"When you're a Jet..."
Posted on 09/07/2005 5:53:11 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. warplanes bombed a house in an al-Qaida stronghold near the Syrian border Wednesday and a key terrorist operative was believed killed, the U.S. military said.
It was the second day of airstrikes aimed at what American commanders say is an increasing al-Qaida presence in the area near the border city of Qaim.
A U.S. military statement said Wednesday's attack was thought to have killed Abu Ali, a senior al-Qaida agent in charge of helping foreign fighters enter the country from Syria. He was believed in a house targeted in a Euphrates River village, the statement said.
Ali was "linked to other al-Qaida terrorists and foreign fighter facilitators in the Hit, Qaim, Karabilah and Husaybah areas," it said. He also was known to have al-Qaida connections in Syria and Saudi Arabia, where most of his foreign fighters were recruited, the military said.
U.S. pilots reported several secondary explosions after their bombs destroyed the house, suggesting the structure held a large cache of armaments, the statement said.
The target was just a few miles from the town of Husaybah, where residents said Wednesday that masked insurgent gunmen had taken control, setting up roadblocks and questioning people on the streets. They said snipers were atop buildings and gunmen roamed the streets.
On Tuesday, the American military said Marine warplanes bombed two small Euphrates bridges being used by insurgents to move weapons and fighters near Karabilah, about 185 miles west of Baghdad.
Husaybah residents said the destruction of one bridge had kept people from fleeing the insurgent advance into that town. They also said Qaim had lost its water, electricity and telephone services.
Iraqi officials and residents say al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, took over parts of Qaim after residents fled fighting between tribes supporting and opposing the insurgents.
The U.S. military maintains a presence in the region, but U.S. officers complain privately that they do not have enough American and Iraqi troops to secure Qaim.
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Let them develop this town, attract thousands more from outside of Iraq, collect intelligence, then pulverise it.
Keep stacking the scum up like cordwood, men!
If the U.S. officers are complaining 'privately' how does this writer know about it?
Good question!
"When you're a Jet..."
Gee and just when they put out their Welcome sign too... what a shame.
Very good article on what is happening over there:
http://billroggio.com/archives/2005/09/tal_afar_calm_b.php
Good job BUMP. God bless our troops.
Now drop 100 MOABs...I paid for them..I want them field tested.
YEEEEEEEEEEE Haaawwww, dead mudslims.....great day for the infidels
I predicted this yesterday. These guys spend too much time listening to Dick Durbin pontificating on Al Jazeera, and they think they can come out in the open...and the next thing you know, there aren't any pieces larger than a sandwich bag.
RUMS: HA HA HA HA....
and I'm not sorry if I pi$$ed anyone off.
even a Cockroach knows enough to stay out of the light!!!
How many is this in the last week or two?
Not enough?
That is too funny!!
FReepers are the best!!
Thanks for the laugh.
Great news.
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