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U.S. says killed 93 Qaeda-linked fighters in Iraq
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 1/22/07 | Reuters

Posted on 01/22/2007 1:04:20 PM PST by NormsRevenge

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday 93 rebels were killed and 57 captured in a 10-day operation against al Qaeda-linked insurgents northeast of Baghdad.

In an unusually detailed video news conference broadcast to journalists in Baghdad from Diyala province, Colonel David Sutherland said Iraqi troops had fought well in the operation and were improving their capabilities every day.

He said 25 weapons caches, including around 1,200 Katyusha rockets, had been found during operations dating back to November in the area around a remote village called Turki.

Sutherland said U.S. and Iraqi forces had gradually isolated the insurgents since November before launching the 10-day assault backed by air strikes from January 4 to 14. Last week, the Iraqi army said it had killed about 50 rebels in the area.

"Since I've been here we have not conducted an operation ... against a group of this size that were willing to fight us out in the open," Sutherland said. "This operation shows ... there's partnership between Iraqi army and Coalition forces."

Diyala is a violent province where Shi'ites, Sunni Arabs and ethnic Kurds are increasingly divided on sectarian lines.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; fighters; iraq; killed; linked
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To: NormsRevenge

93 bumps for the good guys!


61 posted on 01/22/2007 5:18:25 PM PST by prairiebreeze (I support the troops AND THE MISSION. I do not support Clintoons, RINOS or RATS.)
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To: NormsRevenge

6696 coming right up.

62 posted on 01/22/2007 5:38:43 PM PST by M203M4
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Well....how did that title change happen....a MODerator having FUN ...????


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Beats me.

Not sure what happened, I had thought of asking to have the 57 captured added initially, didn't do so and then saw it had been added, then a little later , well, uhh, stuff happens... but then I had to bug out for awhile,, glad I caught it before I left.

I may ask for a Congre$$ional investigation. lol

For some reason, I think Charlie Rangel will seriously consider it, if they can squeeze it in, that IS. ;-)


63 posted on 01/22/2007 5:41:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... California 2007,, Where's a script re-write guy when ya need 'em?)
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To: NormsRevenge

Congress is going to engineer our withdrawal from Iraq, and Al Qaeda will get its first victory of the WOT. Put the blame on Congress.


64 posted on 01/22/2007 6:46:27 PM PST by popdonnelly (Our first obligation is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

--U.S. says killed 93 Qaeda-linked fighters in Iraq (and 57 captured Penises)

What????--

That would draw BIG TIME attention from the lame stream media.


65 posted on 01/22/2007 7:00:23 PM PST by rfp1234 (Custom-built for Bill Clinton: the new Toyota Priapus.)
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To: NormsRevenge

There are benefits to fighting side by side with the Iraqi Security Forces - they shot first and don't bother asking questions.


66 posted on 01/22/2007 9:06:45 PM PST by baltoga
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To: NormsRevenge
The U.S. military said on Monday 93 rebels were killed and 57 captured in a 10-day operation against al Qaeda-linked insurgents northeast of Baghdad.

Did the folks who rely on the maindream media for news hear about this?

67 posted on 01/22/2007 11:36:22 PM PST by Just Lori (Blessed are the peacemakers: ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINES, COAST GUARD!!!!)
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To: Gritty
It appears the old "body count" of enemy bodies is starting to appear.

I miss the old body counts. I slept well as a child. The Pentagon wrongly thought witholding insurgent body counts would be a good Vietnam "lesson learned". Instead, it gave the MSM the opportunity to repeat and amplify US losses without context, and there was no yardstick for the American public to judge US progress.

Every US casualty is an absolute downer but, if we're also putting 20-30 al Qaeda heads to bed in the same firefight, the American public deserves that information too. I think we're past worrying about "inflaming the Arab street".
68 posted on 01/23/2007 3:47:56 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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To: Just Lori

On the three-minute blurbs that pop up on the talk shows' hard breaks, I heard endlessly about how deadly the last few days in Iraq were.

So no, I think it was the standard "bad news followed by more bad news" from the drive-by media.


69 posted on 01/23/2007 4:37:00 AM PST by flintsilver7
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To: NormsRevenge
Rebel? Were these UNLV Rebels or Ole Miss Rebels?

I had just gotten used to "militant".

70 posted on 01/23/2007 5:33:33 AM PST by magellan
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To: showme_the_Glory

The bride was disturbed after she tossed her bouquet to a Reuters "reporter".


71 posted on 01/23/2007 6:01:59 AM PST by juliej (vote gop)
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To: NormsRevenge

ooooooooorah! why is this not on any of the mainstream media??
who says this war is going badly? the us and iraqi armies are kicking their cowardly butts. win the military war first then sort out the government later.


72 posted on 01/23/2007 6:58:33 AM PST by rogernz
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To: rogernz

well, it is by reuters so it is by the MSM... but still, i only heard about it here on freerepublic.


73 posted on 01/23/2007 7:15:15 AM PST by rogernz
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To: rogernz

why is this not on any of the mainstream media??
who says this war is going badly?

It's not in the media's interests re: their agenda?


74 posted on 01/23/2007 9:36:02 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... California 2007,, Where's a script re-write guy when ya need 'em?)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Berosus; Cincinatus' Wife; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; FairOpinion; Fedora; ..
1,200 Katyusha rockets
...and who is that makes those again?
75 posted on 01/23/2007 10:11:03 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is this for real, or is it Vietnamization all over again?


76 posted on 01/23/2007 11:52:05 AM PST by jjm2111 (http://www.purveryors-of-truth.blogspot.com)
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To: NormsRevenge

Excellent news. The Pentagon should publish the number of terrorists killed everyday.


77 posted on 01/23/2007 1:35:18 PM PST by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: SunkenCiv
1,200 Katyusha rockets

...and who is that makes those again?

Hezb'allah?

78 posted on 01/23/2007 3:21:22 PM PST by Fred Nerks (Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free pdf download. Link on my bio page.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Good News..BUMP!


79 posted on 01/23/2007 4:04:12 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Syria and Iran are fueling the Iraqi Shi'ite terrorism against our GI's via infiltrating Shi'ite killers from Iran, Syria, (Hezballah controlled areas of Lebanon, plus thugs from Hamas & elsewhere. Saudi Arabia & other Sunni régimes are supporting the Iraqi Sunni terrorists.

Short term solution for our troops is attacking Iran and wipe out the dictatorship as well as all underground & ground level nuclear weapons sites. In terms of Syria, Assad needs to be receiving end of what his Syrian Ba'athist tyranny has been dishing out to US as well as Israel and Lebanon.

Hopefully the plans which are on the drawing board regarding Iran and Syria will be implemented before either outlaw state commits the unthinkable.

80 posted on 01/23/2007 6:54:23 PM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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