Posted on 03/30/2008 4:19:22 PM PDT by mdittmar
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed 25 criminals in eastern Baghdad March 30.
Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, were traveling in a combat patrol to investigate a possible point of origin for an indirect fire attack when their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device.
Immediately after the IED attack, Soldiers discovered a second IED in the area and attempted to secure it.
While attempting to secure the IED, they were attacked with indirect fire, rocket propelled grenades and small-arms fire from a house in the vicinity of the IED strike.
An aerial weapons team was called in to support the Soldiers on the ground. A mortar team was spotted on the roof of the house where the attack was coming from, and the AWT defended the Soldiers on the ground and killed 25 criminals.
One Soldier was injured in the IED attack.
“We will defend ourselves when attacked by armed criminals,” said Lt. Col. Steven Stover, MND-B spokesman. “We are not the aggressors, but we will defend ourselves and the Iraqi people with all resources available to us.”
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Is an Areal Weapons Team a helicopter gunship? Only thing that makes sense for the situation.
Good job, men!
Interesting that they've changed the terminology from terrorists to criminals, works for me!
Gotta have the Acronym List
terrorist = al-Qaeda or Taliban
criminals = Moktada al-Sadar’s Madhi Militia
BTW, lots a 503's for me too!
Criminals? WTF kind of word is that? THese are enemies, terrorists, jihadists, not “criminals”
Could be an Apache working with a Scout helicopter. Or a Scout Helicopter working with a Warthog. (I'd like to have seen that :)) Many other combinations possible as well.
If they are Iraqi's, like Sadrists, they are technically criminals as well. They are, after all, in violation of several Iraqi laws I'm sure. Or they were. Now they are just dead. Doesn't matter much what you call them at this point.
I still love it when the Russian use the word "liquidate." Words necessarily don't cross over culturally, but the descriptions do.
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