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2006-10-10 Iraq
Good Guys Attacked from Mosque. Mosque Still Standing.
The first part of my headline does not budge my 'surprise' meter. Sadly, neither does the second.

11 TERRORISTS KILLED AFTER ATTACKING COMBINED ISF, CF PATROL

DIWANIYAH – Iraqi Security and Coalition Forces clashed with terrorists at approximately 6 p.m. Monday in Diwaniyah, near the Al Qaim Mosque, in the Al Chalabia district.

A joint Coalition and Iraqi patrol was conducting a routine movement through the city of Diwaniyah and stopped to speak with IPs at a checkpoint across from the Al Qaim mosque. As the ISF and CF Soldiers were preparing to continue their patrol, two grenades were thrown from the vicinity of the mosque toward their positions.

The Iraqi army soldiers immediately returned fire and killed two terrorists in an alley next to the mosque. Less than a minute after the grenades were thrown, the patrol was attacked by terrorists with small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire.

ISF and CF Soldiers immediately repositioned vehicles and returned fire. During the attack, the patrol was fired upon by six to seven enemy fighters dressed as Iraqi policemen. The patrol returned fire and killed six of the terrorists dressed as IPs and heavily damaged a pickup truck with IP markings.

Iraqi Security and Coalition Forces did not enter the mosque. As the patrol departed, a terrorist on the roof of the Al Qaim Mosque fired on the trail vehicle; Soldiers returned fire and killed the terrorist.

The attackers were clearly identified as hostile. During the attack, approximately eleven enemy fighters were killed. A Coalition Forces humvee was damaged by an RPG during the attack and two Coalition Force Soldiers were wounded.
Posted by Glenmore 2006-10-10 09:03|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 well.... it sounds like the bad guys were next to, and for one dead snuffie, atop the mosque. Why would you destroy it? If they were in it, you could justify shooting it up. Sounds like they did the right thing - destroyed the enemy instead. I'm a little distressed at the uniforms, vehicles....
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-10-10 09:13||   2006-10-10 09:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I have an applicable picture, but how do I put it in my comments box?
Posted by Bama Marine">Bama Marine  2006-10-10 11:50||   2006-10-10 11:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Bama Marine I have an applicable picture, but how do I put it in my comments box?

use this [img src=""] BUT replace

these brackets [ ]

with these pointy units < >

Posted by RD 2006-10-10 12:36||   2006-10-10 12:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Frank G -

I figure the AIF should not get to hide behind the same wall twice, nor shoot from the same high point twice.

However, I'll grant that this is more a political battle than a military one, and 'Hama Rules' would likely not have the desired effect. (We need to co-opt rather than destroy the bulk of AIF for long-term defense against Iran.
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2006-10-10 12:53||   2006-10-10 12:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Nonetheless, it sounds like the Iraqi Security lads did well in this encounter. We should be proud... and pleased that they'll sooner be able to do such things completely on their own.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-10 13:21||   2006-10-10 13:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Bama Marine, Semper Fi

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-10-10 13:43||   2006-10-10 13:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Do I add the file directory and name information in between the quotes? Sorry for the ignorance, I've just never added a picture to a comment before. Maybe if someone can email me the way to do it so I don't tie up the thread with my stupidity.

GolfBravo, Semper Fi brother.
Posted by Bama Marine">Bama Marine  2006-10-10 14:08||   2006-10-10 14:08|| Front Page Top

#8 

This is a nice shot of what was left after an IP deserted. The disappearing IP! Vaporized by the Muj!
Posted by Bama Marine">Bama Marine  2006-10-10 15:30||   2006-10-10 15:30|| Front Page Top

#9 I figure out that there is nothing to figure out. Either we defend ourselves or we get out. This cat and mouse game in Iraq is similar to the stupidity of the war in Lebanon. We have two partners in stupidity Rumsfeld and Olmert..........Al Sadr should have been eliminated as soon as he appeared in the Iraqui horizon. I guess that Sistani saved his skin and our soldiers pay for it with their lives. So now the story is that Al Sadr has rogue members within his tribe he can not control............blanket bomb a couple of square miles in Baghdad, pass quietly the word that this will be our policy, apologize to the press profusedly and explain that the issue will be investigated thoroughly, take the international heat, and see things calm down. This is a very peculiar game we are playing and I do not think that Rumsy knows what he is doing.Actually I think he is incompetent...........
Posted by Cleaque Omavimble7481 2006-10-10 15:41||   2006-10-10 15:41|| Front Page Top

#10 note - in this case "Iraqi Security Forces" were Iraqi army. My impression is that Iraqi army is willing to take on the Sadrists, but that Iraqi police are still heavily infiltrated by Sadrists and other Shiite militias. Are all Iraqi army units reliable against Sadrists, or was this a specially selected unit? Would they remain reliable if Sadr openly opposed the action?

These are key questions, as the willingness and ability of the Iraqi state to clamp down on the Sadrists may well determine the success of the entire mission.
Posted by liberalhawk 2006-10-10 15:58||   2006-10-10 15:58|| Front Page Top

#11 so far Sistani has neither praised nor criticized the ISF for their anti Sadr moves

among the reasons is that Sistani's influence is waning in Iraq
Posted by mhw 2006-10-10 17:35||   2006-10-10 17:35|| Front Page Top

#12 How many hard boyz remained inside the mosque?
Posted by Leonidas 2006-10-10 17:45|| http://fightingintheshade.blogspot.com/]">[http://fightingintheshade.blogspot.com/]  2006-10-10 17:45|| Front Page Top

#13 How many hard boyz remained inside the mosque?
Posted by: Leonidas

We don't know, but hopefully, they look like this:
Okay, here's my feeble attempt of insering a pic. Hope it works!

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-10-10 22:04|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]  2006-10-10 22:04|| Front Page Top

#14 Okay, I did this:

with the URL to pic in between the quotations marks. SO come my pic of a splattered Jihadi failed to come out? Help!
Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-10-10 22:06|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]  2006-10-10 22:06|| Front Page Top

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