http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,321573,00.html
U.S. Rains 40,000 Pounds of Bombs on Al Qaeda Targets in Northern Iraq
Thursday, January 10, 2008
BAGHDAD — U.S. bombers and jet fighters unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives during a 10-minute airstrike Thursday, flattening what the military called safe havens for Al Qaeda in Iraq on the southern outskirts of the capital.
The strikes, carried out above approaching U.S. and Iraqi troops, was part of Operation Phantom Phoenix, a nationwide campaign launched Tuesday against Al Qaeda in Iraq.
The air raid was followed by a ground attack that led to 12 arrests and the discovery of two houses used to torture kidnap victims, according to an Iraqi army officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. He said the troops faced no resistance.
A military statement said two B-1 bombers and four F-16 fighters dropped the bombs on 40 targets in Arab Jabour in 10 strikes. Al Qaeda fighters are believed to control Arab Jabour, a Sunni district lined with citrus groves and scarred by daily violence.
“Thirty-eight bombs were dropped within the first 10 minutes, with a total tonnage of 40,000 pounds,” the statement said.
The Iraqi army officer, whose unit is in the Arab Jabour area, said the airstrikes began at 8 a.m. and led to the burning of several citrus groves and the destruction of two houses used by gunmen. He said soldiers confiscated documents and weapons including AK-47s.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,321569,00.html
Homicide Bomb Rocks Pakistani High Court, Killing Dozens, Injuring 70
LAHORE, Pakistan — A homicide bomber blew himself up among police outside a court in eastern Pakistan Thursday, killing at least 24 people and wounding over 70 more, minutes before a planned anti-government protest.
The blast in front of Lahore High Court was the latest in a wave of attacks targeting politicians and security forces ahead of Feb. 18 parliamentary elections. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but suspicion will likely fall on militants linked to Taliban and Al Qaeda.
It came as Scotland Yard investigators visited Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, where laboratories are testing forensic evidence in the assassination two weeks ago of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi, a garrison city to the north.
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Thank you Dryman’s wife for the heads up.
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http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/190716.php
January 10, 2008
“U.S Forces Pound al Qaeda in the *ss (Video)”
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=304_1199968255
“Air Attacks in Iraq
News Update of several Strikes by Coalition Air Craft”
(Added January 10, 2008)