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Iraq
US air strike kills nine in Baghdad
2008-04-07
A United States air strike in Baghdad’s Shia district of Sadr City killed at least nine people on Sunday, the American military told AFP. The strike killed “nine criminals in Sadr City at around 8:00 am”, the military said, without providing further details.

Meanwhile, at least 20 people were killed and 52 wounded on Sunday, following clashes between Shia fighters and US forces in Sadr City, a stronghold of radical cleric Moqtada al-SadrÂ’s powerful Mehdi Army militia, Iraqi security and medical officials told AFP. Officials from IraqÂ’s security and defence ministries said that women and children were among the dead and wounded. Medical officials said 20 bodies had been transferred to hospitals, where over 50 people had also been brought for treatment.

The firefights started around midnight and continued sporadically overnight, defence and interior ministry officials said. US forces cordoned off areas in the district and prevented police from using radio communications equipment. Some police in Sadr City are accused of being Mehdi Army sympathisers.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Someone say Gerbil?
Posted by: Richard Gere   2008-04-07 23:26  

#4  What will run out first, the supply of virgins, or the supply of fluffy bunnies?

They'll probably move on to gerbils.
Posted by: Hupomoger Ghibelline8342   2008-04-07 22:33  

#3  What will run out first, the supply of virgins, or the supply of fluffy bunnies?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2008-04-07 16:11  

#2  All of them kids I'm sure.
Not a militant in sight.
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Shavirt5970   2008-04-07 08:15  

#1  Likely this event (MNF press release, cited in Burg yesterday. but for some reason I can't get links to work from this 'puter):
MND-B aerial weapons team kills 9 criminals
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – An aerial weapons team from Multi-National Division – Baghdad killed nine Special Groups criminals who attacked Iraqi Army soldiers with rocket-propelled grenades in Baghdad at approximately 8 a.m. April 6.

After they were observed firing rocket-propelled grenades at the Iraqi Army soldiers, the air weapons team engaged the attackers by firing a Hellfire missile killing three.

The team identified four more criminals fleeing the scene and attempting to their hide weapons in a vehicle. The AWT fired a missile and destroyed the vehicle, killing six criminals.

No Coalition forces or civilian casualties have been reported.

Posted by: Menhadden Snogum6713   2008-04-07 08:14  

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