Besieged Town Saved As Assaults Kill 41 Al Qaeda
And a desperate Al Qaeda is hit as it tries to find hideouts in Kurdistan
Agencies:
A series of US-led air and ground assaults in Iraq has killed at least 41 suspected rebels, the American military said on Tuesday.
Eight militants were killed and 11 detained in separate ground and air assaults in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk and central province of Salaheddin, it said, adding that both operations were aimed at Al-Qaeda.
The military also said it had arrested an alleged weapons smuggler known to distribute guns brought from Iran to Iraqi extremist groups, in a raid on Tuesday in Baghdad.
On Monday, in a major operation in the town of Gobia in the province of Diyala northeast of Baghdad, US and Iraqi troops killed 33 Al Qaeda fighters.
North of Baghdad, hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by helicopters and jet fighters killed the 33 Al Qaeda who were holding back the water supply to the Shiite town of Khalis, the American command said in a statement Tuesday. They had cut off the towns water a few days ago, filling the canals with dirt.
“The pre-dawn assault, involving several hundred Iraqi and coalition forces, defeated numerous small-arms attacks throughout the day resulting in a combined 13 insurgents killed,” a military statement said.
American attack helicopters supporting the ground forces killed another 20 suspected insurgents, it said, adding that many weapons were found during the operation.
The U.S. and Iraqi assault north of Baghdad began before dawn on Monday when a joint force was landed by helicopter in the village of Gubbiya, 10 miles east of Khalis. The assault force killed 13 fighters and attack aircraft killed 20 others, the military said. The area is known to be controlled by al-Qaida in Iraq. Khalis, 50 miles north of Baghdad, has been the scene of repeated Sunni insurgent bombings and mortar attacks.
“The objective of the mission was to open the spillway, which regulates water flow to the town of Khalis, restoring the essential service of water,” the statement said.
The assault uncovered three weapons caches, led to the capture of three men and “water is currently flowing unimpeded to Khalis,” the military said.
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August 28th, 2007 at 6:22 amAwesome
August 28th, 2007 at 6:37 amGuarenteed this news won’t appear in the MSM but hats off to you boys for a job well done.
August 28th, 2007 at 6:39 am
August 28th, 2007 at 6:40 amThats what i call takin it to the enemy! well done
August 28th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Nice.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:54 amYou dont see or hear this news on the Liberal Quackmedia, because this is bad news for their desperate political aganda.Maybe Pelosi could wear another headscarf like in Syria and go over to Iraq and meet with her buddies, and then all of a sudden a A-10 would stroll by…ooops,did I say that outloud?
August 28th, 2007 at 9:07 amIt’s another day at the office for the good guys…Get a mission…complete the mission…kick ass…take names….
It’s not something that the MSM wants to hear about…and it is not something that civilians in general even understand…
The surge is working. And the MSM lackeeys of the Dhims in Washington…can’t stand it.
Hoo-ah…
August 28th, 2007 at 9:21 amI recently wrote my democratic senator requesting that she support the troops in Iraq and refrain from the partisan politics. Her is her response:
“Thank you for contacting me regarding our troops in Iraq. I appreciate hearing from you.
On May 24, the Senate passed the Emergency Supplemental appropriations bill. I supported an earlier version of the Emergency Supplemental that set a responsible policy of redeploying our troops and redefining the mission. Unfortunately, the President vetoed the legislation, and Congressional Republicans upheld the veto.
The second Emergency Supplemental, which I also supported, set benchmarks tied to funding for the Iraqi government while providing our troops the funding they need. An interim report on the Iraqi government’s progress in meeting the benchmarks has indicated that the Iraqis have only made satisfactory progress on eight of these benchmarks, which is less than half of those set out in law. Unfortunately, Iraqi politicians continue to refuse to make the political concessions that are necessary to end the current civil war and our troops are paying the price for their unwillingness to negotiate.
There is no easy solution to Iraq. The brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces have done everything that has been asked of them, and they have done it well. I oppose the President’s handling of this war and believe that changing course in Iraq is a requirement to prevent our troops from becoming further embroiled in the Iraqi civil war. I will continue to work to put pressure on the President to bring our combat troops home.
You may be interested to know that in June, I visited with our troops in Iraq. During my visit, I met with Missouri soldiers, as well as senior U.S. military commanders and Iraqi leaders. I continue to be awed by the sacrifice and heroism of our troops, whom I am committed to supporting with everything they need. However, my experience also reinforces my belief that we must change course in Iraq.
All best,
Senator Claire McCaskill”
There is an easy solution to Iraq, stop trying to surrender! Can you imagine how our civil war would have progressed if we had had today’s US military parked on the Mason Dixon line? It certainly would not have been much of a war.
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August 28th, 2007 at 12:41 pmDave, I live in Missouri too =) At least we still have one senator with some sense- Kit Bond. I think he is the only member of the Senate that has a son serving in Iraq ;x
August 28th, 2007 at 2:17 pm