Posted on 10/17/2005 5:29:02 PM PDT by SandRat
AR RAMADI, Iraq (Army News Service, Oct. 17, 2005) -- Coalition forces continued counter-terrorism operations in areas of Al Anbar Province Oct. 16, killing an estimated 70 terrorists in separate actions.
Terrorists stopped while emplacing IED
While conducting a combat air patrol Sunday afternoon, crewmembers from an F-15 observed 20 men arrive in four vehicles at the crater site of a previously-detonated IED which had killed five U.S. and two Iraqi Soldiers east of Ramadi Oct. 15.
The terrorists were in the process of emplacing another IED in the same spot when the F- 15 engaged them with a precision-guided bomb, killing them.
Helicopters engage insurgents
A UH-1N Huey and AH-1W Cobra helicopter team on patrol north of Ramadi at approximately 7:30 p.m. observed a group of military-age males gathered at a suspected terrorist safe house. After realizing their position had been compromised, the terrorists fled the scene and engaged the Cobra with small arms fire.
The Cobra returned fire with 20mm munitions, killing an estimated 10 terrorists.
At approximately 7:50 p.m., a team of F/A-18’s resumed observation at the suspected safe house where they found an additional 35-40 terrorists loading their vehicles with weapons and driving to another location to unload the weapons. The F/A-18 targeted the terrorists with a precision-guided bomb, killing them. The combined strikes resulted in approximately 50 terrorists killed.
The strikes took place in the Abu Faraj region, north of Ramadi, where a large number of indirect fire and IED attacks against civilians, Iraqi infrastructure, Iraqi security forces and Coalition forces have originated.
Insurgents attack Ramadi center
At about 8 p.m., Coalition forces guarding the government center in Ramadi were attacked by small-arms fire from an adjacent building.
After requesting air support to neutralize the increasing volume of fire, an F/A-18 engaged the target with a maverick missile at about 8:50 p.m. When the small arms fire continued, Coalition forces engaged the targets with two shoulder-mounted multipurpose assault weapons, resulting in the cessation of all movement from within the structure.
All the Coalition attacks were timed and executed in a manner to reduce the possibility of collateral damage, officials said. There were no reports of Coalition or civilian casualties.
The attacks follow a successful Constitutional Referendum in which there were no major disruptions caused by terrorists at the polls in Al Anbar Province.
(Editor’s note: Information provided by a Multi-National Force-Iraq news release.)
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"the F- 15 engaged them with a precision-guided bomb, killing them." Nice job, Air Force!
Good job! bomb!
Would be great to see film of this. Cobra 10 dummies 0.
Of course when reporting this awesome win by coalition forces, the MSM focussed exclusively on reports from "witnesses" who said mostly civilians were killed. They neglect to mention that Ramadi is a terrorist stronghold and most residents there are in bed with the terrorists and will say whatever the insurgents want them to say. Convenient, huh? My words to to the dead: "May Allah receive you" and "Rest in pieces."
The title should read:
"70 terrorists beamed up to their pig virgins by F15"
How stupid are they? OK, how ignorant are they? OK, how stupid and ignorant are they to engage a COBRA with small arms?
http://www.hqmc.usmc.mil/factfile.nsf/0/a251c8116905c4b98525626d00777b4b?OpenDocument
They have black hawk down fantasy syndrome
One thing omitted. "Automatic lock on terrorist capability". :)
BTTT
Good guys killing bad guys ~ Bump!
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