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| Iraqi tribesmen kill 22 Al-Qaeda terrorists |
| 2007-12-17 |
 (KUNA) -- Iraqi tribesmen in Diyala have, in clashes with Al-Qaeda terrorists Sunday, killed 22 militants in the governorate, Iraqi police said. A police source told KUNA Al-Qaeda militants launched an attack against the Nai and Safit villages in Diyala, northeast of Baghdad, but the tribesmen confronted them and killed 22 of them. Seventeen Iraqis were killed in the clashes, said the source. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 i think the matter is that they don't take prisoners since the iraqi gov seems too just let them go after a few days. sounds like a good idea too me |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-12-17 16:32 |
| #6 Or if not on the al Qaeda side, at least not against them. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-17 12:35 |
| #5 I think the tribesmen were previously on the Qaeda side, so you had Qaeda tactics against Qaeda tactics. It's logical that should result in similar casualties for each side. |
| Posted by: Fred 2007-12-17 11:53 |
| #4 When militia tribesmen still manage to kick your ass, you know all you have left is the practice squad. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-12-17 07:55 |
| #3 Or maybe Al Quaeda is down to their C team now, at least in a lot of places. Their A team expended its strength against the Marines, their B team avoided the Marines and took on the Iraqi Army; what they have left can't even beat up a bunch of local tribesmen - but probably a number of those tribesmen were in Saddam's army but switched to fight with AQ for a while, and now have switched again, to the new strong horse. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-12-17 07:31 |
| #2 Maybe the Iraqis inflate their body count? Or maybe we've understated ours for so long, their numbers seem suspect. Or maybe they just don't take prisoners... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-12-17 06:27 |
| #1 Expensive for the tribesmen, but I'll bet it's going to make AQI think about things for a while. I don't think they could sustain more than a few like that. How did the Iraqis do as well as they did against AQI? Are they trained better somehow? Doesn't seem quite right if so. Perhaps they have the advantage of being locals? |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-12-17 02:19 |