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US troops kill 28 Mahdi fighters during Sadr City ambush
Long War Journal ^ | April 29, 2008 11:14 AM | Bill Roggio

Posted on 04/29/2008 9:45:56 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Heavy fighting broke out between Coalition and Mahdi Army forces in Sadr City as US troops killed 28 Mahdi Army fighters after being ambushed during a patrol. Seven more Mahdi Army fighters were killed during strikes yesterday.

The 28 Mahdi Army fighters were killed during a four-hour battle in southern Sadr City after a US soldier was wounded by gunfire and US forces began to evacuate the soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Steven Stover, the chief Public Affairs Officer for Multinational Division Baghdad said. “The fire came from the portion of Sadr City we are not in – the northern neighborhoods – and militants fired at our patrol in the southern neighborhoods,” Stover said in an email to The Long War Journal.

During the evacuation, Mahdi Army fighters triggered three roadside bombs and fired rocket propelled grenades and machineguns at the US patrol. Five more soldiers were wounded in the attacks and two vehicles were damaged. None of the soldiers' injuries are reported as life-threatening.

During the battle, US soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division directed "a combination of weapon systems available," including munitions from a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, at Mahdi Army fighters "firing from buildings, alleyways and rooftops" in the dense urban areas of Sadr City. "The enemy continues to show little regard for innocent civilians, as they fire their weapons from within houses, alleyways, and rooftops upon our Soldiers," said Colonel Allen Batschelet, the chief of staff for Multinational Division Baghdad.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; mahdiarmy; oif; roggio; sadr; sadrcity
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1 posted on 04/29/2008 9:45:56 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; Allegra; SandRat; tobyhill; G8 Diplomat; Dog; Cap Huff; ...

fyi


2 posted on 04/29/2008 9:46:32 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Good. Hopefully a stray bullet will hit Mookie.


3 posted on 04/29/2008 9:48:22 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Outstanding. Our capable troops just keep knockin’ ‘em down. We ought to send a JDAM or other GPS munition over to Iran right on top of Sadr’s head while we are at it.


4 posted on 04/29/2008 9:51:02 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

What is the Multinational Division Baghdad? I haven’t nocticed that designation before.


5 posted on 04/29/2008 9:51:14 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That's got to frost Sadr a bit. His guys mount an ambush and lose 28 people. I mean damn.
6 posted on 04/29/2008 9:51:17 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Sadr has......threatened to conduct a third uprising if the government did not halt offensive operations.

Better hurry up with that uprising, Mook, this cease-fire is killing you.
7 posted on 04/29/2008 9:51:34 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: RexBeach

The Multinational Corps Iraq oversees various divisions in Iraq. Depending on the exact location, in addition to American and selected Iraq units, it includes United States Marine Corps, Polish and British troops.


8 posted on 04/29/2008 9:55:48 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: agere_contra

“used a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, at Mahdi Army fighters “firing from buildings, alleyways and rooftops”

Well that’s what happens when you bunch up a load of ‘em in a couple buildings range and a MLRS barrage falls on their heads. Must have been a sight to see.


9 posted on 04/29/2008 9:56:37 AM PDT by farlander (Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
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To: theKid51

ping


10 posted on 04/29/2008 9:57:26 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
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To: RexBeach

I think there might be som Aussies involved? I think I read yesterday that they were involved in the killing of the 38?

Could have misread


11 posted on 04/29/2008 9:58:39 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The Bitcons will elect a Democrat by default)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Mook’s boys are learning what al-Qaeda learned quite some time ago - it’s safer to murder kiddies than it is to try shooting at people who shoot back. Especially ones who are really good at it.


12 posted on 04/29/2008 10:00:42 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

You wound one of ours, we kill 28 of yours....


