[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Operation Market Sweep....resulted in the capture of 55 enemies, including five targeted individuals. The soldiers confiscated three 60-millimeter mortars, four 82-millimeter mortars, 400 mortar fuses, 160 mortar rounds of various sizes, 184 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds, 80 RPG boosters, four RPG launchers, seven AT-5 missiles, two Milan AT missiles, 18 57-millimeter rockets, four rockets, 17 pre-made improvised explosive devices (IEDs), four cases of TNT, 105 small arms weapons, over 8,500 rounds of ammunition, 244 grenades, and four Italian mines. The success of the mission will greatly improve the security of the Fallujah region.
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[Iscool]

Any idea which country these arms were coming in from??? I'm not too good at Middle East geography...

[aBootes]

Later that night, during hours of curfew, three personnel arrived at the cache site and were engaged with direct fire, which killed all three.

I love how the guy who writes these always saves the best for last...

[Principled]

The operation resulted in:

the capture of 55 enemies, including five targeted individuals.

The soldiers confiscated:
three 60-millimeter mortars
four 82-millimeter mortars
400 mortar fuses
160 mortar rounds of various sizes
184 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds
80 RPG boosters
four RPG launchers
seven AT-5 missiles
two Milan AT missiles
18 57-millimeter rockets
four rockets
17 pre-made improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
four cases of TNT
105 small arms weapons
over 8,500 rounds of ammunition
244 grenades
and four Italian mines

Very nice!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Dean says: "Capturing Saddam hasn't done anything for the war against terrorists."

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Nice day's work!

[Wild Irish Rogue]

CNN Headline News was particularly vile today.At the top of the hour ,they announced ,with their Iraq war logo as a back drop,that 4 US soldiers had been killed.Then as the gal reported the deaths,they were all from Friday.CNN was specifically trying to infer that 4 more deaths had happened today. In contrast to those dirtbags, Gregg Jarrett on FOX News said they had good news to report-no US casualties today. Then Greg put the 328 combat deaths ( not the 500, Begala that always cites) into perspective.Obviously we grieve for every family when one of ours falls,but, the combat deaths pale in comparison to the yearly murder rates in some US cities-600 in Chicago,596 in NYC and 500 in LA,etc.IIRC approx 16,000 people are murdered each year,in the US. FOX is thankful for the low number,while CNN obviously wishes the count were higher,so they manipulate the data.