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| Iraq | |
| US army kills, arrests 41 militants in Anbar | |
| 2007-07-24 | |
| The US army announced on Monday it has killed and arrested nearly 51 militants in a wide-scale military operation in Anbar city west of Iraq. An army statement said that a US F-16 jet raided last Saturday a truck of the militants destroying in total. The statement added that the operation in the Euphrates delta in the past four days killed four terrorists and arrested 37 others including five highly wanted by the authorities. The army did not name the five highly wanted arrestees.
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| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #4 "You have the right to remain dead. You have the right to assume the ambient room temperature. You have the right to turn into simple organic compounds." |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-07-24 11:00 |
| #3 The reason we are arresting and not killing has more to do with the "overlawyered" ROEs and need for humint residing in detainees. Much as I would prefer to kill them on the spot, the reason the counter-insurgency is working so well is the G2 we are getting from the "surrenderees". |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-07-24 09:58 |
| #2 Killed 'em first?! B*A*N*G - "You have the right to remain silent...." Beats the he## out of providing them the almost cruise-class accomodations at Gitmo! Excellent....... |
| Posted by: Blinky Elmins6279 2007-07-24 08:36 |
| #1 I've noticed that in many of these reports the number arrested is very high as compared to the number killed. Does that mean they are being surprised or they are not resisting to the death? |
| Posted by: Keystone 2007-07-24 08:31 |