Posted on 06/20/2006 8:44:47 AM PDT by Wiz
Baghdad, 20 June (AKI) - Sources in Ramadi in the restive al-Anbar province report that large groups of armed foreign militants are fleeing towards the Syrian border, as US and Iraqi forces tighten their siege on the city. Ramadi, some 100 kilometres west of Baghdad, is a stronghold of the insurgency and there are reports of many residents also fleeing in fear of an assault. Sources told Adnkronos International (AKI) that local tribes were also pursuing foreign terrorists "because of the immense damage they have done to infrastructure and the bad name they have given the insurgency by terror attacks against innocent civilians."
The sources added that "the armed men are heading towards the highlands near the Euphrates in an effort to find a secure refuge," emphasising that "the murder of the head of the Karabila tribe, Osama al-Jadaan, in al-Mansour last month, by al-Qaeda operators, triggered a vendetta by his relatives and followers."
(Excerpt) Read more at adnki.com ...
I think this will also be a persue and destroy excercise for the new Iraqi security forces. Practice makes perfect and if thhings don't get cleaned up on the ground, then the air support can come in and clean things up.
ROTFL!!!!! Good one!
Sounds like a good idea for a song parody.
heheh
Nowhere to run to baby, no where to hide.
There will be AC-130 in place. If anything attempts to leave the city, they will likely encounter massive fire power and be deformed into swiss cheese.
Just to piss you off.
Thanks for finding this article. I'll ping the rest of the Merry Band of Patriots.
Here's the rest of the article at AKI:
"This episode, the sources said, "will make the border area where the tribe of the victim lives an unsafe area for these militants." What's more, "there is close collaboration between the members of this tribe and the US and Iraqi forces regarding the elimination of terrorists and the liberation of the zone from this tragic presence."
"The same sources indicated that in recent days "the American and Iraqi forces have launched an assault campaign on areas of the city of Ramadi, especially the neighbourhood around the stadium, with loud speaker announcements that they have captured various terrorists hiding there" and warning that the operation will continue until they have identified and captured all their targets."
Will Murtha be there to help the insurgents?
To decimate them means killing 10% of them, I think 100% would be better...
PING! Thanks to mystery-ak for finding this thread.
Can you say AC-130.
"You can run, but you'll only die tired."
Well, the night was falling as the desert world
Began to settle down.
In the town they're searching for us every where
But we hope we'll never be found.
Thugs on the run, thugs on the run.
Ah, someone who knows his Latin!
Giggle!!
IIRC, Kerry got a silver star for bravely chasing a wounded vc and shooting him. What is Murtha complaining about?
Besides, how many "civilians" decide to go for a drive in the middle of a gunfight? After what happened to the two soldiers, do you finally suppose it's time for a little payback?
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