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Coalition warplanes destroy insurgent command center near Fallujah
BOSTON.COM ^
| 5/14/2005
| Associated Press
Posted on 05/14/2005 1:19:44 PM PDT by Dog
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Coalition warplanes fired precision-guided missiles near Fallujah on Saturday, destroying two unoccupied buildings that the military identified as an insurgent command center. U.S. Marines based in the area said the targeted buildings were about 20 miles northwest of Fallujah, the scene of a large scale November campaign west of Baghdad to rout militants responsible for multiple attacks. ''Coalition aircraft today bombed two unoccupied buildings outside Fallujah that had been used as an insurgent command center, weapons hide site and detention and possible torture facility,'' the military said in a statement. It was unclear what country the planes came from or if the attack caused any casualties. Fallujah is 40 miles west of Baghdad. Ground forces inspected the site after the bombings and discovered mortar rounds, machine gun ammunition, homemade bomb making materials and anti-coalition propaganda, the statement added.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fallujah; iraq; oif
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To: Coop
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posted on
05/14/2005 2:02:33 PM PDT
by
Dog
(Freeping since the crack of doom....)
To: the Real fifi
Sounds like we are getting some good intel, doesn't it? The people of Iraq are helping. Also, in the missile killing of the #3 guy in Al Quada in Pakistan, they tracked the guy for a while, and then used a missile fired from a predator to eliminate the person.
Any bad guys in Iraq should be very, very nervous -- predators don't much noise. Additionally, we are probably killing a few Syrian Intel Agents that are operating in Iraq -- at least I would bet on that. Operation Matador may have eliminated a few of Syria's Intel Agents in Iraq...
22
posted on
05/14/2005 2:02:44 PM PDT
by
topher
(John 5:58 + Exodus 21:22 +Jer 1:5 + Gen 9:6 +John 14:6 + Rev 12:1-17)
To: MississippyMuddy
Making personal attacks does not make a point. Oh, boo hoo hoo! You poor widdle baby.
And yes, judging by your wailing, I'd say my post most definitely made its point.
23
posted on
05/14/2005 2:04:50 PM PDT
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
To: MississippyMuddy
How do you know it was not recently occupied by the terrorists...they hit these buildings with missiles from TWO PLANES...then sent in a sent in a search team to extract INTEL from the site.
Body bags mean nothing.
INTEL is how you will beat this insurgency.
24
posted on
05/14/2005 2:05:22 PM PDT
by
Dog
(Freeping since the crack of doom....)
To: Dog
Stop it! Just quit savagely attacking him!!
Bad boy!
25
posted on
05/14/2005 2:07:52 PM PDT
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
To: Dog
The article said
unoccupied. Too bad, I was hoping for some pieces parts. Preferably foreign pieces parts.
5.56mm
26
posted on
05/14/2005 2:08:45 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: M Kehoe
I don't know someone was using the place to get the Air Force to reach out touch someone.
27
posted on
05/14/2005 2:10:37 PM PDT
by
Dog
(Freeping since the crack of doom....)
To: Dog
I understand. But would it not be easier to get evidence that has not been blown up? The buildings were empty. Get the evidence, then blow them up. Body bags mean everything in a war, that is why we are getting the INTEL in the first place too kill the terrorist. :)
Jeff
To: Dog
...someone was using the place to get the Air Force to reach out touch someone.Good point. The AF just doesn't go around wasting GBUs.
5.56mm
29
posted on
05/14/2005 2:12:37 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: MississippyMuddy
Bomb first......then you go in and get INTEL....saves US lives.
Jeff...there were several pair of US eyes on that building before the air strike.....count on it. Nobody came and went without the military knowing about it.
30
posted on
05/14/2005 2:12:52 PM PDT
by
Dog
(Freeping since the crack of doom....)
To: Southack; Dog; Coop
31
posted on
05/14/2005 2:16:03 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
To: Dog
Bomb first......then you go in and get INTEL....saves US lives. Good point, I stand corrected. Jeff
To: MississippyMuddy
Evidently we got them on the run. I am not upset because there were no bodies there. Right now every time we kill them or hit one of their safe houses they have to pick up and move, sooner or later we will nail their hides to the wall and they know it.
33
posted on
05/14/2005 2:31:11 PM PDT
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: Dog
I bet the building had a sign that said "DNC Headquarters".
34
posted on
05/14/2005 2:31:43 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball)
To: MississippyMuddy
Evidently we got them on the run. I am not upset because there were no bodies there. Right now every time we kill them or hit one of their safe houses they have to pick up and move, sooner or later we will nail their hides to the wall and they know it.
35
posted on
05/14/2005 2:34:52 PM PDT
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: Cyclopean Squid
Yup..... it's only a matter of time that we find Zark and OSBL.
36
posted on
05/14/2005 2:36:39 PM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: boomop1
To: muawiyah
....but he's not in jail?
38
posted on
05/14/2005 2:37:16 PM PDT
by
SweetCaroline
(Politicians and Diapers need changing often and for the same reason!)
To: Dog
To: Dog
"It was unclear what country the planes came from or if the attack caused any casualties." Idiots. Who do the think it was?
40
posted on
05/14/2005 2:38:00 PM PDT
by
blam
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