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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Good. Hopefully a stray bullet will hit Mookie.
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.
What is the Multinational Division Baghdad? I haven’t nocticed that designation before.
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.
“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.
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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
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.
You wound one of ours, we kill 28 of yours....
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. |
28:1? Who ambushed who?..............
“Sadr has refused to disarm his militia and threatened to conduct a third uprising if the government did not halt offensive operations.”
Crazy
Is an Iranian general pulling the strings in Iraq?
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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.
That's nothing to these idiots. It's a badge of honor. There are millions more to use as cannon fodder for their evil.
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.
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 gunfireNice! Thanks E.
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