Posted on 07/11/2005 5:48:46 PM PDT by Wiz
BAGHDAD, July 11 (KUNA) -- US troops and Iraqi security forces continued Monday carrying out Operation Sword in the Zaidan area southeastern Al-Falujah.
A Multi-National Forces (MNF) statement said today that the operation is to clear the area along the Euphrates River between the towns of Haditha and Heet in Al-Anbar province of terrorists and foreign fighters.
Furthermore, an explosive device blew-up early this morning near a US Army patrol vehicle, the statement said, adding that another explosion took place during a security patrol.
The statement added that US Marines discovered two ammunition caches in the Zaidan area including bombs, explosive materials, missiles and machine guns.
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The more terrorists killed...the fewer left.
The town is some eight miles almost due south of Fallujah and about the same distance from the western edge of Baghdad.
It is one of those towns that often house various elements of the local insurgency. Our Marines go in, clear it out, only to have to go back in some months later. This was a routine place for the Marine 2/2 Warlords to visit last year when they moved between Fallujah to towns southward some twenty miles in depth south of Baghdad. My nephew used to routinely visit this town on recon patrols. Bottom line is this whole area will continue to support the insurgency because many Ba'athist/Sunnis live in these towns surrounding Baghdad. Just to the south east of this town going down route 8, are about ten towns/villages that all continue to harbor terrorist of different flavors. Since Fallujah is pretty much under our country now, they had to find new more permenant safe houses to make car bombs and the like. Hopefully with new partially seasoned Iraq army and security forces, becoming available all these towns will get a new cadr of Iraqs that will not be easily intimidated or blown up, but will provide an effective force to further drain the swamp.
That explains the lack of MSM Iraq news. Nothing going on but good things. They won't report that.
You know cross, I was thinking the same thing!!
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