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2007-04-21 Iraq

US troops kill eight, capture 41 in Iraq raids

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Good guys 49, Bad guys 0. Allahu akbar!

Posted by gorb 2007-04-21 00:21|| 2007-04-21 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Bless you guys.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-04-21 01:32|| 2007-04-21 01:32|| Front Page Top

#3 I think this story is the CentCom press release from yesterday, actually picked up and published. Of course it's in an Israeli paper, not an American one.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-21 09:12|| 2007-04-21 09:12|| Front Page Top

#4 You're right Glenmore, but the numbers are not quite the same:

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 20, 2007 â Coalition forces killed 10 terrorists and detained 42 in operations throughout Iraq today, and a car bomb detonated in Baghdad yesterday, killing five Iraqis and wounding 10, military officials reported.

Near Mahmudiyah, coalition forces detained eight suspected terrorists today. Another raid uncovered a building containing seven tanks of chlorine, which coalition forces destroyed.

Seven armed terrorists were killed after they fired upon coalition forces who were entering a building today. Forces on the scene detained 15 suspected terrorists who are allegedly tied to al Qaeda in Iraq.

One armed terrorist was killed today when coalition forces entered a building in Baghdad to conduct an operation to disrupt the Baghdad car bomb network. Six suspected terrorists were detained, and coalition forces found car bomb components in the building.

Another operation in Baghdad netted two individuals with suspected ties to the Baghdad IED network. Near Mosul, coalition forces detained 10 suspected terrorists in two separate operations to disrupt the al Qaeda network in northern Iraq.

Posted by Swiss Tex 2007-04-21 09:57|| 2007-04-21 09:57|| Front Page Top

#5 There were a total of 10 killed. Central Command covered it in two separate pressers. AFPS normally consolidates all the pressers for one daily article.

For Terrorist Death Watch I start with MNF-Iraq and Central Command, then I check ISAF and finally AFPS. The links for Task Force 82 have been broken for weeks on the DoD sites, at least I cannot access the site.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-04-21 13:23|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-04-21 13:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't know where the tag came from, but... Please don't call the perps Sunni insurgents. They are al Qaida. Period. Probably largely Sunni, but the latter is far more accurate and doesn't slam the peaceful Sunni who are the majority.

Posted by Wholush Lumumba4246 2007-04-21 17:14|| 2007-04-21 17:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't know where the tag came from, but... Please don't call the perps Sunni insurgents. They are al Qaida. Period. Probably largely Sunni, but the latter is far more accurate and doesn't slam the peaceful Sunni who are the majority.

noted Wholush Lumumba4246,
and I noticed that you said please.

Stick around and pick a nic, if you are an Iraqi I'm sure many would like to ask you a few questions.

re: Islamic Terrorism

One thing I'd keep in mind though 4246,

Rant-Burgers have heard every denial ten thousand times each, and ALL the excuses justifying Terrorist Acts [deeds] under the sun and moon.

;-)

Posted by RD">RD 2007-04-21 21:40|| 2007-04-21 21:40|| Front Page Top

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