Posted on 07/17/2007 2:05:27 PM PDT by mdittmar
BAGHDAD — The top target for al Qaeda in Iraq south of Baghdad was killed July 14 in Arab Jabour by precision-guided munitions, the Excalibur.
Shortly after 12 p.m., 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, received a call that Abu Jurah and 14 anti-Iraqi forces were meeting at a house in Arab Jabour.
Abu Jurah was an AQI cell leader and was responsible for improvised explosive devices, vehicle-borne IED and indirect fire attacks on Coalition Forces in Arab Jabour.
At approximately 1:12 p.m., the house was positively identified allowing 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment to fire two Excalibur rounds destroying the meeting house.
An unmanned aerial vehicle observed persons leaving the house, loading injured individuals into a sedan and fleeing the scene.
An AH-64 Apache helicopter engaged the sedan destroying it.
Three people were observed running from the meeting house to a nearby house.
A U.S. Air Force F16 Fighting Falcon dropped two 500-pound GPS-guided bombs on the second house.
You can hide, but you can’t run.
Shelled, strafed, AND bombed! The perfect end to a terrorist’s day!
No prisoners...... good job.
Peace evolves through death
Oh man I love it! The Excalibur, which is I believe the GPS-guided arty shell, for starters (a double-shot even),then the entree served by an Apache, followed by dessert from an F-16! I hope they’re all enjoying meeting allah!
Jet Fuel, cordite, and BBQ Ham...man I love summer!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Love the follow-up - some terrorists escape the initial bombing in a sedan, we blow it up. Some terrorists run to a second house, ditto.
I’d be interested in knowing how our boys are getting this info about the whereabouts of the bad guys.
If you are shelled and strafed, you are having a really bad day.
If you are shelled, strafed, and bombed, you might as well throw in the towel and go home.
A U.S. Air Force F16 Fighting Falcon dropped two 500-pound GPS-guided bombs on the second house.
I'm impressed. That means they identified the house, checked to coordinates on a map, loaded those coordinates on the bomb (maybe in flight) and blew them up real good.
A coworker’s husband worked on that project. Man are they ever proud of that one.
I don’t care if its a precision guided missile or a bullet between the ears or a tank round. It’s all good!
A coworker’s husband worked on that project. Man are they ever proud of that one.
Can you or anyone tell me if US Military deaths have gone down after the surge ?
I don’t seem to be hearing a lot daily from the media anymore. Of course I do hear about suicide bombers targetting Iraqi civilians, but they don’t seem to be occuring daily ( if I am not mistaken ).
If true, there seems to be some relative success we’re havin... however I need confirmation of this from people in the know.
Any weapon fired by an American serviceman is precision guided.
STRIKE ONE!
An unmanned aerial vehicle observed persons leaving the house, loading injured individuals into a sedan and fleeing the scene.
An AH-64 Apache helicopter engaged the sedan destroying it.
STRIKE TWO!
Three people were observed running from the meeting house to a nearby house.
A U.S. Air Force F16 Fighting Falcon dropped two 500-pound GPS-guided bombs on the second house.
STRIKE THREE - YOU'RE OUT!
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