Iraq battles deadly new insurgent tactics

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070222/ts_afp/iraq_070222101852;_ylt=AnFQIeATzh5hk1CW_fN5aSTMWM0F

Iraq battles deadly new insurgent tactics

by Sabah Jerges 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - As a joint operation by US and Iraqi troops to take control of Baghdad begins to bear fruit, there were signs on Thursday that their insurgent foes are trying to counter them with deadly new tactics.


Iraqi medics were treating patients poisoned by what is thought to be chlorine gas after attackers targeted civilian areas with trucks rigged as dirty bombs, said Qais Abdulwahab, director of the Kadhimiya Hospital.

Meanwhile, US commanders are investigating the loss of the latest in a series of helicopters after a Blackhawk came down on Wednesday in fields north of the capital after coming under fire from the ground.

"Operation Fhard al-Qanoon" (Imposing Order) has scored some successes. Murders are down in Baghdad and more than 90,000 US and Iraqi troops have met only token resistance as they fan out through flashpoint districts.

Three suspected Al-Qaeda insurgents were killed north of Baghdad in clashes on Thursday and overnight raids in the city netted five "rogue" members of the Shiite Mahdi Army militia suspected of kidnapping and murder.

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1. Iraqis battle other Iraqis!

WTF is an insurgent in this case? I mean really already...

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Old news, not a dirty bomb.

This was reported yesterday. The use of the term 'dirty bomb' is deliberate disinformation intended for domestic consumption in order to produce the usual fear and confusion.

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3. FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 22

* denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - The bodies of 20 people shot dead and most showing signs of torture were found on Wednesday in different districts of Baghdad, police said. The total includes six already reported found in Ghazaliya in western Baghdad.

* TAL AFAR - The U.S. military said four people were killed, including a policeman and a 12 year-old boy, and five were wounded, including two policemen, on Monday when two booby-trapped houses detonated while police were searching homes in the northern town of Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad. During the search, a policeman shot and killed a suspect and wounded two others. Police had already reported the death of one policeman.

* KIRKUK - The bodies of five people were found shot and tortured on Wednesday in the outskirts of the oil rich city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MAHAWEEL - The bodies of two people were found on Wednesday and Thursday in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

* HILLA - Police retrieved the body of a man from Euphrates river in the city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. The body bore gun shot wounds.

more:http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR128207.htm

I count 32 murdered....it may be down but it's still not good or acceptable, IMO. :eyes:

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4. WTF were they expecting? A formation of Iraqis waiting in the fields with flags, drums, and rifles?

Murders are down in Baghdad and more than 90,000 US and Iraqi troops have met only token resistance as they fan out through flashpoint districts.

Idiots.

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5. I guess "dirty bombs" is the weekly propaganda meme. nt