U.S. reports 68 al Qaeda militants killed in Iraq

CNN ^ | June 22, 2007

[Kaslin]

Story Highlights

• 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.

[Clara Lou]

Good. Very good. Not enough, though.

[bnelson44]

Briefing is here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854781/posts

[Diogenesis]

U.S. reports 68 al Qaeda militants terrorists killed in Iraq

There, fixed. The militants are at CNN.

[jrooney]

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.

[pissant]

Excellent, keep stacking the scumbuckets up like cordwood please!

[hsalaw]

missiles killed 17 "al Qaeda gunmen" Friday

What's with the quotation marks?

[Kaslin]

Thanks for the link

[Joe Boucher]

68 down, 68 million to go.

[Kaslin]

Well don’t you know CNN really meant “freedom fighters”

[Kaslin]

With Pelosi it is really not surprising.She is so out of it, that she doesn't even know what American uniforms look like or what Canadian uniforms look like

Nancy Pelosi supports the troops–the Canadian troops, that is

[mtbopfuyn]

A handful here, a handful there. It all adds up.

[Kaslin]

It sure does

[jrooney]

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.

[rbosque]

[oyez]

Hey, at least CNN reported something on the positive side. I don’t know why. Maybe the editor in charge fell asleep.

[Diogenesis]

Even a broken clock ....

[rogernz]

the war goes on....

just hope the dems don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.