U.S. Troops Kill 10 Iraqi Gunmen

AP ^ | 02-10-04 1452EST

[IAmNotAnAnimal]

10 little terrorists sitting on a wall
one gets shot and takes a fall
9 little terrorists sitting on a wall
one gets shot and takes a fall
Aww, screw it give me the 60 cal. for the other 8

[Owen]

It is February 10. The month is more than 1/3 over (short month). American combat casualty deaths this month to date are . . . 3. That's right, 3. There were 2 others killed by accident. If this keeps up, this month will see a plummet in combat deaths of US soldiers.

Then next month a new group of Iraqi police are to take over more duties and US troop strength is to draw down some soon after that. There should be a sharp diminishment in strength on 1 July when Iraq has a government.

Odds are strongly in favor of sharply reduced US casualties in the months to come.

[fso301]

I just love these stories with happy endings.

[Ditto]

Another 720 virgins drawn from inventory.

BTW. Did you hear the one about the Cowboy, the Indian, and the radical Moslem sitting in the dentist's waiting room?

The Indian says "Many moons ago, my people were plentiful. Now we are very few."

"That's interesting." says the radical Moslem. In just a few centuries, my people have grown from a small tribe to over a billion. Why do you think that is, you infidel dog?"

Hearing that, the Cowboy leans over close to the Jihadist, gives him an icy stare, and says. "Well partner, that's because we never played Cowboys and Muslims before."

[Calpernia]

Pro Military, Pro Coalition, Pro de-Baathification News!

http://www.dod.mil/news/Feb2004/n02102004_200402104.html


Coalition Nabs Another 'Most Wanted' Fugitive
By John D. Banusiewicz
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2004 – Another fugitive featured in the deck of 55 playing cards signifying the "most wanted" members of Saddam Hussein's regime is in coalition custody.

Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji was captured Feb. 7, Combined Joint Task Force 7 officials announced today.

Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the task force's deputy operations director, said Khafaji is being held "at a safe location" and is in good health. He was No. 48 on the "most wanted" list and served Saddam's Baath Party as a regional commander and as party chairman for the Qadisiyah district.

In other news from Iraq, a car bomb exploded today outside an Iraqi police station in Iskandaria, south of Baghdad, killing at least 35 people and wounding 75, Kimmitt said at a Baghdad news conference. The 82nd Airborne Division responded with an air quick-reaction force, medical assets, ground troops and investigative assets, he added. No coalition forces were wounded, the general said.

Two U.S. soldiers were killed and five others were wounded near Sinjar on Feb. 9 while confiscated enemy ammunition was being moved to a demolition point, Kimmitt said. A rocket-propelled grenade exploded and killed one soldier instantly, the general said, and a second soldier died en route to the 61st Combat Support Hospital. Three soldiers were admitted and were in stable condition, he added, and the other two were treated and returned to duty.

Kimmitt said the past week has seen an average of 22 engagements per day against coalition military forces in Iraq, fewer than three per day against Iraqi security forces and just under one per day against Iraqi civilians.

In the 24 hours leading up to today's 10:30 a.m. EST briefing, the general said, coalition forces conducted 1,495 patrols, 21 offensive operations and 10 raids. They captured 73 anti-coalition suspects.

In the northern zone, coalition soldiers and Iraqi security forces conducted 48 patrols, six offensive operations and detained six suspects.

Coalition and Iraqi security forces conducted 375 patrols and 10 raids in the north-central zone, capturing 16 anti-coalition suspects. A patrol saw 10 men armed with automatic weapons and RPG launchers north of Muqaddiya the evening of Feb. 9, Kimmitt said, apparently setting up an ambush. The resulting firefight left all 10 dead and led to recovery of five AK-47 assault rifles, four RPG launchers, two RPK machine guns, two hand grenades and a pair of night-vision goggles.

In Baghdad, coalition and Iraqi forces conducted 493 patrols, 37 escort missions and captured seven anti-coalition suspects.

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps forces conducted 15 independent patrols as part of 257 conducted in the west. Ten suspects were captured in the region. The Ar Ar border crossing site saw 2,040 people and 66 buses crossed back into Iraq, as Muslims returned from their pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. To date, 5,357 people have returned from Saudi Arabia through this region, Kimmitt said.

Paratroopers from the 82nd conducted a cordon-and-search operation Feb. 9 in Umaylim, capturing six enemy personnel, including three "primary targets" of the operation, Kimmitt said. The soldiers confiscated small-arms weapons and materials for building remote-control explosive devices, he added.

In the central-south zone, coalition and Iraqi forces conducted 98 patrols, established 28 checkpoints and escorted 40 convoys.

