The Terrorist Round-Up for 5/3/06 (100 Kills in Ramadi)

5/3/06

[Straight Vermonter]

It was a Good Week in Ramadi

	Spc. Joe Sommer, 20, of Lawrenceville, Ga., of Charlie Company of the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, looks through binoculars at a window where he manned a machine gun guard post at of a U.S. observation post called OP Hotel in Ramadi, Iraq, Saturday, April 29, 2006. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)
U.S. Marines walk through an alley while searching for insurgents in the Iraqi town of Ramadi. REUTERS/USMC/Cpl. Shane Suzuki/Handout
	U.S. soldiers of the 101st Airborne's 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, peer through a curtain during a gunbattle with insurgents Saturday, April 22, 2006 in Ramadi, Iraq. U.S. soldiers patrolling in Ramadi say that enemy contact is so regular, they can make accurate estimates of how long it will take to be shot at after the start of their patrols. Estimates range from 45 minutes for one company to just 8 minutes for another. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)

 

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Over 100 insurgents killed in Ramadi

US and Iraqi forces killed more than 100 insurgents last week in the town of Ramadi, the US military says.

In a written statement, the military has confirmed two Iraqi soldiers died in the fighting and no Americans were killed.

Reuters witnesses in Ramadi, 110 kilometres west of Baghdad, said there were heavy clashes last week between US forces and insurgents.

But the witnesses could not independently confirm such a high number of insurgents killed.

Ramadi is a stronghold of Sunni Arab insurgents fighting US and Iraqi forces and the Shiite and Kurdish-led Government in Baghdad.

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10 TERRORISTS, ASSESSED AS FOREIGN, KILLED; THREE WEARING SUICIDE VESTS

Coalition forces killed ten terrorists, three of them wearing suicide vests, and wounded one at approximately 1:30 a.m. May 2 at a safe house located approximately 40 kilometers southwest of Balad while searching for an al-Qaida terrorist leader. Upon the troops’ arrival, one terrorist who was sleeping while on guard outside the safe house, woke up and attempted to engage the assault troops with a pistol. The terrorist was shot before he could fire his weapon. As the wounded terrorist fell backward, he reached toward his chest and detonated a suicide vest. None of the assault troops were harmed in the explosion.

Meanwhile, the troops killed nine other terrorists, seven of whom exited the safe house during the fight and two who were killed inside. Two of the nine terrorists were wearing suicide vests, but the troops killed these bombers before either could detonate his vest.

The terrorists possessed grenades, rifles, a pistol, ammunition, explosives, a machine gun and suicide vests. The troops found $1000 in U.S. currency on one

terrorist, and after the suicide bomber detonated his vest, they noticed hundreds of scattered pieces of charred U.S. bills.

The safe house and all lethal material to include the two remaining suicide vests, grenades, weapons, explosives and blasting caps were destroyed.
The injured terrorist was medically evacuated to Balad for further medical care.

No civilians were located in or nearby this safe house.

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Qaeda admits death of members in Afghanistan
Janullah Hashimzada

Terrorist organization al-Qaeda said on Monday two of its members had been killed in separate incidents of firefight some days back in southeastern Afghanistan.

Ahmad Sulaiman, the purported spokesman for Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, told Pajhwok Afghan News via telephone from undisclosed location their two members of Islamist group, Abo Mohammad Sana'ani of Yemen and Maulavi Noor Mohammad of Afghanistan were killed in two different incidents in southeastern parts of the country.

Sulaiman said that Sana'ani died in a suicide attack in the southeastern Paktika province some days back while Maulavi Noor Mohammad was killed in a clash with US-led coalition forces in Lwara Mandayee area of the same province last Thursday. The latest casualties brought Qaeda toll to three in Afghanistan in two weeks, according to Sulaiman.

Mullah Mohammad Tayyeb, a local Taliban commander in the neighbouring Khost province, said Noor Mohammad was in charge of recruiting and equipping al-Qaeda fighters in Paktia, his native province. He confirmed Noor Mohammad was killed in fighting with the coalition force.

