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Precision-guided munitions kills top al Qaeda leader
Multi-National Corps – Iraq ^ | July 17, 2007 | Multi-National Corps – Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory

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.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; excalibur; iraq; wot
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To: FARS

That’s good and it is a great gif for the future too!


121 posted on 07/18/2007 9:00:13 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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To: mdittmar

GRRRRRREAT!


122 posted on 07/18/2007 9:13:02 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: mdittmar

Music to go with a great bedtime story...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nn-f2uCSNY


123 posted on 07/18/2007 9:16:54 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: marvlus
I’d be interested in knowing how our boys are getting this info about the whereabouts of the bad guys.

Intel from the locals? And THAT would be good news, too, that the locals are providing intel.

124 posted on 07/18/2007 9:53:14 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: 353FMG
Economically speaking, we pay the higher price

Not a good argument. The government wastes more of our money on a whole lot of other things which are purely useless, pointless, stupid, and unnecessary.

125 posted on 07/18/2007 10:01:40 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: RatsDawg

Dunno. He sure as hell wasn’t killed......and sure as hell was released after being captured.


126 posted on 07/19/2007 7:07:48 AM PDT by RightOnline
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To: hsalaw

I have no intention of arguing that point; all I try to state is that a bunch of sh*theads can continue fighting the mighties and most trained force in the world because the war costs them very little in men and equipment.

The weaponry is paid for by rogue nations and the personnel is expendable in that they all welcome martyrdom. There will never be a shortage of recruits - during the time that you read this, future terrorists are being born in our country.

All I am saying is that the war against terrorism will last indefinitely as long as there are jihadists. It is not enough to kill terrorists but what is more important is that their ideology be destroyed.


127 posted on 07/19/2007 9:37:23 AM PDT by 353FMG (America, first, last and always.)
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