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| Iraq |
| Three Iraqi "Guerrillas" Killed |
| 2004-01-27 |
| U.S. soldiers killed three members of a suspected guerrilla cell linked to the former Baathist regime during raids Tuesday in a central Iraqi town, the Army said. Master Sgt. Robert Cargie, spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division, said the men, all Iraqis, belonged to an organization called Muhammad’s Army and were killed in Beiji, a town north of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. Soldiers from the U.S. 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment were conducting simultaneous raids on four Beiji locations when a firefight erupted at one site, Cargie said. There were no U.S. casualties. Among the Iraqis killed was one man the soldiers had specifically targeted, Cargie said, adding that another five people — including three other targets — were captured during the raids. Excellent! Muhammad’s Army appears to be an umbrella group for former Iraqi intelligence agents, army and security officials, and Baath Party members, U.S. officials say. It has been linked to several attacks against coalition forces. U.S. forces arrested three men believed Muhammad’s Army leaders in December. Muhammad’s Army goes down before the might of The Army Of Bob! Meanwhile, Cargie said U.S. soldiers on Monday captured an Iraqi man suspected of storing weapons, including the homemade bomb that detonated Saturday outside the Samarra city council, north of Baghdad, killing four Iraqi civilians and wounding about 40 people. Among the wounded were seven American soldiers who suffered minor injuries caused by flying glass. Later Monday, American troops arrested nine suspected members of Saddam’s Fedayeen without incident during raids on 12 locations in Abu Ajeel, a town 12 kilometers (eight miles) southeast of Baqouba. Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldiers conducted their own raid Monday on a home east of Beiji and arrested an Iraqi man suspected of involvement in anti-coalition activities. The ICDC forces also confiscated seven AK-47 automatic weapons and mortar rounds. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 nice read that,ICDC seems to be doing well to which i think is arguably more important then US or Brit troop performance |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-27 12:53:57 PM |