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U.S., Iraqi forces kill 300 militants in Najaf (300-350 terrorists dead)
Reuters ^
| January 29 2007
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armyofheaven; heavensarmy; heavenssoldiers; hellsarmy; iraq; islam; jaishaljanna; jundalsamaa; mahdi; najaf; owned; soldiersofheaven; waronterror; wot
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That is the biggest one day total of enemy killed that I have seen in over 3 years.
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:01:42 PM PST
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
Fantastic! Luv it! Don't stop.
To: jmc1969
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:05:27 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: jmc1969
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". 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.
To: jmc1969
Well, the number comes from the iraqi sources. Re-read the "Arabian Nights" and divide by 5 or 10, until and unless the number is confirmed by somebody more trustworthy.
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:10:48 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: jmc1969
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.
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:15:08 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: jmc1969
That is the biggest one day total of enemy killed that I have seen in over 3 years.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.
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:18:09 PM PST
by
MinorityRepublican
(Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: NYRepublican72
Paging 21,600 virgins. Good luck scrounging that many up in hell where you are Islamofascists. LOL...
They'll soon find out that they're virgin gays...
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:21:00 PM PST
by
ChristianDefender
(Never Give Your Enemy (ROP) A Foothold.)
To: El Gato
Clearly we knew where the rally point was.
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:21:19 PM PST
by
Domangart
(editor and publisher)
To: SandRat; Allegra
Same operation or a different one?
And what is this "Soldier of Heaven" outfit? (For Allegra)
L
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:21:34 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Europeans killed 6 million Jews. As a reward they got 40 million Moslems. Karma's a bitch.)
To: jmc1969
With this kind of exchange ratio, even discounting the enemy KIAs by some realistic factor, they must have been using some serious force multipliers. I'm thinking AC-130s and/or cluster munitions.
Or maybe they finally got a good supply of the new AP "Cannister" round for the Abrams main gun.
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:28:12 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: Domangart
Clearly we knew where the rally point was. Oh yeah! I'd say we did.
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:29:34 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: jmc1969
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.
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:32:20 PM PST
by
Sterm26
(Death before Dhimmitude!)
To: jmc1969
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:32:50 PM PST
by
Syncro
To: jmc1969
Oops, same source, an earlier story though
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:33:43 PM PST
by
Syncro
To: El Gato
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!
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:33:48 PM PST
by
ChiMark
To: jmc1969
...an apocalyptic Muslim cult... And this is different from regular Islam...how??
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:34:51 PM PST
by
Freedom_no_exceptions
(No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
To: jmc1969
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:34:54 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: jmc1969
That is the biggest one day total of enemy killed that I have seen in over 3 years
That is getting close to battalion size enemy losses IIRC. Our forces are effective when they fight, not try to police a hostile environment.
However this conflict is what it is, and I hope they can isolate/kill the 'insurgents' and win the people.
I guess the MSM forgot to say that this is VN all over again.
W.
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:35:29 PM PST
by
RunningWolf
(2-1 Cav 1975)
To: jmc1969
apocalyptic Muslim cult
Triple redundancy!
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posted on
01/28/2007 11:35:56 PM PST
by
milemark
(Headbutt: apply directly to the forehead. Headbutt: apply directly to the forehead.)
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