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Iraq
Video shows car carrying 6 Al Qaeda leaders blown up by U.S. helicopter
2007-12-27
A grainy videotape released Tuesday shows a carload of important Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq being blown up by missiles from a U.S. Army chopper, military officials said.
Helizap!
At least one of the dead operatives was a "high-value" target linked to suicide bomb attacks, including the car bombing of the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, an Army spokesman told FoxNews.com. Of the six men killed in the Sunday attack, one was "believed to be an Al Qaeda cell leader known to facilitate attacks and orchestrate suicide bomb attacks," Maj. Alayne Conway of the 3rd Infantry Division told Fox.

Conway did not release the insurgent's name but said he was arrested Nov. 11 and later released.
Carried the tracking beacon back to his pals, did he?
It is believed he had conducted two attacks on coalition forces, including one on Thanksgiving, Conway said.

The black-and-white 31-second video was shot from the sky and shows a small black sedan idling before it was hit by Hellfire missiles shot from an Apache helicopter.

Military officials told Fox that a tip from local Iraqis put the operation in motion. "Locals gave [us] tips reporting his location and movement," Conway said. "Both the 2nd and 3rd brigades of the 3rd Infantry Division quickly worked together to confirm the precise location of the terrorists." Maj. Dave Fivecoat, operations officer for the 3rd Infantry Division, told Fox the "engagement is an example of two surge brigades sharing information faster than the insurgents can react."
Posted by:Fred

#13  Google Earth is a wonderful thing indeed in the right hands, Frank. Poor Mr. wazdan!
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-12-27 23:07  

#12  Wazdan is cringing in his tub, doors locked, tinfoil turban on, cuz he knows we can see him and read his pea-brain mind....

Posted by: Frank G   2007-12-27 22:54  

#11  Come back after the midnight update, Wazdan. We'll have even more good news for you to bitch about then.
Posted by: Gromomble Oppressor of the Iowans8916   2007-12-27 22:30  

#10  LOL US ARMY! lets wait and see if Wazdan is still crying over his pals getting zapped.

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/Sinse? I must admit, she cracked a joke lol!
Posted by: RD   2007-12-27 14:17  

#9  Wazdan,

Could we have your GPS location to send some ... um, flowers too?

Thanks!
Posted by: US Army   2007-12-27 10:43  

#8  How the fuc& did they fit six full grown men into a compact car?

I'm thinking it involved sharing seats. Whether flies were open and pants down is anyone's guess.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2007-12-27 09:39  

#7  lmao gorb, the amphetamines make em skinny
Posted by: sinse   2007-12-27 07:33  

#6  How the fuc& did they fit six full grown men into a compact car? Did they put a goat in the back seat or something?
Posted by: gorb   2007-12-27 05:45  

#5  Know 'em personally did you, Wazdan? Six of your buddies off for a reunion meeting at the ol' madrassa in Baghdad? You better send a letter a protest to the Iraqis who tipped off the loooosing Anericans about them.
Posted by: Apostate   2007-12-27 04:00  

#4  One: I'm astonished - thrilled, but astonished -that our ROE permitted this sort of kill. I mean, there might have been fuzzy bunnies and baby ducks in the trunk of the car.

Two: Maj. Conway is cute - very tragically married, at least when I saw her two years ago, but very cute (and extremely able and friendly, as almost goes without saying). Used to use her balcony at Camp Prosperity for a nice view of town when I was showing folks around on an "IZ tourism" trip.
Posted by: Verlaine   2007-12-27 03:48  

#3  What a strange news, killing innocents becomes AL-QAIDA.bundle of lies by the loosing USA.the target was civilians,
Posted by: wazdan   2007-12-27 03:44  

#2  Six guys sitting in an idling compact car in the middle of the night. I'm guessing one of those smooth jazz stations was playing on the radio.
Posted by: Penguin   2007-12-27 01:08  

#1  A grainy videotape

Tsk, tsk, tsk
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2007-12-27 00:24  

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