THIS would get media attention. I believe the record for the largest simultaneous judicial hanging stands at 38.
Posted on 03/02/2006 4:34:41 PM PST by Former Military Chick
US forces have detained 61 rebels linked to Al-Qaeda in Iraq frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi near Fallujah, in western Iraq, Major-General Rick Lynch told a news conference Thursday.
The rebels were detained on Monday during a raid on a rebel bomb-making and training base, the US-led coalition spokesman said.
"In an area 30 miles (20 kilometres) northeast of Fallujah, coalition forces had intelligence of an Al-Qaeda in Iraq facility used for training and bomb-making," Lynch said.
"Detail planning and execution led to the apprehension of 61 members of Zarqawi's network in Iraq."
Those apprehended include "critical facilitators" of Zarqawi, he said, adding that a large stock of weapons and ammunition were also confiscated.
The US military, separately, announced that another 10 rebels had been detained after raids in Hubbaniya, near Fallujah, on Thursday.
The latest raids are part of Operation Saeed, conducted by US forces over the past few months in the restive Al-Anbar province.
He said the operation has been successful because rebel attacks in the province fell from 145 to 104 during the week ended February 24 compared to the previous week.
Lynch said rebel attacks across Iraq also fell during the same period from 555 to 522, although attacks across southern Iraq rose during the period from 15 to 33.
US forces repeatedly carry out sweeps in Al-Anbar, a Sunni-majority province, where foreign fighters are said to have crossed over from Syria.
Meanwhile, sectarian violence that hit Iraq in the wake of the bombing of the Shiite shrine in Samarra claimed the lives of 319 civilians over eight days, Lynch said, adding that over the same period 33 mosques had been attacked.
The Iraqi government on Wednesday said 379 people had died since the shrine bombing a week earlier.
If I am wrong please let me know, just my observations from the heartland of what is provided to me as news at 5 and 6 and then at 10.
PING
Someone tell the drive-by media.
Someone tell the drive-by media"
Oh, they know. But they are doing their best not to let the American public know.
BTT. This many in a place argues (1) good intel, and (2) that nobody in the coalition warned them in advance, which used to happen a lot and these days isn't.
PING
Thank you for that insightful comment, I had not thought about it in that regard.
Sometimes tactics of yesterday work far better than what we use today. imho
Great work. Round 'em up and move 'em out!
This will be reported nowhere. Only that Iraq is on the verge on Civil War.
Maybe our media and liberals are waiting for a "Big Bang" and this is not it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1588894/posts
Good news = no news
The MSM would not like to report the facts because then people might dare to believe we will win. Defeatism in the present case requires a psychotic refusal to allow any encouraging facts into the public arena.
The rebels were detained on Monday during a raid on a rebel bomb-making and training base, the US-led coalition spokesman said.
Let me guess, this is to be known to all via the MSM shortly....
It would be if the rebels were to be sneaky and wear panties instead of a rag on their heads at the time of detention.
Make sure they are not getting any pantys on their heads... instead shoot them.
"US forces have detained 61 rebels linked to Al-Qaeda.."
Why are they still alive?
But I thought that there was no Al Queda in Iraq.
THIS would get media attention. I believe the record for the largest simultaneous judicial hanging stands at 38.
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