Or maybe they finally got a good supply of the new AP "Cannister" round for the Abrams main gun.
Posted on 01/28/2007 11:01:41 PM PST by jmc1969
U.S. and Iraqi forces killed some 300 gunmen from an apocalyptic Muslim cult in a day-long battle involving U.S. tanks and aircraft near the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, Iraqi police, army and political sources said.
The U.S. military said on Monday it was an ongoing operation so it could not provide any details.
An Iraqi army source said U.S. forces took control of the operation on Sunday and had continued bombing the area until well after dawn on Monday.
Two Americans were killed, the U.S. military said on Sunday, when an attack helicopter went down during the battle that was one of the strangest incidents of the 4-year conflict. Iraqi officials said the helicopter seemed to be shot down.
Police Colonel Ali Nomas said 300 to 350 gunmen had been killed in the operation and dozens more arrested. Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and six more missing, and five policemen were killed. Another 40 Iraqi police and soldiers were wounded.
According to one Iraqi political source, hundreds of fighters, drawn from both Sunni and Shi'ite communities, fought throughout Sunday and late into the night, on the eve of the highpoint of the Shi'ite religious calendar.
A Reuters reporter at the scene, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, saw U.S. tanks and heard blasts after dark and an Iraqi officer said F-16 jets were bombing the area.
Details of the day's fighting were sketchy and the origins of the fighters unclear. An Iraqi army source said some of the dead wore headbands declaring themselves a "Soldier of Heaven".
The political source said up to 1,000 fighters had been involved. An Iraqi army source said they wore camouflage and appeared well organised.
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Fantastic! Luv it! Don't stop.
Good news.
Paging 21,600 virgins. Good luck scrounging that many up in hell where you are Islamofascists.
This success must be due to Nancy Pelousy's visit to Baghdad. Only bad things are Bush's fault. /sarcasm.
This is a little confusing. Are they saying that this "Soldier of Heaven" bunch is made up of both Sunnis and Shia? or that the Iraqi government forces were composed of both (Kurds too one hopes)? But if it's the former, its a "Bad Thing". Unless the vast majority of the cult were involved and killed in the action.
That's stupid. If I were an "insurgent leader" all I would do is to hide my "guerillas" for another two years by when the Democratic President is elected and there's no President Bush to "stay the course" in Iraq.
LOL...
They'll soon find out that they're virgin gays...
Clearly we knew where the rally point was.
And what is this "Soldier of Heaven" outfit? (For Allegra)
L
Or maybe they finally got a good supply of the new AP "Cannister" round for the Abrams main gun.
Oh yeah! I'd say we did.
I'm surprised that the MSM is reporting this. Whenever the "insurgents" try to take on the US Military in a real battle, they get slaughtered. I suppose the terrorists will go back to their "brave" IED's and fake-US-uniform attacks after this.
Here is more comments on the same action, but from a different source
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1775130/posts
Oops, same source, an earlier story though
God bless the military, Pres. Bush and the Iraqi defense forces.
This with Hillary trying to score brownie points
with the anti American left. Sicko!
And this is different from regular Islam...how??
Good start.
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