Posted on 05/11/2008 11:03:16 AM PDT by SandRat
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces conducted an operation targeting associates of an al-Qaeda in Iraq foreign terrorist facilitator in northern Iraq Saturday.
Information from detainees led Coalition forces to a location south of Mosul where they were targeting associates of a suspected AQI facilitator. Surveillance teams observed a vehicle leave the target building and followed the suspected terrorists. After the suspects’ vehicle made several stops at other locations, dropping off and picking up additional men, Coalition forces attempted to stop the vehicle. Coalition forces fired three warning shots, but the driver refused to stop and one man made threatening movements from inside the vehicle. Coalition forces responded to the perceived threat and engaged the vehicle, killing two armed men inside. A woman and child in the vehicle were also killed in the engagement.
”Coalition forces sincerely regret when innocent civilians are killed during our operations to rid Iraq of terrorists,” said Navy Capt. Gordon Delcambre, MNF-I spokesman.
Too bad about the child. Don’t really care about the woman. When you marry into AQI, you aren’t exactly an innocet civilian.
when you lie down with dogs, you may get up infested with fleas.
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