[Calpernia]

Iraqi 55 Most Wanted List

1.	Saddam Husayn GEN	President / Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) Chairman	Captured December 13th
2.	Qusay Saddam Husayn al-Tikriti	Chief, Special Security Organization/special Republican Guard (SSO/SRG); Commander, Central Region Commander	Killed July 22nd
3.	Uday Saddam Husayn al-Tikriti	Member Of The National Assembly, Olympic Committee	Killed July 22nd
4.	Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti GEN	Saddam’s Personal Secretary, National Security Advisor And Senior Bodyguard/inner Circle	Taken into custody June 16th
5.	Ali Hasan al-Majid GEN	Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) / Commander, Ba'ath Party Regional Command / Inner Circle/ Presidential Advisor/ Head Of Central Workers Bureau	Taken into custody August 21st
6.	Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri LTG	Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) Vice-Chairman / Northern Region Commander / Inner Circle/ Deputy Secretary General, Ba’th Party Regional Command / Deputy Commander, Armed Forces
7.	Hani abd al-Latif al-Tilfah al-Tikriti COL	Director, Special Security Organization (SSO) And Responsible For Security And Investigations (MUDIRIYAH NUMBER TWO); Assistant To Qusay; Saddam's Nephew
8.	Aziz Salih al-Numan	Regional Command Chairman For Ba’ath Party Baghdad	Taken into custody May 22nd
9.	Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi	Former Secretary Of Ba'ath Party Northern Bureau, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Former Member Of The Ba'ath Regional Command	Taken into custody April 20th
10.	Kamal Mustafa abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti GEN	Secretary, Republican Guard/special Republican Guard (RG/SRG); Inner Circle	Taken into custody May 17th
11.	Barzan abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti Bg	Commander, Special Republican Guard (SRG)	Taken into custody July 23rd
12.	Muzahim Sab Hasan al-Tikriti LTG	Commander, Iraqi Air Defense Forces / Deputy Director Organization Of Military Industrialization (OMI)	Taken into custody April 23rd
13.	Ibrahim Ahmad abd al-Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti GEN	Chief Of Staff Of Iraqi Armed Forces General Staff & Army	Taken into custody May 15th
14.	Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hasan Taha al-Rawi LTG	Iraqi Republican Guard (RG) Chief Of
15.	Rafi abd al-Latif Tilfah al-Tikriti MG	Director, Directorate Of General Security (DGS)
16.	Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti LTG	Director, Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS)
17.	Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti LTG	Commander, Iraqi Air Force	Taken into custody June 14th
18.	Latif Nusayyif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi	Former Member Of Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) / Central Ba'ath Party Member / Deputy Secretary Of The Ba'ath Military Bureau/inner Circle	Taken into custody June 9th
19.	abd al-Tawab abdullah Mullah al-Huwaysh GEN	Director, Organization Of Military Industrialization (MIC/OMI); Deputy Prime Minister Of Iraq	Taken into custody May 2nd
20.	Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi	Iraqi Vice President	Taken into custody August 20th
21.	Rukan Razuki abd al-Ghafar Sulayman al-Nasiri Bg	Saddam’s Senior Bodyguard/head-Tribal Affairs/inner Circle
22.	Jamal Mustafa abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti	Saddam’s Personal Security/ Deputy Chief-Tribal Affairs/inner Circle/ Presidential Diwan/saddam Husayn’s Son-in-Law	Taken into custody April 20th, turned over the Coalition April 21st
23.	Mizban Khudr al-Hadi	Member Of Revlutionary Command Council (RCC)/central Euphrates Region Commander/ Ba'ath Party Regional Command Member/secretary Of Central Peasants Bureau	Taken into custody on July 9th
24.	Taha Muhyi al-Din Maruf	Vice President, Member Of Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)	Taken into custody May 2nd
25.	Tariq Aziz	Deputy Prime Minister / Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)	Taken into custody April 25th
26.	Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti GEN	Governor Of al-Basrah, Former Special Security Organization (SSO) Chief	Surrendered April 29th
27.	Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Jabburi al-Tai GEN	Iraqi Minister Of Defense; Inner Circle	Taken into custody September 19th
28.	Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister Of Finance	Taken into custody April 18th
29 .	Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad	Iraqi Minister Of Interior	Surrendered on August 8th
30.	Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi	Quds Force Chief Of Staff	Taken into custody June 4th
31.	Zuhayr Talib abd al-Sattar al-Naqib LTG	Director, Directorate Of Military Intelligence (DMI)	Taken into custody April 23rd
32.	Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi LTG	Presidential Advisor, Scientific And Technical Affairs	Surrendered April 12th
33.	Amir Muhammad Rashid al-Tikriti al-Ubaydi LTG	Presidential Advisor	Taken into custody April 28th
34.	Hussam Muhammad Amin al-Yasin LTG	Head, National Monitoring Directorate (NMD) (SINCE AT LEAST 1992); Former Minister Of Interior	Taken into custody April 27th
35.	Muhammed Mahdi al-Salih	Iraqi Minister Of Trade	Taken into custody April 23rd
36.	Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti	Presidential Advisor; Half Brother Of Saddam Husayn
37.	Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Presidential Advisor; Half Brother Of Saddam Husayn	Taken into custody April 13th
38.	Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Presidential Advisor; Half Brother Of Saddam Husayn	Taken into custody April 16th
39.	Huda Salih Mehdi Ammash	Central Ba'ath Party Regional Command Member, Head Of Professional Bureau And Student Youth Bureaus (MAJOR PLAYER IN BIOTECH/GENETIC PROGRAMS)	Taken into custody May 9th
40.	abd al-Baqi abd al-Karim al-Abdallah al-Sadun	Central Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman, Diyala Region
41.	Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun	Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Ninawah And Ta'mim Governorates
42.	Samir abd al-Aziz al-Najim	Central Ba'ath Party Chairman, Baghdad al-Resafa District	Taken into custody April 17th
43.	Humam abd al-Khaliq abd al-Ghafur	Minister Of Higher Education And Scientific Research	Taken into custody April 19th
44.	Yahya abdallah al-Ubaydi	Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Basrah Governorate
45.	Nayif Shindakh Thamir Ghalib	Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman An-Najaf Governorate
46.	Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani	Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, al-Muthanna Governorate	Taken into custody May 24th
47.	Fadil Mahmud Gharib	Central Ba'ath Party Chairman, Babil Governorates	Taken into custody May 15th
48.	Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji	Ba'ath Party Chairman, al-qadisiyah Governorate	Taken into custody Feb 7th 2004
49.	Rashid Taan Kazim	Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Anbar Governorate
50.	Uglah Abid Saqir al-Kubaysi	Central Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Maysan Governorate	Taken into custody May20th
51.	Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi	Central Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman, Wasit Governorate	Taken into custody May 7th
52.	Adil abdallah Mahdi al-Duri al-Tikriti	Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman, Dhi Qar Governorate	Taken into custody May 15th
53.	Husayn al-Awadi Bg	Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman, Ninawa Governorate; Bg In Chemical Corps	Taken into custody June 9th
54.	Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad	Ba'th Party Regional Chairman For Karbala Governorate	Taken into custody January 11th 2004
55.	Sad abd al-Majid al-Faysal	Ba'th Party Regional Chairman For Salah al-Din Governorate	Taken into custody May 24th