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Yala: Village headman shot dead; 5 'insurgents' held (Thailand)

A village headman was shot dead in Yala yesterday and five suspected militants were arrested in Narathiwat following a shooting attack on an elderly rubber tapper and his wife. Muslim insurgents were believed responsible for both attacks.

Mana Manaso was shot once in the head and twice in the torso in a drive-by shooting, police said. The 47-year-old chief of

Muslim area in southern Thailand

Asong village was driving his motorbike home in the Raman district when two men on a motorcycle raced up from behind and opened fire at point-blank range, police said. The killers then took his weapon and fled the scene, they said. Investigators said Mana had been attending a meeting of tambon and village headmen but left immediately after receiving a phone call, they said.

In a separate incident in Narathiwat's Rangae district, an elderly rubber tapper and his wife were attacked while riding a motorbike to their plantation. Two gunmen on a motorbike fired three shots at Phut Channukroh, 63, and Juan Channukroh, 62, police said.

Phut fired back with his handgun and shot one of the attackers as the pair fled, police said. After receiving the report, police raided a village and arrested five suspects.

Four men - Sama-ae Palamuming, 30, Amanti Dasae, 23, Baravi Usoh, 23 and Sulgiflee Usoh, 21 - were taken to a police station for questioning, while Bueree Bueraheng, 20, was taken to a local hospital. Police said they found several pieces of camouflage clothing and a gun they suspect had been used in the attack.

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Mirsad Bektasevic, Bajro Ikanovic & Cesur Abdulkadir

Three deny terrorism charges in Bosnia court

Three men arrested in Bosnia last year pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of buying explosives and weapons to carry out suicide attacks on Western targets in Europe.

"These are all false accusations and I am not guilty," 19-year-old Swedish citizen Mirsad Bektasevic told the state court.
Bektasevic and Turk Cesur Abdulkadir, 21, arrived in Sarajevo late last year to plan an attack aimed at forcing Bosnia or another, unidentified, European government to withdraw its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the indictment.

Bajro Ikanovic, a 29-year-old Bosnian, helped them buy 20 kg (44lb) of explosives which they prepared to turn into a so-called "suicide belt," the indictment said.

The hearing was adjourned after the pleas were heard and Judge Mehmed Sator said the court would schedule the first full session in two or three months.

In a videotape found by the police in October in one of the suspects' safe houses, men in balaclavas show how to make a bomb. "This weapon will be used against Europe, against those whose forces are in Iraq and Afghanistan," they said in the tape.

Sarajevo police arrested the two men as they were about to complete their preparations.

Mobile phone records showed that Bektasevic, codenamed "Maximus," was communicating with a man later arrested in Denmark on suspicion of terrorism activities, the indictment said. Two other men arrested in Britain on terrorism charges were also said to have links with Bektasevic.

Bosnia's liberal Muslims make up almost half the population. Since the September 11 attacks on the United States, the activities of hundreds of former Islamist fighters who stayed in Bosnia after the war have been watched closely.

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Jordanian court jails militants

Jordan's state security court has jailed 10 Islamists convicted of planning attacks on anti-terrorism officials and US forces. The men were given prison sentences ranging from two to five years.

The alleged leader of the group, Motassem Suleiman, was sentenced to five years' hard labour for conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks. Seven other defendants, who had been accused of belonging to the group, were acquitted.

The convicted prisoners shouted insults at the judges after the verdicts were read out. "God is our Lord and the tyrant is their master," they shouted, suggesting that the Jordanian state and judiciary were agents for the US.

American military personnel are stationed in Jordan to train Iraqi troops.

All the men had pleaded not guilty. Defence lawyers have 30 days to appeal against the convictions.

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Turkish Police Arrest 10 Terrorists In Istanbul

Turkish police arrested 10 terrorists in Turkish metropolis of Istanbul, police chief Celalettin Cerrah said on Tuesday.

