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US troops kill 46 Iraqis trying to ambush them in central Iraq
Nov. 30, 2003
Posted on 11/30/2003 12:47:38 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
FN Alert:
Banner: US forces kill 46 Iraqis trying to ambush them in central Iraq.
Steve Centanni: 46 Iraqis were killed and 8 others were taken captive.
Across wire:
4th Infantry Division repelled multiple ambush attacks, at least 18 Iraqi attackers, 5 US soldiers were wounded. No reported deaths.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 4thid; captured; deadiraqisoldiers; enemy; fedayeen; goodnews; iraq; jihadnextdoor; killed; samarra; samarraattack
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
US forces kill 46 Iraqis trying to ambush them in central Iraq. That's what I'm talkin' about!
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
More dead Iraqi civilians killed by the imperial hegemony neocon warmongerers!
/sarcasm
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:50:02 PM PST
by
Bogey78O
(No! Don't throw me in the briar patch!!!!!)
To: BlessedBeGod
According to Reuters, source of "46 Iraqis killed" was a US military authority.
City of Samarra.
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:50:07 PM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
In the city of Sumara, central Iraq.
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:50:07 PM PST
by
wizardoz
("They're not Americans; they're Democrats." -NetValue)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
46 Iraqis were killed and 8 others were taken captive. I hope they can get alot of infor from those 8 captured
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:50:25 PM PST
by
Mo1
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
That's the way to smoke 'em.
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:50:35 PM PST
by
WackyKat
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Good show!
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:50:41 PM PST
by
Gritty
("There are many questions at home about the (Bush) administration's policies." - Hillary in Iraq)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Nice shootin', boys.
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:50:45 PM PST
by
jimbo123
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Your spelling looks better.
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:50:46 PM PST
by
wizardoz
("They're not Americans; they're Democrats." -NetValue)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
U.S. Forces Kill 46 Iraqis Trying to Ambush Them
Sun November 30, 2003 03:43 PM ET
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers killed 46 Iraqis and captured eight in a series of attempted ambushes on U.S. convoys in the central Iraqi city of Samarra on Sunday, a US military spokesman said.
"The fourth infantry division repelled multiple ambush attacks," Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald told reporters, adding that at least 18 attackers, five U.S. soldiers and a civilian traveling with the convoys also were wounded during the ambushes. (Reporting by Andrew Hammond, editing by Lisa Vaughan)
© Reuters 2003. All Rights Reserved.
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:50:57 PM PST
by
IoCaster
("That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's misery." - Richard Hooker)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Glad to get this news. We need more of it.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
..sounds like a major battle...any news of US casualities?
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:51:45 PM PST
by
mystery-ak
(GodSpeed, Mike.c)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Reuters article:
U.S. Forces Kill 46 Iraqis Trying to Ambush Them
Sun November 30, 2003 03:43 PM ET
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers killed 46 Iraqis and captured eight in a series of attempted ambushes on U.S. convoys in the central Iraqi city of Samarra on Sunday, a US military spokesman said.
"The fourth infantry division repelled multiple ambush attacks," Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald told reporters, adding that at least 18 attackers, five U.S. soldiers and a civilian traveling with the convoys also were wounded during the ambushes. (Reporting by Andrew Hammond, editing by Lisa Vaughan)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I also wonder if they are all Iraqis .. or if some are from neighboring countries?
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:52:50 PM PST
by
Mo1
To: mystery-ak
We've heard 5 wounded, not heard of any killed yet.
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:53:47 PM PST
by
wizardoz
("They're not Americans; they're Democrats." -NetValue)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; FairOpinion
Excellent news. And from Reuters, no less.
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:54:07 PM PST
by
onyx
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Heard US military officials say just this morning that Iraqis had begun targeting "soft targets" like civilians as it was a safer way of achieving their goal of terrorizing those who are there to assist them.
I guess these 46 didn't get the word.
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:54:13 PM PST
by
South40
(My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
To: FairOpinion
5 US wounded and one civilian...no report of deaths, yet
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posted on
11/30/2003 12:54:34 PM PST
by
mystery-ak
(GodSpeed, Mike.c)
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