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U.S. reports 68 al Qaeda militants killed in Iraq
CNN ^
| June 22, 2007
Posted on 06/22/2007 3:10:58 PM PDT by Kaslin
Story Highlights
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NEW: U.S. general cites three reasons for optimism in Iraq
• Iran providing "surge" of help to insurgents, general says
• U.S. attack helicopters kill 17 al Qaeda members on Friday, military says
• 51 other militants killed in Diyala province this week brings total to 68, U.S. says
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. and Iraqi troops killed at least 68 al Qaeda militants in Iraq's Diyala province in the past four days, the U.S. military reported on Friday.
U.S. attack helicopters armed with missiles killed 17 "al Qaeda gunmen" Friday in and around a village southwest of Khalis, a volatile town in the province, the U.S. military said.
The military said the attack was part of Operation Arrowhead Ripper, the anti-insurgent offensive going on in and around Baquba, Diyala's provincial capital.
On Friday, attack helicopters spotted a group of armed men trying to avoid police and sneak into the village, the statement said.
Earlier, the U.S. military reported that through Thursday, troops had killed 51 al Qaeda militants in Baquba.
Twenty militants were detained, and seven weapons caches were discovered, the military said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; arrowheadripper; iraq; killed; michaelmoore; oif
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posted on
06/22/2007 3:11:00 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
Good. Very good. Not enough, though.
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posted on
06/22/2007 3:12:01 PM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(Run, Fred, run!)
To: Kaslin
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posted on
06/22/2007 3:14:05 PM PDT
by
bnelson44
(http://www.appealforcourage.org)
To: Clara Lou
U.S. reports 68 al Qaeda
militants terrorists killed in Iraq
There, fixed. The militants are at CNN.
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posted on
06/22/2007 3:15:52 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: Kaslin
This can’t be because Pelosi and Reid said there was NO Al Qaeda in Iraq and there is no WOT. Plus Ron Paul and his supporters say it is okay to leave Iraq and it will not hurt us. According to Pelosi, Reid, Paul and his base, Al Qaeda will not set up shop in Iraq and turn it into a base of operations to attack us, our allies and interests worldwide. Me thinks they are all wrong and very misguided.
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posted on
06/22/2007 3:18:11 PM PDT
by
jrooney
(The democrats are the friend of our enemy and the enemy of our friends. Attack them, not GW!)
To: Kaslin
Excellent, keep stacking the scumbuckets up like cordwood please!
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posted on
06/22/2007 3:18:37 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: Kaslin
missiles killed 17 "al Qaeda gunmen" Friday What's with the quotation marks?
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posted on
06/22/2007 3:18:53 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: bnelson44
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posted on
06/22/2007 3:40:02 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Fred Thompson for President 2008)
To: Kaslin
68 down, 68 million to go.
To: hsalaw
Well don’t you know CNN really meant “freedom fighters”
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posted on
06/22/2007 3:45:39 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Fred Thompson for President 2008)
To: jrooney
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posted on
06/22/2007 4:01:26 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Fred Thompson for President 2008)
To: Kaslin
A handful here, a handful there. It all adds up.
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posted on
06/22/2007 4:15:27 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: mtbopfuyn
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posted on
06/22/2007 4:29:21 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Fred Thompson for President 2008)
To: Kaslin
Thanks for the link. Very pathetic, isn’t it? She is going to be rated as the worst speaker of all time. Calling her scum would be too nice.
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posted on
06/22/2007 4:34:55 PM PDT
by
jrooney
(The democrats are the friend of our enemy and the enemy of our friends. Attack them, not GW!)
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To: Kaslin
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posted on
06/22/2007 7:34:53 PM PDT
by
rbosque
To: Diogenesis
Hey, at least CNN reported something on the positive side. I don’t know why. Maybe the editor in charge fell asleep.
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posted on
06/22/2007 7:42:18 PM PDT
by
oyez
To: oyez
Even a broken clock ....
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posted on
06/23/2007 4:13:23 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
the war goes on....
just hope the dems don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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posted on
06/23/2007 7:40:17 AM PDT
by
rogernz
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