Cerrah told reporters that the terrorists were members of the extreme leftist terrorist TKP-ML/TIKKO organization, and staged armed and bomb attacks on public buildings.

According to Cerrah, weapons and ammunition, false identity cards, computers, CDs and organizational papers were seized in the operation.

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Four Taliban fighters killed, another arrested in Helmand
Reported by Saeed Zabuli and Abdul Samad Roohani & translated by Rahman

Afghan National Army (ANA) Monday claimed killing four Taliban fighters and arresting another in Chora district of the southern Helamnd province. Separately, Taliban torched two trucks supplying material for constructing of a road in Greshk district. General Rahmatullah Raufi, commander of 205 Army Corp in Kandahar told Pajhwok Afghan News that on tip-off they launched operations in Kharma village of the district.

He said they killed four militants in the shootout and detained one Taliban fighter named Khudai Nazar. He said operations were going on in the area to track down the militants.

Meanwhile, Taliban fighters set ablaze two trucks supplying material for constructing of a road in Greshk district of the southern Helmand province.

Intelligence chief of Greshk Amanullah told this news agency the incident took place in Qowat Ghar, an area between Maiwand and Greshk district of the province.

He said the four-wheelers were supplying material for constructing road in Sangin district of the Helmand province that was torched by the miscreants.

He showed ignorance about the fate of the truckers. Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, purported spokesman for Taliban told this news agency from undisclosed location they had burnt three vehicles in Greshk district that were working for US. He said the drivers were Afghans and thus they had freed them. With this the number of vehicles torched by Taliban fighters reached to 13 in last month.

[Straight Vermonter]

Let me know if you want on/off the terrorist roundup ping list

[Straight Vermonter]

ping

[Stonewall Jackson]

one terrorist who was sleeping while on guard outside the safe house

Don'y you just love it when these idiots give our troops a helping hand.

[Straight Vermonter]

I would imagine that some of our guys got a chuckle out of that.

[Coop]

Well, the guard obviously felt very safe and secure at the "safe" house.

[Grampa Dave]

A great strategy is going on:

1. Use intel to find the al Qaeda thugs.
2. Use hi tech and human tech to locate the al Qaeda thugs to kill, maim or take them as prisoners.
3. Pull back and get ready for #1 and #2 again.

[hsalaw]

With this the number of vehicles torched by Taliban fighters reached to 13 in last month.

The taliban terrorists must have learned this trick from the French "yutes."

[hsalaw]

US and Iraqi forces killed more than 100 insurgents last week in the town of Ramadi, the US military says.

We're seeing reports of a lot more terrorist deaths lately, which I think is all to the good as long as we don't need them for information. Is it possible this is because the Iraqi forces are willing to just blow the b*stards away rather than try to capture them?

[Smartass]

Thanks for the PING...

* Round um up.
* Shoot um.
* Let God sort it out!

   

 

[WakeUpAndVote]

ping to this.

[HKMk23]

We verly likely have been granted more latitude under the new government than we had before. As the government stabilizes and as we continue to meet our committments to rebuild the country and build up their armed forces, there will be greater degrees of freedom to bring daily oerations to a, shal we say, "terminal" state.

[shamusotoole]

No General Order # 2 in Islam?

[SubGeniusX]

Still things are not close to stable ....

4 Iraqi soldiers publicly executed by insurgents in Ramadi

http://www.ogrish.com/archives/4_iraqi_soldiers_publicly_executed_by_insurgents_in_ramadi_May_03_2006.html


this is yesterday/today

[Dog]

US and Iraqi forces killed more than 100 insurgents last week in the town of Ramadi, the US military says.

Then note this passage..

Reuters witnesses in Ramadi, 110 kilometres west of Baghdad, said there were heavy clashes last week between US forces and insurgents.

But the witnesses could not independently confirm such a high number of insurgents killed.

So in other words Reuters couldn't find a terrorist spokesman who could confirm or deny this number so what the military claims may no be true...... the bastards.

[PGalt]

BTTT. Thanks for the link.