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| Coalition Forces Kill An Estimated Three-to-Five Terrorists, Detain 13 |
| 2007-08-13 |
| Coalition Forces captured 13 suspected terrorists with ties to extremist militia Special Groups in a pre-dawn raid Sunday in Sadr City. Coalition Forces conducted the raid to capture or kill highly-sought weapons facilitators with connections to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps - Quds Force in Iran. Those detained are suspected of facilitating the transport of weapons and personnel from Iran into Iraq. They are also believed to have facilitated the transport of deadly Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFPs) from Iran into Iraq to be used against Coalition Forces. As Coalition Forces were departing the area, they encountered and destroyed a light utility truck that posed a threat to the force. Coalition Forces attempted to signal the vehicle, however when the vehicle failed to respond, Coalition Forces fired on the vehicle with small arms fire. During the raid, Coalition Forces confiscated a computer hard-drive, documents and photographs. A Coalition air strike also engaged the same light utility truck, destroying the truck and killing an estimated three to five people in the truck believed to be terrorists. "Coalition troops continue in their pursuit of unhelpful foreign influences here in Iraq," said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I Spokesperson. "Those foreign influences are hindering the prospects of peace and stability in Iraq, and we will continue to dismantle their networks." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Transl.: Three kills confirmed, other two crawled off somewhere, but from the circling of vulchers in the distance conclusions can be formed. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-08-13 16:16 |
| #2 Coalition Forces Kill An Estimated Three-to-Five Terrorists, Did they find parts for more than three but not sure of enough parts for 5? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-08-13 16:02 |
| #1 unhelpful foreign influences Gotta love LTC Garver's choice of words. I met him only briefly as I was about to ship out, but he did seem like a cool customer. This and the helo story above seem to confirm that the ROEs have become more reasonable. Seems (seems, as we rarely have a full picture) that there is far less messing around now. Good. Saw some remark Amb. Crocker made to the effect that IGRC would not be safe - anywhere - if they continued to meddle in Iraq. Only rubs a bit of salt in the wound - why didn't Zal say that back in early '06? There's a cold, calculating, analytically sound basis for being aggressive with Iran. It's not emotional. They've paid little to no price for decades of warfare on us and our allies. They've paid no price until recently for their expansion of that war to Iraq. It's been insane to allow this to continue. How long until we get a memoir (a real one, not the tendentious and generally uninformative crap that's been coming out in recent years from Beltway types) that allows us to know whether the administration has even been discussing the response to Iran's meddling in Iraq? Sure there public statements (remember Syria being warned as well) - but it's been hard to see any follow-up until the Irbil snatch back in January. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-08-13 00:49 |