Posted on 07/28/2007 10:08:05 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
While al Qaeda in Iraq has been identified as the primary enemy by the U.S. military leadership in Iraq, Coalition and Iraq security forces have aggressively pursued the Iranian-backed "rogue" elements of the Mahdi Army and the Special Groups. Over the past two days, Iraqi security forces, backed by U.S. Special Forces advisors, conducted two raids against the Shia terror groups in Karbala and Baghdad, while another Coalition-led raid occurred in Diyala province. The Karbala raid sparked a large firefight, which resulted in 17 Mahdi Army fighters killed, with no U.S. or Iraqi military casualties reported.
The Karbala raid targeted the leader of "a rogue Jaysh al-Mahdi [JAM or Mahdi Army] assassination cell of over 100 armed members," Multinational Forces Iraq reported. The cell leader attacked Coalition forces with roadside bombs, mortars, and the deadly, armor-piercing, Iranian-supplied explosively formed penetrators. The cell was responsible for the assassination of two Iraqi government officials and several civilians.
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God be with them all.
The old media and U.S. Senate Leader harry reid were unavailable for comment.
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BBC: US troops battle Kerbala militia (Iraqi Troops involved also )
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Thanks for the ping.
Great news. The IG has to show the Iraqi citizentry they are will to pit their troops against all those that are making trouble in Iraq. I can envision these clowns they went after as having been killing a lot of Sunni and it is about time they got their ears stuffed with some lead.
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