Posted on 01/10/2008 9:47:02 AM PST by batter
BAGHDAD — U.S. bombers and jet fighters unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives during a 10-minute airstrike Thursday, flattening what the military called safe havens for Al Qaeda in Iraq on the southern outskirts of the capital.
The strikes, carried out above approaching U.S. and Iraqi troops, was part of Operation Phantom Phoenix, a nationwide campaign launched Tuesday against Al Qaeda in Iraq.
The air raid was followed by a ground attack that led to 12 arrests and the discovery of two houses used to torture kidnap victims, according to an Iraqi army officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. He said the troops faced no resistance.
A military statement said two B-1 bombers and four F-16 fighters dropped the bombs on 40 targets in Arab Jabour in 10 strikes. Al Qaeda fighters are believed to control Arab Jabour, a Sunni district lined with citrus groves and scarred by daily violence.
"Thirty-eight bombs were dropped within the first 10 minutes, with a total tonnage of 40,000 pounds," the statement said.
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It’s peanut butter jelly time!
Sounds good!
Our sorties will blot out the sun!
Wrath of God brought to you proudly by the United States Air Force with additional consideration by the United States Army and Marine Corp.
‘A military statement said two B-1 bombers and four F-16 fighters dropped the bombs on 40 targets in Arab Jabour in 10 strikes. Al Qaeda fighters are believed to control Arab Jabour, a Sunni district lined with citrus groves and scarred by daily violence.’
Daaaaamn.
I suspect the flyovers immediately after ‘see lots of little pieces down there’.
Ping
its a hard rain that gonna fall....
....excellent!
I'm a little distressed to learn that the AQ has been able to regroup a little in the north. Hopefully, we have a handle on following them there and rooting them out the way we did in Anbar. The wack-a-mole gets tiring. We need to have a hammer on every mole-hole.
Chasing al Qaeda to its final demise ping.
Yup,...probably looks like the bottom of a ‘shake’n bake’ bag
Fourth time in the past half hour. I hope they get that Alqaida guy and they have to find a new leader but have to settle for somebody under 21 since the older ones have all evaporated.
40,000 pounds? 20 tons? 40,000 tons? In any case, a whole bunch of *BOOM*..
“I’m singin’ in the rain...just singin’ in the rain. What a glorious feeling, I’m happy again!”
Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia
Not a single germ is left alive :)
GOOD MORNING sand monkies!....go meet your 70 virgins!
GOOD MORNING sand monkies!....go meet your 70 virgins!
It sounds like a good days work.
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