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Ping for our awesome troops!

8 4TH ID OPERATIONS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS ~ CENTCOM | 2/10/04

[freedomson]

Roger. Hit 'em.

[optimistically_conservative]

[optimistically_conservative]

That one is my favorite.

[BlazingArizona]

Never fear. I understand there are plenty of goats where they're going...

...Not to mention lots of high-powered American lawyers.

[river rat]

Most folks will miss the REAL story here.....
10 combatants observed.
10 combatants engaged.
10 combatants killed...

None wounded....None captured....None escaped....

Do you folks realize how "unusual" that scenario is in the scheme of things?

Semper Fi

[Blue Scourge]

10 down...bring on the next group.

[yonif]

I wish they would report "armed Palestinians" when Israel kills such people as well.

[optimistically_conservative]

I think you are correct that is an important tactical aspect of the story.

I think there is an important strategic story that is not being discusssed either. America is passing two of three VERY important tests:

1. We are winning an asymmetric war in the Middle East against Islamic terrorists. Terrorism has resource constraints and is limited by its dispersive nature (coordination, logistics, etc.) which is also how it hides. AQ is not able to fight on two fronts (Afghanistan and Iraq) and win. AQ is not able to maintain state support under pressure. Muslims will not rise up and fight against the US to protect the despostic regimes throughout the Middle East.

2. Americans will not cut and run at the sign of blood. They are not afraid to wage war on the ground, instead of 15,000-50,000' in the air. They will not be cowed by a propaganda campaign directed at them through compliant media. The Vietnam and Mogadishu syndrome is not a winning strategy. American tolerance for casualties is not what has been promised by the jihadist leaders, communists and socialists here and abroad. This is a credibility problem for them. The tactical prowess of the military is unparalleled and noticed in Moscow, Beijing, Damascus, Tehran, Paris, ....

There is one more important test.

3. Can Americans be manipulated through well-established left/socialist international and domestic agitators, institutions and media to surrender through their political system. This is where the war is being fought diplomatically, with information and economically. Their have been casualties already on both sides and the 2004 election will be a big test. It will be followed with elections in Britain, Germany and France and our mid-term elections. I'm expecting increasing money flows from overseas into Democratic coffers (ala Clinton) once the nominee is selected as summer and fall approaches.

[ohioWfan]

Thanks for that updated list, Calpernia! Bookmarked!

[section9]

Hey River Rat! You saw what I saw: great intel work, great recon work, an ambush of their ambush, which leads any sane man to believe that we have the opposition riddled with spies. You can bet we are letting the word out to the bad guys that their whole operation is riddled with turncoats. By now, no one trusts anyone in bad guy HQ.

A briefcase full of Ben Franklins goes a long way in Baghdad.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[reagan_fanatic]

I love the smell of perforated terrorists in the morning. It's the smell of victory."

[Coffee_drinker]

"Do you folks realize how "unusual" that scenario is in the scheme of things?"


Well I've never served in the Military but I would assume that it would be very unusual to have sighted 10 and have no prisoners or escaped. I sure would like to see the report on this fire fight!

CD

[blam]

"I wish they would report "armed Palestinians" when Israel kills such people as well."

I was suprised to see it in this article.