Posted on 03/24/2005 10:31:38 AM PST by Wolfstar
March 24, 2005 -- BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 85 terror fighters at a suspected training camp along the marshy shores of a remote lake — one of the highest guerrilla death tolls of the two-year war, officials said yesterday.
They said citizens emboldened by the January elections are increasingly turning in intelligence tips.
The devastating raid at Lake Tharthar in central Iraq turned up booby-trapped cars, suicide-bomber vests, weapons and training documents, Iraqi Maj. Gen. Rashid Feleih said.
He said the rebels included Iraqis, Filipinos, Algerians, Moroccans, Afghans and Arabs from neighboring countries.
"What's really remarkable is that the citizens this time really took the initiative to provide us with very good information," Feleih said.
In three days, according to Iraqi and U.S. officials' accounts, troops have killed at least 128 rebels nationwide, culminating in the announcement of Tuesday's attack by Iraqi commandos, backed by U.S. air and ground fire.
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In related news, deaths among U.S. forces in Iraq have fallen dramatically. The death toll in February was the lowest in seven months, and the drop continued so far this month.
Awesome! Take that those who had doubt in GWB.
I thought the continuous, monotonous tone from the left had dropped a few dB.
Snactioned some Taliban types in Afghanistan today too. Good hunting boys!
---I thought the continuous, monotonous tone from the left had dropped a few dB.---
Temporary. They are just catching their breath. A couple of bad days in a row & it will be quagmire revisited.
Laura Ingraham noted this on her show this morning, especially that the WaPo saw fit to slip this in on page A15. Compared to this version they downplayed the variety of foreigners among the terrorist dead and the fact that the baddies were given away by tipsters. They also helpfully included the only two recent U.S. casualties right next to the report.
The Iraqis are really finding their footing, and more and more people are coming down off the fence. Look to see Iraq drop off the headlines in the very near future.
this is bad news, queue Hillary's fainting couch...or Bill's relapse..or something with Chelsea to clog the media.
Double awesome!!! :-)
Some of them have been trying to ignore the good news and focus, instead, on the sad fact that the total deaths of U.S. forces in Iraq has passed the 1500 mark. The question the Left refuses to answer, however, is whether they would prefer the battles to be on the streets of Washington, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc., or in Iraq?
Great news about Afghanistan. I think the successful Iraqi elections truly turned a corner and there's no going back.
PuNk 'Em......!
I've notived that the media hasn't been constantly telling us what the deat toll in Iraq is.
They are busy making sure that Terri is killed.
Yes, and it's wonderful. Still a hard slog ahead for them, but things are looking very hopeful, indeed.
LOL!
Remarkable how predictable the MSM is.
And the liberals slump back in their chairs in a frustrated silence...
More good news.
Everyone of these bastards killed by our warriors over there is one less Islamofascist bastard breathing. Dead Islamofascists never kill innocents. Only the breathing ones do.
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