US, Iraqi Forces Kill 250 in Najaf US and Iraqi forces killed 250 gunmen in a fierce battle involving US tanks and helicopters on the outskirts of the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf on Sunday, an Iraqi police officer says.
The day-long battle was continuing after nightfall, Colonel Ali Nomas told Reuters.
Shi'ite political sources say the gunmen appeared to be both Sunni Arabs and Shi'ites loyal to a cleric called Ahmed Hassani.
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25 posted on
01/28/2007 11:15:35 AM PST by
cgk
(I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
To: cgk
Shi'ite political sources say the gunmen appeared to be both Sunni Arabs and Shi'ites loyal to a cleric called Ahmed Hassani.Well, that's a new one. I haven't seen that name before.
40 posted on
01/28/2007 11:20:26 AM PST by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: cgk
MNJohnnie just stated CNN reported on the copter but nada re: the terrorists killed. Unbelievable.
66 posted on
01/28/2007 11:32:02 AM PST by
AliVeritas
(Stop Global Dhimming. Demand testicular fortitude from the hill. Call the crusade.)
To: cgk
" . . . and Shi'ites loyal to a cleric called Ahmed Hassani."
Yet every introduction to Islam I've ever read proclaims that "Islam is a religion without a clergy." In fact, Islam is the most clergy-infested religion in the world.
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