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U.S.: Ramadi battle kills 100-plus insurgents
CNN ^ | May 1 2006

Posted on 05/01/2006 12:32:58 PM PDT by jmc1969

Two Iraqis also died in the fighting, said Col. John Gronski, commander of the U.S. Army's 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 28th Infantry Division. No Americans were killed.

Gronski said Iraqi forces "are doing very well" in the battle against insurgents in the volatile Anbar province city.

"The Iraqi army is conducting aggressive operations here based on human intelligence from the people of Ramadi themselves," he said.

Gronski said the Iraqi soldiers' improved capability has bolstered the morale of U.S. troops working with them.

U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces are trying to shut down insurgent supply routes into the area, setting up checkpoints and sometimes closing streets, he said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 7200virgins; enemy; iraq; killed; oif; ramadi
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1 posted on 05/01/2006 12:33:04 PM PDT by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969

May they find no rest in the afterlife.


2 posted on 05/01/2006 12:35:07 PM PDT by needlenose_neely
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To: jmc1969

Good news, and from CNN no less.


3 posted on 05/01/2006 12:38:41 PM PDT by jazusamo (-- Married a WAC in '65 and I'm still reenlisting. :-)
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To: jmc1969
50 to one kill ratio is pretty good. Infinity to one is even better though.

Bad day to be a terrorist rebel in Iraq.

4 posted on 05/01/2006 12:38:47 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (If you can read, thank a teacher. If you read English, thank a soldier.)
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To: jmc1969
The groups are realizing that Americans are not their true enemy, the source said, and that they have been "fighting the wrong enemy."

Well, that just about says it all...

5 posted on 05/01/2006 12:39:00 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Zarqawi's almost endless money has kept much of the insurgency from realizing that for a long time.


6 posted on 05/01/2006 12:40:16 PM PDT by jmc1969
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The regular CNN content editors must be off today for 'no-gringo' day. I can't believe they let the following go through:

"The groups are realizing that Americans are not their true enemy, the source said, and that they have been "fighting the wrong enemy."

"[These groups] are coming to the realization that one day the Americans will leave -- and that the most important thing is an Iraq that is free from Iranian influence," the source added."
7 posted on 05/01/2006 12:40:21 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: jmc1969

The Prophet's Virgin factory had to go into overtime production today.

Good job, guys!!


8 posted on 05/01/2006 12:40:32 PM PDT by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
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Good news from Iraq? US troop morale being boosted by a more effective Iraqi security force? Can't have that. Time for a Clinton to fake an injury.


9 posted on 05/01/2006 12:46:46 PM PDT by oolatec
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To: needlenose_neely

May their 72 virgins all be clones of Helen Thomas!


10 posted on 05/01/2006 12:53:55 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Blueflag
"The regular CNN content editors must be off today for 'no-gringo' day."

LOL

11 posted on 05/01/2006 1:08:50 PM PDT by VaBthang4 ("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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To: Centurion2000
Infinity to one is even better though

"IMAGINE" no LEFTISTS. Nice but let's keep it REAL. 50 to 1 is superb!!!

We are talking about an ARMY only 2 years in the making!!!

They have obviously been trained by the VERY BEST!!!

13 posted on 05/01/2006 1:12:28 PM PDT by PISANO (We will not tire......We will not falter.......We will NOT FAIL!!! .........GW Bush [Oct 2001])
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To: jmc1969

Excellent news.


14 posted on 05/01/2006 1:13:37 PM PDT by jveritas (Hate can never win elections.)
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To: MplsSteve

Cruel and unusual


15 posted on 05/01/2006 1:15:10 PM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (Islam Schmislam blahblahblah, enough already!)
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To: jmc1969
Oyaaah!
16 posted on 05/01/2006 1:15:14 PM PDT by Shqipo (2006 is Bush Country!)
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"The Iraqi army is conducting aggressive operations here based on human intelligence from the people of Ramadi themselves," he said.

I'm thinking their ROE are not the same as ours.

17 posted on 05/01/2006 1:19:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Ramadi ping


18 posted on 05/01/2006 1:20:22 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: Blueflag

i had to read that 3 times to make sure i wasnt seeing things.


19 posted on 05/01/2006 1:20:59 PM PDT by philsfan24
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To: Dog; Coop; AdmSmith; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Straight Vermonter; Calpernia; Deetes; Boot Hill; ...

FYI


20 posted on 05/01/2006 1:21:40 PM PDT by Cap Huff
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