13 posted on 04/29/2008 10:03:31 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Shut the deuce up!!! I'll do the fighting!!!)
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To: RexBeach
Looks like that term has been used since at least 2006...see this:

1st Cavalry Division Takes Multinational Division Baghdad Reins

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By Spc. Karl Johnson, USA
Special to American Forces Press Service

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2006 – Under the clear, morning skies of a promising new day in Baghdad, the 1st Cavalry Division took the reins for Multinational Division Baghdad from the 4th Infantry Division during a transfer of authority ceremony here today.

14 posted on 04/29/2008 10:04:03 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

28:1? Who ambushed who?..............


15 posted on 04/29/2008 10:06:44 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Parley Baer

“Sadr has refused to disarm his militia and threatened to conduct a third uprising if the government did not halt offensive operations.”

Crazy


16 posted on 04/29/2008 10:08:40 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Thank you, Jimmy Carter for all you've done to make the world a safer place.)
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To: Jeff Head; All
From the LLWJ Sidebar:

Is an Iranian general pulling the strings in Iraq?

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By Hannah Allam, Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel - Washington Bureau

1/83/8

BAGHDAD | One of the most powerful men in Iraq isn't an Iraqi government official, a militia leader, a senior cleric or a top U.S. military commander or diplomat.

He's an Iranian general, and at times he's more influential than all of them.

Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani commands the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, an elite paramilitary and espionage organization whose mission is to expand Iran's influence in the Middle East.

As Tehran's point man on Iraq, he funnels military and financial support to various Iraqi factions, frustrating U.S. attempts to build a pro-Western democracy on the rubble of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.

According to Iraqi and American officials, Suleimani has ensured the elections of pro-Iranian politicians, met frequently with senior Iraqi leaders and backed Shiite elements in the Iraqi security forces that are accused of torturing and killing minority Sunni Muslims.

"Whether we like him [Suleimani] or not, whether Americans like him or not, whether Iraqis like him or not, he is the focal point of Iranian policy in Iraq," said a senior Iraqi official who asked not to be identified so he could speak freely. "The Quds Force have played it all, political, military, intelligence, economic. They are Iranian foreign policy in Iraq."

McClatchy Newspapers reported on March 30 that Suleimani intervened to halt the fighting between mostly Shiite Iraqi security forces and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia in the southern city of Basra. Iraqi officials now confirm that in addition to that meeting, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani personally met Suleimani at a border crossing to make a direct appeal for help.

17 posted on 04/29/2008 10:09:55 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: agere_contra
That's got to frost Sadr a bit. His guys mount an ambush and lose 28 people

That's nothing to these idiots. It's a badge of honor. There are millions more to use as cannon fodder for their evil.

18 posted on 04/29/2008 10:10:29 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: All
FR Thread on the Iranian Gen:

Is an Iranian General the Most Powerful Man in Iraq?

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McClatchy News Service ^ | April 28, 2008 | By Hannah Allam, Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel

Posted on Mon 28 Apr 2008 03:35:28 PM PDT by freerepublic_or_die

One of the most powerful men in Iraq isn't an Iraqi government official, a militia leader, a senior cleric or a top U.S. military commander or diplomat, He's an Iranian general, and at times he's more influential than all of them.

Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani commands the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, an elite paramilitary and espionage organization whose mission is to expand Iran's influence in the Middle East.
As Tehran's point man on Iraq, he funnels military and financial support to various Iraqi factions, frustrating U.S. attempts to build a pro-Western democracy on the rubble of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.
According to Iraqi and American officials, Suleimani has ensured the elections of pro-Iranian politicians, met frequently with senior Iraqi leaders and backed Shiite elements in the Iraqi security forces that are accused of torturing and killing minority Sunni Muslims.

19 posted on 04/29/2008 10:12:30 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
US troops killed 28 Mahdi Army fighters after being ambushed during a patrol... The 28 Mahdi Army fighters were killed during a four-hour battle in southern Sadr City after a US soldier was wounded by gunfire
Nice! Thanks E.
20 posted on 04/29/2008 10:12:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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