U.S. Special Operations Forces kill 11 Special Groups criminals in Sadr City

Multi-National Corps – Iraq ^ | May 9, 2008 | Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

[mdittmar]

BALAD, Iraq – Responding to attacks on Iraqi and Coalition forces, U.S. Special Operations Forces killed eleven Special Groups criminals in the Sadr City area of Baghdad May 9.

U.S. SOF were providing security for Coalition forces who were making safety infrastructure improvements in Sadr City.

During the operation, Special Groups criminals attacked Iraqi and Coalition forces with rocket propelled grenades and small-arms fire from the ground and from rooftops. U.S. SOF returned fire, killing nine. The firefight continued, and U.S. SOF authorized a Coalition aircraft to engage. The aircraft fired one Hellfire missile, killing two criminals.

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[NordP]

Let me be the first to say, YEAH!!!! GREAT JOB GUYS!!!!

[Man50D]

Iran must be getting frustrated.

[nuconvert]

Bump!

Great work!

[coloradan]

What is a Special Group criminal? (As opposed to a Regular Group criminal, or to a just-plain criminal?)

[SandRat]

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[infantrywhooah]

11 more allah tickets punched

WHOOOOAH!

[puppypusher]

What is a Special Group criminal? (As opposed to a Regular Group criminal, or to a just-plain criminal?)

What is this Newspeak that the Pentagon and the Multi-national force are using.It sounds so damn stupid.

Criminals!these are not criminals.These are TERRORIST. Sorry for the shout.It just burns me this PC BS their playing.

[mdittmar]

See post 3.

[Flavius]

special group is the Iran trained goons

if you noticed they activated Lebanon to keep everyone occupied

plus all the activity helps to keep oil high

even russians can now afford to drive few tanks across a parking lot

at 120 / barrel you can buy nice things

[TXnMA]

Haven't you noticed? Our PR folks have progressed from calling the scumbags, "terrorists" to "insurgents" to "criminals"....

[TADSLOS]

Haven't you noticed? Our PR folks have progressed from calling the scumbags, "terrorists" to "insurgents" to "criminals"....

It's in all the State Department memos...nuance.

[river rat]

Frankly - I don’t care anymore what they call the $#$%#^$, so long as they call them DEAD.

We’ve made it far too easy to achieve prisoner status, and the Muslims have a nasty habit of forgiving Muslims and releasing them...

[TADSLOS]

and the Muslims have a nasty habit of forgiving Muslims and releasing them...

So have we, from GITMO no less.

[navyguy]

Iran doesn’t care.... these guys are just fodder for them. Iran probably has another 50,000 sub-retarded goat rapers who salivate at the idea of being torn to shreds by American lead because it means they get to lick the filthy feet of Allah.

[coloradan]

... to vandals, to pranksters, to good people just having a bad day.

[SolidWood]

There is a subtle difference, from what I see:
“Criminals” are Shia militia members (Mahdi Army), often in co-op with Iranian “Special Groups”.
“Insurgents” are the rapidly decreasing Iraqi Sunnis fighting against the Coalition.
“Terrorists” are foreign Al-Qaeda (or affiliated) members carrying out attacks against coalition troops and civilians.

[athelass]

Thanks for the crib sheet. It will be a lot of help in decoding ridiculously pc press releases. “Special Group criminals”? Sheesh!

[TXnMA]

Hmmmm... Interesting distinctions!

OTOH, I note that the guys directing fire from our AC-130H gunships call them all, "hostiles"...

[T. Rustin Noone]

Sorry to rain on your parade, guys, but the ‘video’ in question is from the game “Call of Duty 4”. I have no doubt that this scenario takes place on a regular basis, but not today on FR.