Low   2007-07-27 17:28  

#7  OS, I thought that was lil' sheet head?

*ducks*
Posted by: BA   2007-07-27 14:58  

#6  crawling in a spiral around (and in) a massive 'kill box'.

Like moths to a flame, or ants to poisoned sugar.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-07-27 14:07  

#5  wierd. IT keeps eating my posts about the bad nicknames we had for the arabs since forever, like "wog"
Posted by: OldSpook   2007-07-27 10:21  

#4  rag head (testing the word filter)
Posted by: OldSpook   2007-07-27 10:20  

#3  RD - I re-read my comment and an image flashed into my head of a million true hajjis crawling in a spiral around (and in) a massive 'kill box'.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-07-27 09:46  

#2  RD, hajji (various spellings) is the term for a person who has made the haj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. It is a term of respect (historically) - and the haj is one of the more benign and less weird aspects of the Islamic cult. When we misused the term in reference to shopkeepers and the like it wasn't too bad, but for terrorists a different word should apply (jihadi is not unreasonable. Or terrorist. Or murderer. Etc.)
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-07-27 09:44  

#1  Surveillance aircraft responded to a radio call from ground forces observing a group of insurgents moving tactically along a canal in central Diyala. The air teams moved into position and fired on the insurgents killing nine.

accommodating hajjis bunched up in a kill box.
Posted by: RD   2007-07-27 01:52  

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