[Jodi]

As the bulk of troops left the house, two U.S. helicopters fired salvos of explosives into a nearby farmer's field, a show of force the U.S. military calls "harassment and interdiction" of local militants.

so cool, it had to be repeated.

[VOA]

As the bulk of troops left the house, two U.S. helicopters fired salvos of explosives into a nearby
farmer's field, a show of force the U.S. military calls "harassment and interdiction" of local militants.

Once again, for effect.
Hey, when you're busying getting rid of your share of 100 TONS A DAY of confiscated
weaponry, you need a big stick to bust them into pieces.

[pissant]

As much as I despise reuters, they seem to be one of very few organizations that report this stuff. Of course, they overcompensate for any good news with their lame "eyewitness accounts" of the brutal yankees by local saddamites.