Posted on 12/25/2007 12:19:59 PM PST by frogjerk
U.S. commanders in Iraq have released dramatic video showing a car containing Al Qaeda operatives being blown up by hellfire missiles attached to Apache attack helicopters.
The car was destroyed in the mission that military officials say demonstrates greater cooperation between locals and coalition forces in Iraq.
One of the terrorists killed in the attack on Sunday is an insurgent who had been imprisoned on Nov. 11 but released shortly afterward. He conducted two attacks on U.S. and coalition forces, including one on Thanksgiving, before being killed, officials said.
One of the "high value" individuals targeted "is believed to be an Al Qaeda cell leader known to facilitate attacks and orchestrate suicide bomb attacks," said Major Alayne Conway, a spokeswoman with the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. "He was also involved in attacks against forces in 3rd Brigade's area of operations. One of his most well-known attacks was a vehicle-borne IED against the Australian Embassy."
Local Iraqis gave coalition forces the tip that led to the targeting, officials said. Prior to the hit, the men had been observed crossing the Tigris River southeast of Baghdad. After leaving the boat dock, they had walked around a building on a farm for a few minutes then proceeded to a parked car. Five men got in the car and two others went to a second car located nearby. When the first vehicle had car trouble the two drove their car over to the first. As many as six of the insurgents were killed.
The day we struck the vehicles containing the men, locals gave CF tips reporting his location and movement. Both the 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the 3rd Infantry Division quickly worked together to confirm the precise location of the terrorists and bring in an air weapons team to
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OUCH!
That smart dust is working. ;)
I don’t see this video on the foxnews site.
I like Terrorist carpooling.
*sniff* I love a happy ending...
That’s the link I’m accessing but I don’t see this particular video listed (although I see other videos available).
OK, thanks Stonewall, got it.
Scenes like that on Christmas afternoon give me such a cheery glow.
Best Christmas present ever.
Yes it does top the day off.
I checked under the tree this morning. I was hoping for one of those Apache things.
Excellent
Iraq ping.
Great!
Two weeks ago several of us volunteers helped the Move America Forward reps, at their hotel in NYC, sort and package Christmas and Hannakah cards for our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
They collected approximately 38,000 cards in their last three stops before arriving in NYC! I opened one envelope and read the card....
quote:
Dear American Hero,
You are saving the world! Thank you
for killing the Jihadists for us!
Merry Christmas!
It was signed by a man from West Chester, PA. Below his was another signature with “MD” after the name.
MAF must have received the card on their stop in Philadelphia.
Dontcha just love it? We all had a good laugh.
On the Highway to Hell.
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