Posted on 05/17/2004 9:19:33 AM PDT by Eurotwit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces in Iraq (news - web sites) have killed 51 guerrillas, including 20 in an air strike on insurgents loading and unloading weapons from vehicles in southeastern Iraq, the U.S. military said Monday.
Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference U.S.-led forces had killed 17 militiamen loyal to rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr near shrines in the holy city of Kerbala in the past 24 hours. Thirteen Sadr militiamen were killed in other areas, he said.
Insurgents had fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and automatic rifles on U.S. forces in the city, 110 km (68 miles) south of Baghdad, Kimmitt said.
"Sounds of fighting in the downtown area could be heard for much of the night," he said.
One other insurgent was killed Monday in Najaf when U.S.-led forces were sent to defend police stations which had come under attack, he said.
Fighters from Sadr's militia say U.S.-led forces in Iraq routinely exaggerate casualties. U.S.-led forces are trying to crush Sadr's uprising before handing sovereignty to a new Iraqi government on June 30.
Does this mean we're winning?
Attaboys...see what happens when ya play cowboys and muslims!
Our guys ROCK!
Air strikes ROCK!
[round of applause]
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Thanks, freepers are great for keeping little regionals like us on top of things.
"Whenever legal conditions permit, kill terrorists on the spot (do not give them a chance to surrender, if you can help it). Contrary to academic wisdom, the surest way to make a martyr of a terrorist is to capture, convict and imprison him, leading to endless efforts by sympathizers to stage kidnappings, hijacking and other events intended to liberate the imprisoned terrorist(s). This is war, not law enforcement."
'Nuff said.
Well, counting what the Brits did with their cold-steel bayonet charge, it has been a bad day for the Islamics.
This seems to be the AP's newest boiler-plate disclaimer -- as if our guys are lying, and Sadr's can be trusted....
does the fact that it is "US Led" mean that Iraqi forces were involved? I sure hope so ...
Good point!
Kill Japs.
Kill More Japs.
The only good Jap is a dead Jap.
Every dead Jap means you're one day closer to going home.
- Sign posted at Pearl Harbor Naval Base during the Japanese-American "conflict".
There's a direct relationship been the U.S. military's winning and the U.S. media's whining.
Is an "insurgent" a terrorist or a left wing journalist?
Amen.
If the last few years have taught us anything, it's that rehabilitation just isn't possible with Islamokazes.
Shortage of Virgins reaching crisis proportions!
And look at us today!
The "Japs" are a friendly government, tho their religion is different than ours.
However, I don't think that these "apocolyptic" terrorists will ever be anything but an enemy.
As such - kill 'em.
"Attaboys...see what happens when ya play cowboys and muslims!"
Come on...let's drop the PC crap. This is Christians and Muslims:)
Lookit, you kill 5% of their population and the other 95% learn to love you. Were just 900,000 short of our goal in Iraq is all.
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