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Four Terrorists Killed, Tied to IED Production
Blackanthem Military News ^ | Jan 6, 2007 | MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE - IRAQ

Posted on 01/07/2007 6:41:05 PM PST by mdittmar

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces killed four terrorists and detained a fifth armed gunman during a raid Saturday morning in Baghdad targeting terrorists involved in the production of improvised explosive devices.

Upon arrival at the objective, five armed individuals attempted to flee the scene. Coalition Forces tracked four of the individuals to a nearby building where they refused to surrender. Their subsequent actions were assessed as an immediate threat to Coalition Forces and other Iraqis in the area forcing the troops to engage and kill the four terrorists. The fifth armed individual was found hiding in a ditch. He surrendered and ground forces detained him.

Considering the amount of human suffering and damage inflicted by IEDs, it is significant when Coalition Forces are able to eliminate and detain terrorists involved in these attacks. Every detention brings Iraq one step closer to peace.


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1 posted on 01/07/2007 6:41:07 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

4:1 - That's a good ratio...


2 posted on 01/07/2007 6:46:00 PM PST by chartnah ("We all do no end of feeling and mistake it for thinking." - Mark Twain)
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To: chartnah

"4:1 - That's a good ratio..."


No it ain't.


3 posted on 01/07/2007 6:48:44 PM PST by soupcon
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To: soupcon

LOL. Yeah, you're right, but better than what has prevailed in Iraq recently. I'll take these little bits of encouragement where I can find 'em.


4 posted on 01/07/2007 6:52:48 PM PST by chartnah ("We all do no end of feeling and mistake it for thinking." - Mark Twain)
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To: mdittmar
The fifth armed individual was found hiding in a ditch. He surrendered and ground forces detained him.

Odd, considering how we've been told that these guys "love death" and are "anxious to die."

5 posted on 01/07/2007 6:54:22 PM PST by Steely Tom
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Their subsequent actions were assessed as an immediate threat... forcing the troops to engage and kill the four terrorists.

You've gotta be kidding!

6 posted on 01/07/2007 6:57:48 PM PST by Socratic (A family is more than a matter of genetics.)
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To: Steely Tom

Maybe he was off his "meds".


7 posted on 01/07/2007 6:59:13 PM PST by mickie (God Bless our Troops)
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PING for FRWN


8 posted on 01/07/2007 7:15:17 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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How about this. The troops waltzed in, shot the place up, and one sleaze bag Muslim mass murderer managed to escape the initial salvo. He was later captured cowering in a ditch. "Forced to engage" my butt. Why is this even a story. It's a WAR! We kill them before they kill us. These aren't cops here, they're soldiers. We have to stop this Gomer Pyle approach to the military.
9 posted on 01/07/2007 8:11:38 PM PST by Mojave Mark (The Democrats... gravitas free since '63)
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To: mdittmar

LOVE IT. GOD BLESS ALL OUR WARRIORS AND THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.


10 posted on 01/07/2007 8:31:33 PM PST by pissant
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To: Mojave Mark

Sadly that's exactly what has been forced on us by the RDDBs, LEFTIELIBERALS, DemonRATS, LAWWW-YEERS, etc..


11 posted on 01/08/2007 5:03:03 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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