Iraq Commander Leads Convoy Into Basra
He was also heard to yell “This is my house, bitches!”
Okay, not really, but it would have been a nice touch…
BASRA, Iraq — The Iraqi commander of an offensive against Shiite militias has led a convoy into a Mahdi Army stronghold that has seen some of the fiercest fighting in the southern city of Basra.
Lt. Gen. Mohan al-Fireji, who is leading the joint military-police operation, and the convoy have entered the Hayaniyah area and the troops began shooting into the air in a show of force before opening traffic.
The move comes a day after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returned to Baghdad after spending a week in Basra overseeing the crackdown that provoked widespread retaliatory clashes in the capital and across the southern Shiite heartland.
(AP)
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What is it with Muslims and shooting in the air? What goes up must come down.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:44 am
ttb
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 amit’s darwinism, be glad…
I wonder how many people have died from celebratory gunfire. but this is good news, i hope Iraqis can handle alot more ops in the near future. only one way to learn, jump into the deep end
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:17 amHmmm…not raising the Hizzie flag? The Mahdi Army flag? Oh they’re raising the Iraqi flag…Isn’t raising the flag, over a city, ususally done by the victor in a conflict?
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 amPut NPR said Sadr won, the surge failed and we must all thus vote for Obama. I hate you you patdollard.com liars. You are upsetting my liberal loser, victim, karmic balance.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 amMore evidence that the battle for Basra is lost.
[[Iraqi Special Operations Forces kill 14 criminals in Basra
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Special Operation Forces, advised by U.S. Special Forces, killed 14 criminals March 31.
The operation was directed by senior Iraqi leaders in the port city of Basra.
The ISOF planned and conducted the mission to capture and arrest the criminals in an abandoned school.
According to recent intelligence information, these criminals planted improvised explosive devices along the roads leading to the school.
They also set up defensive fighting positions around the facility.
The school was a staging point for armed assaults against Iraqi Security Forces as well as a storage facility for illegal weapons, ammunition and explosives.
The ISOF received small arms fire throughout the operation. Both ISOF and U.S. SF returned fire while a Coalition aircraft provided additional requested close-air support. During the operation, 14 armed individuals were killed.
While clearing buildings next to the school, ISOF also found and released six ISF members who were being held at the compound.]]
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 am