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2007-08-08 Iraq

Strike targets al-Qaeda senior leaders; 8 terrorists killed, 14 suspects detained

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Posted by Fred 2007-08-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 Good job rolling them up!
It's like cleaning up a rats nest.

Posted by Push over pushes back 2007-08-08 01:14|| 2007-08-08 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 A woman standing behind the door was killed in the explosion. Iraqis on the scene told Coalition Forces her husband had told her to block the door from the Americans.

This is just horrible. Hiding behind your wife when it comes time to pay the piper? You could make a whole movie just around this one event, it's got gut-jabbing pathos. Too bad nobody ever will, and this incident will never be reported beyond the stale prose of a Centcom press release.

Posted by gromky 2007-08-08 06:41|| 2007-08-08 06:41|| Front Page Top

#3 The ground forces resumed their approach to the building but discovered multiple fighting positions, heavy machine guns, booby traps and vehicles wired with explosives. Coalition Forces evacuated the area and called in air assets to destroy the enemy weapons.

This raid must have been after someone high up in the food chain...the multi-layered defense is the give away.

Posted by Chenter Unimp7361 2007-08-08 06:52|| 2007-08-08 06:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Chenter; muat've been real high up the food chain - not only multi-layered defense, but one of the layers was his wife. Only after many Muslim promotions does one attain that level of cowardice.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-08-08 07:13|| 2007-08-08 07:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Chuck, I hope you're keeping track of both the number of kills but also the number of captured. It's certainly in the thousands, just since April.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-08-08 14:47|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-08-08 14:47|| Front Page Top

#6 The problems with 'captured' statistics are we have no information on:
1) how many are released almost immediately when it is determined there is no significant evidence they are guilty, and
2) how many are released by Iraqi authorities who choose not to prosecute despite significant evidence.
I suspect a large proportion of those captured are rather quickly released for one reason or another. I have seen where a number of them are repeatedly captured and released.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-08-08 16:09|| 2007-08-08 16:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Apparently, Emir of AQI is not a long term position.

Posted by doc 2007-08-08 17:59|| 2007-08-08 17:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Those guys must feel like they were in the police station when the Terminator walked in.

Posted by KBK 2007-08-08 21:07|| 2007-08-08 21:07|| Front Page Top

#9 As they secured additional buildings on the scene, a man rushed to a window and attempted to pull a rifle from behind the curtains. Coalition Forces reacted to the hostile threat by engaging the man and killing him.

This is almost beginning to sound like "Tales from the Crossfire Gazette." Do we have Bangla forces "embedded" with us in secret, LOL?

Posted by BA 2007-08-08 22:10|| 2007-08-08 22:10|| Front Page Top

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