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  • Iraq: New U.S. Offensive In Ar Ramadi

    11/20/2005 10:06:32 PM PST · by mdittmar · 12 replies · 653+ views
    Strategic Forecasting Inc. ^ | November 21, 2005 | Strategic Forecasting Inc.
    U.S. and Iraqi troops have launched Operation Bruins in northern Ar Ramadi, 60 miles west of Baghdad in Iraq's restive Anbar province, the U.S. military announced Nov. 20. The operation, which involves approximately 300 U.S. Marines and 150 Iraqi Army soldiers, is intended to clear parts of the predominantly Sunni Muslim town of nationalist and jihadist insurgents in preparation for elections scheduled for Dec. 15.
  • Rumor and Combat (Operation Bruins in Ramadi, Iraq)

    11/21/2005 7:00:18 AM PST · by Wiz · 11 replies · 723+ views
    ThreatsWatch.Org ^ | 2005 Nov 20 | Bill Roggio
    KUWAIT CITY: While Coalition forces press operations along the Euphrates River Valley, an interesting report emerges from the city of Mosul. During a shootout at suspected al Qaeda safe house, eight terrorists either shot each other or blew themselves up to avoid capture. Unconfirmed reports indicate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaeda’s commander in Iraq, may have been one of those killed. According to unnamed U.S. counterterrorism official, “[t]here are efforts under way to determine if he was killed.” In the past we’ve looked at potential successors to Zarqawi. Since this time, three known al Qaeda in Iraq “princes” have been...