Posted on 03/03/2007 1:07:29 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
ISKANDARIYA - A mortar barrage killed two people and wounded four in a residential area of Iskandariya, police said.
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BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said an airstrike in Arab Jabour in southern Baghdad killed seven al Qaeda suspects thought responsible for a large number of suicide car bombs.
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HILLA - An elite Iraqi force arrested a suspected rogue militia leader on Friday who was responsible for building roadside bombs used against U.S. forces, the U.S. military said.
NEAR BAGHDAD - Iraqi and U.S. soldiers arrested 42 suspected insurgents just south of Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said. Those detained are suspected of storing weapons and explosives to equip the insurgency south of Baghdad.
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Insurgents attempt a surge of their own ~ Ramadi ...mid February...
42 suspected insurgents .....................Hmmmmmmmm, hopefully a good source of intel..
I 'spect the good guys on our side got lots of information from the captured, lots....
You are going to see a lot more of this. The MSM and RATS want us out and they finally realized that in order for us to leave, we have to win.
The RATS will make sure that the MSM says that the RATS forcing Bush to change tactics was the key to the victory and if he listened two years ago, we would have already been out of there.
Of course Hillary will not have to answer for it. Guess that is why she never apologized. And notice all the non-binding stuff never went binding and that the budget for the military was not touched.
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