Posted on 08/08/2007 4:47:08 AM PDT by IrishMike
BAGHDAD (AP) - A U.S.-led raid and airstrike targeting networks allegedly smuggling weapons and fighters from Iran killed 32 suspected militants Wednesday in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, the military said. Word of the raid came after Iraqi police in Sadr City had said that a bombardment by U.S. helicopters and armored vehicles had killed nine civilians, including two women, and wounded six others. The police also said 12 people were detained.
The U.S. military said 12 suspects were detained during Wednesday's raids.
"The individuals detained and the terrorists killed during the raid are believed to be members of a cell of a Special Groups terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq into Iran for terrorist training," the military said.
Meanwhile, Iraqi authorities clamped a three-day driving ban on the capital and erected new checkpoints, while thousands of Shiite pilgrims began their annual trek toward a mosque in northern Baghdad to mark the anniversary of the death of one of Shiite Islam's key saints.
First-aid tents stocked with coolers of bottled water or offering food, dates, yoghurt and tea lined the streets as authorities scrambled to prevent a catastrophe from marring the ceremonies honoring Imam Moussa ibn Jaafar al-Kadhim, one of 12 principal Shiite saints who died in the year 799.
................................................... The top U.S. ground commander in the area, Task Force Justice leader Lt. Col. Steve Miska, said Wednesday that hundreds of additional Iraqi security forces had been deployed in Kazimiyah, but that American troops would stay away from the shrine out of religious sensitivity.
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US forces inflicted 30 fatalities and took 12 prisoners while suffering no casualties and, yet, the media refer to the Iranians as the “elite” force.
The Media is full of Marxists and they have an Agenda.....see the book...Unholy Alliance by Horowitz....
So even the Mad Mullahs are innocent until proved guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt. Presumably in a court of laws, and after appealing all the way to the Supreme Court, the World Court in the Hague, and the UN General assembly.
Even that won't be "proof" enough for the likes of SINAN SALAHEDDIN, the author of this "piece". Piece of what, you'll have to figure out for yourselves.
BUMP
Worked on Gadaffi (spelling probably incorrect)
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