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| US bombards Falluja 'militants' |
| 2004-09-13 |
| At least 15 people have been killed in a joint US-Iraqi attack on militant positions in the restive Iraqi city of Falluja, according to hospital sources. US artillery bombarded several districts, before circling warplanes opened fire, witnesses said. The US military said it had "accurately targeted" militants from a group linked to al-Qaeda, but there were reports that civilians were among the dead. It comes a day after 70 people were killed in fighting across Iraq. "Intelligence sources reported the presence of several key [Abu Musab] Zarqawi operatives who have been responsible for numerous terrorist attacks against Iraqi civilians, Iraqi Security Forces and multinational forces," a US military statement said. It said, "Iraqi Security Forces and multinational forces effectively and accurately targeted these terrorists while protecting the lives of innocent civilians", without saying where the strike took place. An AFP reporter said he had seen 15 bodies laid out for burial. Falah Abdullah, an undertaker at the cemetery in Falluja, told AFP an ambulance driver and two nurses were among those killed when an ambulance was hit. |
| Posted by:Sock Puppet of Doom |
| #9 "journalists" |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-09-13 12:43:19 PM |
| #8 Mrs Davis, Yes its true that 15 is somebody else's number. Of course some of the people we take out are either civilians loosely affiliated with the terrorists or part time terrorists. Some of the real terrorist bodies never make it to the morgue. I figure these two about cancel each other out. Its also true that the American causalties are an important number and the fewer the better. However, we can't have a purely loss minimization strategy. Such a strategy leaves Fallujah in terrorist hands for a long, long time. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-09-13 11:59:14 AM |
| #7 mhw, do you really believe the enemy death numbers reported by the Dan Rather wannabe media? They're irrelevant. Our casualties are what count. When they go down, we've done better. When they go up, we need to do better. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-13 11:40:35 AM |
| #6 Beeb "scare quotes" always reminds me of "kiddies" who just "learned" a "new" punctuation "mark" and "can't get enough" of it!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: Anonymous6417 2004-09-13 11:33:50 AM |
| #5 If we are only killing 15 terrorists a day it will take months, maybe years to clean up Fallujah. However, if we are simply softening up Fallujah for a winter offensive, this one strike a day strategy makes sense. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-09-13 11:33:27 AM |
| #4 Re: militants ... http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2066 |
| Posted by: doc 2004-09-13 11:07:01 AM |
| #3 "progressives" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-13 10:57:34 AM |
| #2 After that, "liberals"? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-13 10:52:48 AM |
| #1 You have to love al Beeb. They used to use quote marks around the word "terrorist". Now they're using quote marks around the word "militant". Soon, they'll be calling these guys social reformers, without the quote marks. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-09-13 10:15:19 AM |